Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

Forming connections between human performance and design this new edition of Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines humanâmachine interaction. The book is organized directly from a psychological perspective of human information processing and chapters correspond to the flow of information as it is processed by a human beingâfrom the senses through the brain to actionârather than from the perspective of system components or engineering design concepts. Upon completing this book readers will 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 technologyâs influence on human performance; and show how theoretical advances have been or might be applied to improving humanâmachine interactions. This new edition includes the following key features: A new chapter on research methods Sections on interruption management and distracted driving as cogent examples of applications of engineering psychology theory to societal problems A greatly increased number of references to pandemics technostress and misinformation New applications Amplified emphasis on readability and commonsense examples Updated and new references throughout the text This book is ideal for psychology and engineering students as well as practitioners in engineering psychology human performance and human factors. The text is also supplemented by online resources for students and instructors. . Language: English