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The present study stems from a project that was aimed at providing information about what personality characteristics are best suited to predict attentional deficits under boredom and stress. It can be placed in the broader context of man-machine interaction and was planned as a computer simulation task for the attention-related activity of driving a car. Man-machine interactions usually do not attract much interest as long as everything runs smoothly. In the case of obvious problems or disturbances of the system, an analysis is required from which in the best case something can be learned about the optimal functioning of the system. These analyses usually have either a stronger technical impact, directed at the functioning of the machine, or a stronger psychological impact, directed at the user and his or her interaction with the existing technical solutions. The relevance of man-machine interactions for differential or personality psychology is to be found in those examples where personality characteristics have or may have an influence on the reaction to the machine.
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Hentschel, U., Kießling, M., Hosemann, A. (1993). Adaptation to Boredom and Stress: The Effects of Defense Mechanisms and Concept Formation on Attentional Performance in Situations with Inadequate Stimulation. In: Hentschel, U., Smith, G.J.W., Ehlers, W., Draguns, J.G. (eds) The Concept of Defense Mechanisms in Contemporary Psychology. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-8303-1_16
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