Vocabulary
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| engineering psychology | Design of machines and equipment for human use and the determination of the appropriate human behaviors for the efficient operation of machines.
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| time-and-motion study | An early attempt to redesign work tools and to reshape the way workers performed routine, repetitive jobs.
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| Who was Frederick Taylor? | Improved the job of shoveling.
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| therblig | Basic unit of motion (Gilbreth).
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| person-machine system | A system in which human and mechanical components operate together to accomplish a task.
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| human anthropometry | A branch of engineering psychology concerned with measurement of the physical structure of the body.
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| quantitative displays | Present a precise numerical value, such as speed, altitude, or temperature.
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| qualitative displays | Displays that present a range rather than a precise precise numerical (engine temperature).
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| 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).
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| auditory displays | Alarms or warning signals in person-machine systems
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| 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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