9.1 Flashcards
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What’s another word for Human Factors?
Ergonomics
What is Clinical Psychology?
Studying and applying psychological theory to help relieve stress and dysfunction.
What is Experimental Psychology?
The study of behavioural process studied in a lab
What is Anthropometrics?
The study of dimensions and abilities of the human body. Designing an aircraft to be interfaced with by the human body
What is Computer Science?
The study of human interface with computers systems. Computers and software should be easy to use and understand
What is Saftey Engineering?
The study of life critical systems in a work environment to ensure they operate as normal even if they fail
What is Medical Science?
The study and development of health care. It’s influenced heavily by human health and fitness and needs to be adapted for all people
What is Organisational Psychology?
Concerns the relation of people with work. Includes training, job satisfaction and employee rewards for good staff work. There objective is to create motivation and safety
What is Educational Phsychology?
The study of how people learn. This information is used to design educational materials and courses
What is Industrial Engineering?
The study of actual work and how to ‘continuously improve’ work standards.
This can maintain arousal, reduce stress which reduces stressor based errors on the workforce and increase organisation productivity
What are the ‘Dirty Dozen’?
It’s a list of the twelve most common human error precautions. Non have more priority over others
What is Murphy’s law?
Also known as Sod’s Law: ‘Anything that can go wrong will go wrong’. Doesn’t discriminate can happen to experienced and inexperienced personnel
