Search research articles

ABOUT JoVE

Overview Leadership Blog JoVE Help Center

AUTHORS

Publishing Process Editorial Board Scope & Policies Peer Review FAQ Submit

LIBRARIANS

Testimonials Subscriptions Access Resources Library Advisory Board FAQ

RESEARCH

JoVE Journal Methods Collections JoVE Encyclopedia of Experiments Archive

EDUCATION

JoVE Core JoVE Business JoVE Science Education JoVE Lab Manual Faculty Resource Center Faculty Site

Terms & Conditions of Use

Related Concept Videos

The Availability Heuristic

The Availability Heuristic

A heuristic is a general problem-solving framework (Tversky & Kahneman, 1974). You can think of these as mental shortcuts that are used to solve problems. Different types of heuristics are used in different types of situations, and the impulse to use a heuristic occurs when one of five conditions is met (Pratkanis, 1989):

You might also read

Related Articles

Articles linked to this work by shared authors, journal, and citation graph.

Sort by

Same author

Non-medical opioid (NMO) use in Canadian adolescents: Trends, risk factors, and regional variations.

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique·2026

Same author

Investigating changes in vape use among Canadian youth from 2014 to 2022.

Canadian journal of public health = Revue canadienne de sante publique·2025

Same author

Prevalence of Mental Health and Substance Use Disorders Among Adolescents Experiencing Homelessness: A Systematic Review.

Community mental health journal·2025

Same author

Comparing recollection and nonrecollection memory states for recall of general knowledge: A nontrivial pursuit.

Journal of experimental psychology. Learning, memory, and cognition·2020

Same author

Protective effects of testing across misinformation formats in the household scene paradigm.

Quarterly journal of experimental psychology (2006)·2019

Same author

Simulation-Based Mock-Up Evaluation of a Universal Operating Room.

HERD·2019

Search research articles

Related Experiment Video

Updated: Apr 25, 2026

Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat

Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat

Published on: September 12, 2014

Short-term reliability of a brief hazard perception test.

Charles T Scialfa¹, Rosemary S Pereverseff¹, David Borkenhagen¹

¹University of Calgary, Department of Psychology, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 1N4.

Accident; Analysis and Prevention

|September 1, 2014

Summary

This study shows that a brief hazard perception test (HPT) is reliably stable over one month for young adult drivers. This supports its use in driver licensing and predicting crash risk.

Keywords:

Hazard perception Reliability

More Related Videos

A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons

A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons

Published on: November 9, 2018

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

Published on: December 5, 2014

Related Experiment Videos

Last Updated: Apr 25, 2026

Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat

Using the Threat Probability Task to Assess Anxiety and Fear During Uncertain and Certain Threat

Published on: September 12, 2014

A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons

A Two-interval Forced-choice Task for Multisensory Comparisons

Published on: November 9, 2018

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

A Dual Task Procedure Combined with Rapid Serial Visual Presentation to Test Attentional Blink for Nontargets

Published on: December 5, 2014

Area of Science:

Psychology
Traffic Safety
Human Factors

Background:

Hazard perception tests (HPTs) are used in driver licensing but their short-term stability is unknown.
Evaluating HPT reliability is crucial for their validity and acceptance.

Purpose of the Study:

To assess the short-term reliability of a brief, dynamic hazard perception test.
To determine if HPT scores remain stable over a one-month interval in young adult drivers.

Main Methods:

Fifty-five young adults completed two parallel 21-scene HPTs one month apart.
Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) and test-retest correlation were analyzed.

Main Results:

The brief HPT demonstrated acceptable short-term reliability (correlation=0.55, corrected to 0.72).
Minimal practice effects (∼0.1s) were observed between test administrations.
Internal consistency (Cronbach's alpha) averaged 0.73.

Conclusions:

A brief HPT shows acceptable short-term stability in young adult drivers.
This reliability supports HPTs for driver licensing and predicting crash risk.
Further research is needed on stability in novice and older drivers.