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The fact that the worker normally operated reactor B, and he reverted to this operating mode when distracted, indicates that the internal error mechanism was a Stereotype Takeover. 

The PIFs increased the likelihood of the strong stereotype takeover in the case study were the fact that the worker was more used to operating the valve for reactor B than reactor A, together with the distracting environment. In addition, the panel was badly designed ergonomically, and valves A and B were poorly labeled and quite close physically. On the basis of the evaluation of the PIFs in the situation, the internal error mechanisms could be stereotype takeover or spatial misorientation. 

Further links exist between the PIF concept and topics considered in previous chapters. In Chapter 2 the sequential model developed by Rasmussen to represent the error process from its initiator to its consequences was described (Figure 2.9). In this process, the PIFs were shown as being involved in both the initiating event and the internal error mechanisms. In the application example of the model in Appendix 2C, the PIF which constituted the initiating event was the distracting environment, and poor ergonomics of the panel was a PIF which influenced the internal error mechanism. 

Vaughan, Thomas. The second wash, or, The Moore scour d once more being a charitable cure for the distractions of Alazonomastix / by Eugenius Philalethes. 1651 reprint, Ann Arbor (MI) University Microfilms International, 1984. 1 reel... 

Concent rative meditation techniques basically instruct you to put all of your attention on some particular thing. This can be an external object that is looked at fixedly or some internal sensation such as the rise and fall of the belly in breathing. As in hypnotic induction, the meditater is told that if his mind wanders away from this focus he is to bring it back gentlyf51 to this focus, and not allow it to distracted. 

We will not allow ourselves to be distracted by the notion that Prof van Pelt considers internment in a madhouse the only alternative... 

B.N. Ames and L.S. Swirsky Gold, Cancer Prevention and the Environmental Chemical Distraction, Environment and Health Myths and Realities, Eds., K. Okonski and J. Morris, International Policy Press, London, UK, 2004, 24, 21. 

She sounded distracted. It occurred to me that she d been qiriet all evetririg I boked at the line of her profile, the feint pattern of Heckles across her cheeks and nose the fine bbixi down on her arms, whitened by the sun a inst her tanned skin She was g9zing oflfinto the distance, bst in some internal diabgue. 

Utilizing behavioral therapy that involves exposure and response prevention can be particularly effective in reducing panic symptoms (O Sullivan Marks, 1990). Where systematic desensitization has been used some clients find it particularly helpful when exposure to the anxiety-producing stimuli has been long enough to allow the anxiety to be markedly reduced (Marshall, 1996). Similarly, exposure to the feared stimulus is thought to be most effective when internal and external distractions from the phobic object or situation are minimized (Foa Kozak, 1986). Treatment of this type requires that the client be systematically exposed to the object or situation that provokes the fear and the subsequent avoidance. 

This is clearly an emerging, though still contested, issue. As an example, the Call for Papers for the 2012 Annual Conference of the National Association of Diversity Officers in Higher Education included a session entitled Integrating International Issues into the Diversity Agenda Dangerous Distraction or Golden Opportunity ... 

Loss of task-orientated attention due to distraction, which can be external or internal and voluntary or involuntary... 

Slips and lapses occur when a person knows what they want to do, but the action does not turn out as they intended. Slips relate to observable actions and are associated with attentional failures, whereas lapses are internal events and associated with failures of memory. Slips and lapses occur during the largely automatic performance of some routine task, usually in familiar surroundings. They are almost invariably associated with some form of distraction, either from the person s surrounding or their own preoccupation with something in mind. When Charles Darwin went to the wrong tea caddy, he had a lapse of memory. If, on the other hand, he had remembered where the tea was but had been momentarily distracted and knocked the caddy over rather than opening it, he would have made a slip. 

Overload. This is concerned with an imbalance between the capacity of a person at any time and the load he/she is carrying in a specified state. The capacity of a person is the product of factors such as stress, fatigue, natural ability, state of mind, degree of training, and physical condition. The load carried by a person is composed of tasks for which he/she has responsibility along with additional burdens resulting from environmental factors (e.g., distractions, noise), internal factors (e.g., personal problems, worry, emotional stress), and situational factors (e.g., imclear instructions, level of risk). 

The sequence of events was sent to your office computer for evaluation and internal actions. The video finds two students in the rear of the vehicle having a heated argument that moments later had the attention of other passengers in the rear. The driver asks the students to calm down and not distract the driver. Punches are thrown by the occupant in the left rear seat with retaliation from the student in the right rear seat. Several other passengers stand up and turn to watch the activity, blocking the driver s view of the ensuing problem. The noise from the commotion alerts the driver of the problem in the rear of the bus. 

Gordon, C. (2005), A Preliminary Examination of Driver Distraction Related Crashes in New Zealand, in eds Faulkes, I. J., Regan, M. A., Brown, J., Stevenson, M. R. and Porter, A., Driver Distraction Proceedings of an International Conference on Distracted Driving, Sydney, Australia , 2-3 June. Canberra, ACT Australasian... 

Hosking, S., Young, K. and Regan, M. (2005), The Effects of Text Messaging on Young Novice Driver Performance, in The Proceedings of the International Driver Distraction Conference, 2-3 June, Austraha Sydney. 

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