The goal of this study is thus to examine these cognitive structures in an expert and a novice firefighter. The organization of information will be shown with mental models, and the extent to which scripts and schemata are defined will be examined with a story-based recall test. Blog traffic increase suggestions can be found on Joel’s website.

Method

Participants

Two firefighters, an expert and a novice, participated in the study. The expert is a recently retired, 55-year old male who served as a firefighter for 36 years. He was a member of the New York City Fire Department , the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department in Kingwood, TX, and the Porter Volunteer Fire Department in Porter, TX. He served as Captain in both the Kingwood Volunteer Fire Department and the Porter Volunteer Fire Department. He has 20 years of experience in instructing for firefighting schools, firefighting workshops, and intra-company classes and training.