Human Factors Psychology

Human Factors Psychology
Author: P.A. Hancock
Publisher: Elsevier
Total Pages: 453
Release: 1987-10-01
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 0080867014

This book is a collection of contemporary applications of psychological insights into practical human factors issues. The topics are arranged largely according to an information processing/energetic approach to human behavior. Consideration is also given to human-computer interaction and organizational design.

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology

Historical Perspectives in Industrial and Organizational Psychology
Author: Laura L. Koppes
Publisher: Psychology Press
Total Pages: 555
Release: 2014-02-04
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1317824482

This unique book is the first to contain a comprehensive history of industrial and organizational psychology, covering numerous topics in the discipline. The history presented offers various perspectives, including the contributions of individuals, organizations, and contextual or situational forces, as well as an international viewpoint. The authors, all highly regarded experts in their respective topics, use a range of approaches to examine history, demonstrating to readers that there are multiple ways to understand history. This volume will be of interest to industrial and organizational psychologists, business and management academics and professionals, historians of psychology, business, science and science and technology, undergraduate, and graduate students.

The Arrangement of Instruments, the Distance Between Instruments, and the Position of Instrument Pointers as Determinants of Performance in an Eye-hand Coordination Task

The Arrangement of Instruments, the Distance Between Instruments, and the Position of Instrument Pointers as Determinants of Performance in an Eye-hand Coordination Task
Author: Paul Morris Fitts
Publisher:
Total Pages: 64
Release: 1952
Genre: Aeronautical instruments
ISBN:

Three experiments are reported In which the effects of various visual stimulus patterns formed by different arrangements of instruments and pointers ere studied. For the task employed, which as a continuous, dual-pursuit problem, the results of all three experiments are in agreement in indicating that subjects give significantly superior performance when instruments are close together, instruments are aligned horizontally, and pointers are aligned at 9 o'clock for horizontally separated instruments and at 12 o'clock for vertically-separated instruments, or else the pointers are counterpoised. The results of an extended learning study indicated that differences in the initial performance of individuals when using the different pointer-position patterns actually increased during fifteen daily practice sessions.

Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology

Principles and Practice of Aviation Psychology
Author: Pamela S. Tsang
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 625
Release: 2002-08-01
Genre: Technology & Engineering
ISBN: 1410606244

Covering field history and discussing actual modern-day pilot actions and tasks, the editors of this volume have integrated contributions from leaders in aviation to present psychological principles and research pertinent to the interface between a pilot and the cockpit. The book addresses the pilot‘s cognitive demands, capabilities, and limitations, which have important implications for operator selection and training as well as display/control designs in the cockpit. It emphasizes scientific methods of achieving this understanding and implies that theories and principles of human behavior are shaped and improved by practical problems and applied studies.

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology

Biographical Dictionary of Psychology
Author: Noel Sheehy
Publisher: Routledge
Total Pages: 702
Release: 2016-01-08
Genre: Psychology
ISBN: 1136798846

The Biographical Dictionary of Psychology provides biographical information and critical analysis of the influences and reception of over 500 people who have made a significant contribution to the field of psychology. Written by an international team of contributors, this volume charts the development of the practice of psychology worldwide from its emergence in the 1850s up to the present day. Biographies range from important historical figures to those who have had a more recent impact on the field, including: * Chris Argyris * Donald Broadbent * Kay Deaux * Leon Festinger * Sigmund Freud * Erich Fromm * Francis Galton * Eleanor Gibson * Doreen Kimur * Ulric Neisser * Jean Piaget * Herbert A. Simon * B.F. Skinner * Amos Tversky Entries are alphabetically organized and similarly structured for ease of access and allowing comparison of information. Introductory biographical details cover main fields of interest, nationality, principal appointments, honours, and places and dates of birth and death. This is followed by full bibliographic details of principal publications, as well as secondary and critical literature which provide a useful route into further research. Following on from there is an invaluable critical appraisal of the major achievements, influences and reception of the psychologists themselves. Thorough indexing allows the reader to access information by American Psychological Association subject division, key concepts, name and institution.

Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment

Human Factors for the Design, Operation, and Maintenance of Mining Equipment
Author: Tim Horberry
Publisher: CRC Press
Total Pages: 189
Release: 2016-04-19
Genre: Science
ISBN: 104017292X

Machines increasingly pervade the mining industry, reducing manual labor and raising production. While the use of new technologies such as remote control, vision enhancement technologies, continuous haulage, and automated equipment has grown, so has the potential for new health and safety risks. Written by leading experts from Australia and North A