Psychology 2990A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Rtfm, User Friendly, Product Design

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

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Fitting the machine to the user and fitting the user to the machine: Other common names for the field human factors engineering human engineering ergonomics. Human factors: definition (p. 234): the science of a) b) designing machines for the human use and determining appropriate behaviors for the efficient operation of ma- chines. ( from machine to nucliar power"s machines). >two goals that led to development of the field. Fitting the machine to the user fitting the user to the machine. Poor visibility around the distance of tank was poor, failing the digits. Seating posiitons caused back and neck injuries. Altitude displays in airplanes: too complex (took 7 sec to read; misread. ?the dis- play was misleading in accurance of misearuaring: design the machine and then fit user to the machine. E. g. if strength required, select strong users if intellegence required, select intelligent users. Problem: not always possible to find ppl who fit the machine.