Professor Kathleen Mosier
Chair, Department of Psychology
San Francisco State University
Office: EP 301A
Phone: 415.338.1059
kmosier@sfsu.edu

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Research Program: Decision Making in Applied Contexts

Applied Psychology Research Laboratory

Some lab members 2006-2007

Seated (L to R) Jason Poyner, Allia Ramahi, Stephanie Smith, Shara Dongan

Standing (L to R) Lakshmi Raj, Luiz Xavier, Sarah Haskell, Chris Wardell,

Elise MacDonald, Nadia Lopez

 

Recent publications (note - authors in bold are current and former APL members at SFSU):

Mosier, K., Sethi, N, McCauley, S., Khoo, L., & Orasanu, J. (in press) What You Don’t Know CAN Hurt You: Factors Impacting Diagnosis in the Automated Cockpit. Human Factors.

Mosier, K. L., & McCauley, S. T. (2006). Achieving coherence: Meeting new cognitive demands in technological systems. In A. Kirlik (Ed.), Adaptation in Human-Technology Interaction: Methods, Models and Measures. Oxford University Press.

Cesna, M., & Mosier, K. L. (2005). Using a prediction paradigm to compare levels of expertise and decision making among critical care nurses. In B. Brehmer, R. Lipshitz, & H. Montgomery (Eds.), How do professionals make decisions? NY: Lawrence Erlbaum. (pp. 107-118)
Note: This chapter is based on Monique Cesna’s Undergraduate Honors Thesis

Khoo, Y-L., and Mosier, K. (2005). Searching for Cues: Factors Affecting the Decision-Making Processes of Regional Airline Pilots. Proceedings of the 49th Annual Meeting of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society, September 29, Orlando, FL.
Note: This stemmed from Len Khoo’s Masters Thesis. She was awarded a $1,000 scholarship from the Association for Aviation Psychology to complete this research.

Jacobson, C., & Mosier, K. L. (2004). Coherence and correspondence decision making in aviation: A study of pilot incident reports. International Journal of Applied Aviation Studies, 4(2), 123-134.
Note: This article is based on Cathy Jacobson’s Masters Thesis.

Jacobson, C. N., Mosier, K. L., & Sethi, N. (2003). Coherence and correspondence decision making theories in aviation: A study of pilot incident reports. Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Aviation Psychology, Dayton, OH, April 14-17.

Mosier, K. L., Keyes, J., & Bernhard, R. (2003). Dealing with conflicting information: Will crews rely on automation? In G. Edkins and P. Pfister (Eds.), Innovation and consolidation in aviation: Selected contributions to the Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium 2000. (pp. 243-253)
Also published in Proceedings of the Fifth Australian Aviation Psychology Symposium, November, 2001, Manly, Australia.

Mosier, K. L. (2002). Automation and cognition: Maintaining coherence in the electronic cockpit. In E. Salas (Ed.), Advances in Human Performance and Cognitive Engineering Research, Volume 2. Elsevier Science Ltd. (pp. 93-121)

Mosier, K. L., Keyes, J., & Bernhard, R. (2001). Information presentation and cognitive response in the automated cockpit. International Journal of Aviation Research and Development, 1(2), 117-134.

Manuscript in Preparation
Mosier, K. L., & Naranjo, E. L. Fairness Perceptions of Organizational Work/Life Policies: Norms, Control, and Availability.
Note: A version of this paper was presented at the 17th Annual Conference of the Society for Industrial and Organizational Psychology (see Mosier, Naranjo, & Yasuda, 2002).


Industrial/Organizational Psychology Graduate Program

I/O Psychology Website

Psychology Department


Personal Interests: Biking, Hang-gliding, Movies, Mysteries


 

Professional Links

Human Factors and Ergonomics Society

Association for Aviation Psychology

Society for Industial/Organizational Psychology

Bay Area Applied Psychologists

Last Revised: June 19, 2006