Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

by Christopher D. Wickens

Forming connections between human performance and design Engineering Psychology and Human Performance, 4e examines human-machine interaction. The book is organized directly from the psychological perspective of human information processing. The chapters generally correspond to the flow of information as it is processed by a human being--from the senses, through the brain, to action--rather than from the perspective of system components or engineering design concepts. This book is ideal for a psychology student, engineering student, or actual practitioner in engineering psychology, human performance, and human factors Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should be able * 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 technology's influence on human performance.  * show how theoretical advances have been, or might be, applied to improving human-machine interaction

Genres: Psychology, Design, Nonfiction, Science

541 pages, Kindle Edition

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 The only problem is that it is a bit outdated, hence lots of more modern use cases (e.g., web, phones, wearables) are not discussed.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 Just slightly outdated (1999).