Engineering Psychology and Human Performance

by Christopher D. Wickens, William S. Helton, Justin G. Hollands

Forming connections between human performance and design, this new edition of Engineering Psychology and Human Performance examines human–machine 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 being―from the senses, through the brain, to action―rather 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 technology’s influence on human performance; and show how theoretical advances have been, or might be, applied to improving human–machine interactions. This new edition includes the following key 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.

Genres: Psychology, Design, Nonfiction, Science

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 The only problem is that it is a bit outdated, hence lots of more modern use cases (e.g., web, phones, wearables) are not discussed.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 Just slightly outdated (1999).