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...
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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
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Front Cover; Human Factors Psychology; Copyright Page; TABLE OF CONTENTS; Chapter 1. SHORT-TERM MEMORY LlMlTS IN HUMAN PERFORMANCE; 1.1. INTRODUCTION; 1.2. DISTRACTION; 1.3. CAPACITY LIMIT; 1.4. HUMAN FACTORS APPLICATIONS; Chapter 2. ATTENTION; 2.1. METAPHORS OF ATTENTION; 2.2. SELECTIVE ATTENTION; 2.3. DIVIDED ATTENTION; 2.4. RESOURCES, PRACTICE, AND DIFFICULTY; 2.5. ATTENTION AND HUMAN ERROR; 2.6. CHANGES IN ATTENTIONAL FUNCTION; 2.7. CONCLUSION; Chapter 3. MENTAL WORKLOAD; 3.1. WHY PEOPLE ASK ""WHAT IS MENTAL WORKLOAD""; 3.2. HEURISTICS FOR STUDYING MENTAL WORKLOAD
3.3. ATTENTION AND MENTAL WORKLOAD3.4. TASK DIFFICULTY VERSUS TASK COMPLEXITY; 3.5. MULTI-DIMENSIONAL ASPECTS OF MENTAL WORKLOAD; 3.6. MEASURING MENTAL WORKLOAD; 3.7. CONCLUSIONS; Chapter 4. HUMAN DECISION PROCESSES: HEURISTICS AND TASK STRUCTURE; 4.1. INTRODUCTION; 4.2. JUDGMENT UNDER UNCERTAINTY; 4.3. CHOICE STRATEGIES AND TASK STRUCTURE; 4.4. DYNAMIC DECISION ENVIRONMENTS; 4.5. METHODS FOR EXPLORING DECISION STRATEGIES; 4.6. IMPLICATIONS FOR HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; 4.7. CONCLUSION; Chapter 5. AUTOMATIC AND CONTROLLED PROCESSING THEORY AND ITS APPLICATIONS TO HUMAN FACTORS PROBLEMS
5.1. INTRODUCTION5.2. REVIEW OF THE RESEARCH; 5.3. FURTHER QUALITATIVE DIFFERENCES; 5.4. ATTENTIONAL RESOURCE REQUIREMENTS OF AUTOMATIC/CONTROLLED PROCESSING; 5.5. COMPLEX STIMULI - GENERALIZABILITY OF THE VISUAL SEARCH RESEARCH; 5.6. RELIABILITY OF AUTOMATIC PROCESSES; 5.7. INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN AUTOMATIC/CONTROLLED PROCESSING; 5.8. CONCLUSION AND FUTURE DIRECTION; Chapter 6. DESCRIBING MOVEMENT CONTROL AT TWO LEVELS OF ABSTRACTION; 6.1. ARGUMENTS FOR MULTIPLE LEVELS OF BEHAVIORAL ORGANIZATION; 6.2. ACTIVITY MODULES FOR DESCRIBING TRACKING AND OTHER SKILLED MOVEMENTS
6.3. A REACTIVE TARGET ACQUISITION TASK6.4. METHOD; 6.5. RESULTS; 6.6. DISCUSSION; Chapter 7. HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; 7.1. INTRODUCTION; 7.2. THE EMPlRICAL APPROACH; 7.3. THE ANTHROPOMORPHIC APPROACH; 7.4. THE COGNITIVE APPROACH; 7.5. THE PREDICTIVE MODELING APPROACH; 7.6. THE ROLE OF HUMAN FACTORS; Chapter 8. ADAPTIVE CONTROL IN HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; 8.1. INTRODUCTION; 8.2. STRESS AND ADAPTIVE FUNCTIONING; 8.3. USE OF MENTAL WORKLOAD MEASURES AS INPUT TO AN ADAPTIVE SYSTEM; 8.4. THE ROLE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE IN HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS; 8.5. ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS
8.6. A KNOWLEDGE-BASED ADAPTIVE MECHANISM8.7. CONCLUSION; Chapter 9. HUMAN FACTORS IN ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN AND MANAGEMENT; 9.1. THE CONCEPT OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE AND DESIGN; 9.2. ORGANIZATIONAL GOALS; 9.3. DESIGNING THE COMPONENTS OF STRUCTURE; 9.4. MODERATING ORGANIZATIONAL DESIGN; 9.5. SELECTING THE TYPE OF ORGANIZATIONAL STRUCTURE; Index