The Final Report is comprised of two Volumes. Volume I provides information on the development and field testing of the CD-based training program. Volume II is the Literature Review and Bibliography conducted to support the CD development. This report documents the relevant literature and experience related to various aspects of perceptual skills and decision making in young novice drivers. It includes chapters on 1) understanding the challenges of decision making as a young novice driver; 2) the relationship between risk taking and decision making for adolescent drivers including motivation and biases in young drivers' decisions; 3) the implications of key aspects of adolescent development for decision making and driving; and 4) guidance available for decision making training for adolescent drivers. The report concludes with guidelines that are intended to inform the development of the project's computer-based decision making training module for young novice drivers. The findings of this literature review supported development of a computer-based training module that would result in less risky driving related behaviors through improved perceptual skills and decision making by young novice drivers. Individualized automated training has strong possibilities for supporting effective training of decision making in novice drivers, because of its potential ability to 1) permit self-pacing; 2) diagnose developmental and individual differences; 3) provide practice in specific decision content and processes; 4) reward effort; 5) provide immediate process feedback; 6) alter time frames; and 7) simulate consequences.
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