ИЗМЕНЧИВОСТЬ ТИПОВ ИНСТРУМЕНТАЛЬНОГО ПОВЕДЕНИЯ ОПЕРАТОРОВ ПРИ МНОГОКРАТНОМ ВЫПОЛНЕНИИ МЕТОДИКИ «ГОМЕОСТАТ»

Abstract

We investigated the relationship between the personal instrumental behavior of operators and success of group work on the «Homeostat» procedure. Previously it has been stated that analysis of the efficiency of homeostatic task performance concentrates predominantly on the motor-active activities rather than motor-inactive; obviously eccentric activities, motor-inactive particularly, do not add to the success. Styles of instrumental behavior were distributed into effective and ineffective. Success was boosted or impeded by certain instrumental activities in the process of passing from one task to another. In our investigation all possible combinations were divided into operation positive, negative and indefinite. More often than not, the presence of operation-positive members predisposed a successful task completion and, conversely, the presence of operation-negative members usually prognosticated a less successful completion. These observations point to the relationship between styles of instrumental behavior demonstrated by group members and level of success as a task group. However, for the relationship to be evident, a group should be composed with dominance of either operation-positive or operation-negative members.