Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

by Christopher D. Wickens, Justin G. Hollands

This book presents an intuitive understanding of how humans process information in the performance of tasks—highlighting the strengths and limitations, as well as methods, of performance. Equal emphasis is placed on the implications of these strengths and limitations for the design of equipment with which people interact, and for the design and training of work procedures. Chapter topics include spatial displays, language and communications, memory and training, decision making, selection of action, manual control, and stress and human error. Individuals interested in psychology will appreciate this book's reflection on the link between basic research and real-world applications.

Genres: Psychology, Design, Nonfiction, Science

573 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1984

Reviews

[A · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an excellent book focused on psychology, human factors and cogniitve science. The only problem is that it is a bit outdated, hence lots of more modern use cases (e.g., web, phones, wearables) are not discussed. Instead, examples abound about planes, and flight control, among others.
Despite that, I think there is a lot of interesting basic principles discussed in this book that are worth studying.

[Ronald · Rating 5 out of 5]

Read a long time ago but recently reviewed the sections from response selection to the end. This is the definitive entry point to engineering psychology, no complaint. Must read.

[Geraldinho · Rating 4 out of 5]

Great textbook. Just slightly outdated (1999).