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Experimental Psychology
This undergraduate textbook describes the features of observational, correlational, and experimental methods used to investigate social psychology, developmental psychology, and individual differences, and illustrates the methodologies in the context of actual research problems. The eighth edition adds sections on the relation between children's exposure to TV violence and aggressive behavior and choosing the dependent variable. Annotation : 2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com).
Research Methods in Psychology
Offering complete coverage of core topics in experimental psychology, this text looks at experimentation, small-n experimentation, observation and measurement, and begins with the basics of scientific investigation.
Experimental Psychology
Kantowitz, Roediger, and Elmes, all prominent researchers, take an example-based approach to the fundamentals of research methodology. Their text is organized by topic--such as research in human factors, learning, thinking, and problem solving--a unique feature that helps students connect the concepts of sound methodology with their practical applications. Because the authors employ dozens of carefully selected real-world examples, students can see for themselves the issues and problems that can occur in conducting research. More importantly, they can develop a sense of how to anticipate and adjust for problems in their own research. Important Notice: Media content referenced within the product description or the product text may not be available in the ebook version.
Ergonomics and Safety of Intelligent Driver Interfaces
Even to the casual observer of the automotive industry, it is clear that driving in the 21st century will be radically different from driving as we know it today. Significant advances in diverse technologies such as digital maps, communication links, processors, image processing, chipcards, traffic management, and vehicle positioning and tracking, are enabling extensive development of intelligent transport systems (ITS). Proponents of ITS view these technologies as freeing designers to re-define the role and function of transport in society and to address the urgent problems of congestion, pollution, and safety. Critics, on the other hand, worry that ITS may prove too complex, too demanding,...
Human Factors in Intelligent Transportation Systems
The Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) Program is a cooperative effort by government, private industry, and academia to apply advanced technology to the task of resolving the problems of surface transportation. The objective is to improve travel efficiency and mobility, enhance safety, conserve energy, provide economic benefits, and protect the environment. The current demand for mobility has exceeded the available capacity of the roadway system. Because the highway system cannot be expanded, except in minor ways, the available capacity must be used more efficiently to handle the increased demand. ITS applies advanced information processing, communication, sensing, and computer control ...
Automation and Human Performance
There is perhaps no facet of modern society where the influence of computer automation has not been felt. Flight management systems for pilots, diagnostic and surgical aids for physicians, navigational displays for drivers, and decision-aiding systems for air-traffic controllers, represent only a few of the numerous domains in which powerful new automation technologies have been introduced. The benefits that have been reaped from this technological revolution have been many. At the same time, automation has not always worked as planned by designers, and many problems have arisen--from minor inefficiencies of operation to large-scale, catastrophic accidents. Understanding how humans interact ...
Human Error in Aviation
Most aviation accidents are attributed to human error, pilot error especially. Human error also greatly effects productivity and profitability. In his overview of this collection of papers, the editor points out that these facts are often misinterpreted as evidence of deficiency on the part of operators involved in accidents. Human factors research reveals a more accurate and useful perspective: The errors made by skilled human operators - such as pilots, controllers, and mechanics - are not root causes but symptoms of the way industry operates. The papers selected for this volume have strongly influenced modern thinking about why skilled experts make errors and how to make aviation error resilient.
Mental-state Estimation, 1987
The Mental-State Estimation Workshop - 1987 was held June 3-4, 1987, in Williamsburg 9 Virginia. The workshop was sponsored by the Human Engineering Methods Group9 Crew/Vehicle Interface Research Branch, Flight Management Division, NASA Langley Research Center, and the Center for Ergonomics Research and Training, Old Dominion University, Norfolk_ Virginia. A total of 78 persons attended the workshop, and they represented the government, corporations, and universities. One purpose of the workshop was to examine the status of the idea that cognitive and emotional processes (or mental states) are reflected in discriminable patterns of physiological response. The workshop was designed to explore the potential of a technology based on this concept and the projected flight management applications for such a technology. The papers presented in the conference proceedings reflect the breadth of techniques and areas of study in the examination of mental states and human performance.
