The relationship among performance on a prototype indicator of perceptual defense vigilance, personality, and extrasensory perception

C A Watt, R L Morris

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Two experiments compare performance on a prototype indicator of perceptual defence/vigilance with performance on other related measures of individual differences. On the basis of theoretical expectations and empirical findings, participants' performance on the prototype indicator of perceptual defence/vigilance was predicted to relate to the personality factor of Neuroticism, and to performance on a forced-choice ESP task. In both experiments, perceptual defence/vigilance related as predicted to these measures: defensive participants had higher Neuroticism scores, and lower ESP scores than vigilant participants. Defensive participants also consistently showed fewer signs of mental health than Vigilant participants on an exploratory self-report indicator of mental health. It is concluded that the prototype measure shows some promise as a measure of perceptual defence/vigilance, and that with further development it might have a future role in the enhancement of human performance under stress.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)635-648
Number of pages14
JournalPersonality and Individual Differences
Volume19
Issue number5
Publication statusPublished - Nov 1995

Keywords / Materials (for Non-textual outputs)

  • MECHANISM TEST
  • SCIENTIFIC STATUS
  • COPING STYLES
  • DEFENSIVENESS
  • REPRESSION

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