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Ch. 13 Ind. Psy
Vocabulary
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| engineering psychology | Design of machines and equipment for human use and the determination of the appropriate human behaviors for the efficient operation of machines. |
| time-and-motion study | An early attempt to redesign work tools and to reshape the way workers performed routine, repetitive jobs. |
| Who was Frederick Taylor? | Improved the job of shoveling. |
| therblig | Basic unit of motion (Gilbreth). |
| person-machine system | A system in which human and mechanical components operate together to accomplish a task. |
| human anthropometry | A branch of engineering psychology concerned with measurement of the physical structure of the body. |
| quantitative displays | Present a precise numerical value, such as speed, altitude, or temperature. |
| qualitative displays | Displays that present a range rather than a precise precise numerical (engine temperature). |
| check reading displays | Displays that tell the operator whether the system is on or off, safe or unsafe, or operating normally or abnormally (idiot lights). |
| auditory displays | Alarms or warning signals in person-machine systems |
| shape code | Designing knobs for control panels in recognizably different shapes so that they can be identified by by touch alone. |
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