However, Hick’s research had a more complex result that is often ignored in terms of law enforcement training. Having only one choice for a response for a given set of stimulus should make the practitioner faster. On the surface, this research could lead us toward radical simplification of skill training for law enforcement. For example, two choices instead of one yields a 58 percent increase in reaction time. One primary result is Hick’s Law, which states that when preparing to execute a simple movement, more choices - or stimulus-response alternatives - increase reaction time. Motor learning researchers have studied the effects of skill on reaction time for decades. In the field, a freeze or a significant delay in reaction time can have much more unpleasant results.
When training is insufficient to provide the student with applicable skill to solve a problem, the outcome can be a delayed reaction, a fatal freeze, or a fear-based overreaction. The “choke” phenomenon can be blamed for some of this behavior, but not all of it.
If you’ve taught defensive tactics for any length of time, you’ve seen a student meltdown when faced with a problem for which they have no solution: freezing, flailing, moving ineffectively, or reacting very slowly when looking for the solution to a problem.
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