Instructional Course in Engineering Psychology

Author: edited by Zhu Zuxiang
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Publish Date: 2005-06-01
Features: The book is divided into five parts, totaling 22 chapters. Part I Introduction, mainly discusses the research objects and methods of engineering psychology, and briefly introduces the basic knowledge of human activity and brain information processing. Part II discusses the psychological principles and principles of human-machine system and human-machine interface design, including the design and evaluation of human-machine systems, human-machine matching principles for visual, auditory displayers, and language communication system design, as well as human-machine matching requirements for controller design. Part III discusses the psychological issues of human-computer interface design, including human-machine matching requirements for hardware interfaces such as computer keyboards and mice, and software interfaces such as menus and icons. This part also introduces the new development trends of human-computer interfaces. Part IV mainly discusses the characteristics of human work activities and the basic principles of work design, including manual and monitoring operations, work analysis and measurement, physical work load and mental work load, accidents and human errors, and other content. Part V discusses the issues of workspace design and work environment design, including the design of workplaces and workstations, and human factors issues in the design of work environment interfaces such as lighting, noise, vibration, and microclimate.