Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Graphical User Interface, Engineering Psychology, Product Liability

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

Document Summary

Fitting the machine to the user and fitting the user to the machine. Prologue: names and definition: other common names for the field: But the best one to use: engineering psychology: definition: the science of (a) designing machines for human use and (b) determining appropriate behaviors for the efficient operation of machines. Machine: include all nuclear to laptop to a cup. This definition highlight the two goals that led to development of the field: The visibility was really poor, impossible to see immediately around the tank. It wasn"t uncommon to hit a stone or fall in a gap. Also, the seating positions caused back and neck injuries (enough to require medical attention)!! So more damage to operators than enemy! (lack of consideration against people you actually use the machine: altitude displays in airplanes: too complex (took 7 sec to read; misread 12% of the time).