errordiary worksheet
DESCRIPTION
This worksheet was developed by Sarah Wiseman and Sandy Gould to be used in conjunction with Errordiary and teaching people about the psychology of human error. Please visit www.errordiary.org for more information.TRANSCRIPT
Classifying #errordiary
Populate the table below with examples from http://errordiary.org
Error Type Errordiary example
Capture (Automatic activation of a well-‐
learned routine that overrides the current intended activity)
Double Capture (The unintended activation of a related strong action schema)
Omission (Due to interruptions)
Loss of Activation (Schemas that have been activated
lose activation)
Description Slip (Incomplete or ambiguous
specification of intention that is similar to a familiar intention)
Associative Activation Slip (Activation of similar but incorrect
schemas)
Perceptual Confusion Slip
Repetition of Action Slip (Repetition of an correctly
performed action)
Cross-‐talk Slip (concurrent) (Action components are exchanged between two or more concurrent
actions)
Cross-‐talk Slip (sequential) (Action components are exchanged between two or more sequential
actions)