Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
- ISBN-10
- 0205021980
- ISBN-13
- 9780205021987
- Series
- Engineering Psychology and Human Performance
- Category
- Psychology
- Pages
- 518
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2013
- Publisher
- Psychology Press
- Authors
- Christopher D. Wickens, Justin G. Hollands, Simon Banbury
Description
Forming connections between human performance and design Engineering Psychology and Human Performance, 4e examines human-machine interaction. The book is organized directly from the psychological perspective of human information processing. The chapters generally correspond to the flow of information as it is processed by a human being--from the senses, through the brain, to action--rather than from the perspective of system components or engineering design concepts. This book is ideal for a psychology student, engineering student, or actual practitioner in engineering psychology, human performance, and human factors Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able to: Identify how human ability contributes to the design of technology. Understand the connections within human information processing and human performance. Challenge the way they think about technology's influence on human performance. show how theoretical advances have been, or might be, applied to improving human-machine interaction Note: MySearchLab does not come automatically packaged with this text. To purchase MySearchLab, please visitwww.mysearchlab.com or you can purchase a ValuePack of the text + MySearchLab: ValuePack ISBN-10: 0205896197 / ValuePack ISBN-13: 9780205896196
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