Psychology Of System Design

Author : D. Meister
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 555 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781483295923

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Psychology of System Design by D. Meister Pdf

This is a book about systems, including: systems in which humans control machines; systems in which humans interact with humans and the machine component is relatively unimportant; systems which are heavily computerized and those that are not; and governmental, industrial, military and social systems. The book deals with both traditional systems like farming, fishing and the military, and with systems just now tentatively emerging, like the expert and the interactive computer system. The emphasis is on the system concept and its implications for analysis, design and evaluation of these many different types of systems. The book attempts to make three major points: 1. System design, and particularly computer system design, must fit into and be directed by a comprehensive theory of system functioning. 2. Interactive computer design models itself upon our knowledge of how humans function. 3. Highly sophisticated interactive computer systems are presently mostly research vehicles, they are vastly different to general purpose, commercially available word processors and personal computers. The book represents an interdisciplinary approach, the author has used psychological, organizational, human factors, and engineering sources. The book is not a "how to do it" book but it is intended to stimulate thinking about the larger context in which systems, particularly computer systems of the future, should be designed and used.

Author : Rajeev Batra,Colleen Seifert,Diann Brei
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 377 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2015-07-24
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9781317502104

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The Psychology of Design by Rajeev Batra,Colleen Seifert,Diann Brei Pdf

Design plays an increasingly larger role today in creating consumer desire for products and liking for commercial messages. However, the psychological processes involved are only partially understood. In addition, design is inherently interdisciplinary, involving (among others) important elements of aesthetics, anthropology, brand strategy, creativity, design science, engineering, graphic design, industrial design, marketing, material science, product design, and several areas within psychology. While researchers and practitioners in all of these fields seek to learn more about how and why "good" design works its magic, they may benefit from each other’s work. The chapters in this edited book bring together organizing frameworks and reviews of the relevant literatures from many of these contributing disciplines, along with recent empirical work. They cover relevant areas such as embodied cognition, processing fluency, experiential marketing, sensory marketing, visual aesthetics, and other research streams related to the impact of design on consumers. Importantly, the primary focus of these chapters is not on product design that creates functional value for the targeted consumer, but rather on how design can create the kind of emotional, experiential, hedonic, and sensory appeal that results in attracting consumers. Each chapter concludes with Implications for a theory of design as well as for designers.

Author : Craig Haney
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 352 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2005-08-04
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0198040229

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Death by Design by Craig Haney Pdf

How can otherwise normal, moral persons - as citizens, voters, and jurors - participate in a process that is designed to take the life of another? In DEATH BY DESIGN, research psychologist Craig Haney argues that capital punishment, and particularly the sequence of events that lead to death sentencing itself, is maintained through a complex and elaborate social psychological system that distances and disengages us from the true nature of the task. Relying heavily on his own research and that of other social scientists, Haney suggests that these social psychological forces enable persons to engage in behavior from which many of them otherwise would refrain. However, by facilitating death sentencing in these ways, this inter-related set of social psychological forces also undermines the reliability and authenticity of the process, and compromises the fairness of its outcomes. Because these social psychological forces are systemic in nature - built into the very system of death sentencing itself - Haney concludes by suggesting a number of inter-locking reforms, derived directly from empirical research on capital punishment, that are needed to increase the fairness and reliability of the process. The historic and ongoing public debate over the death penalty takes place not only in courtrooms, but also in classrooms, offices, and living rooms. This timely book offers stimulating insights into capital punishment for professionals and students working in psychology, law, criminology, sociology, and cultural area studies. As capital punishment receives continued attention in the media, it is also a necessary and provocative guide that empowers all readers to come to their own conclusions about the death penalty.

Author : Robert Mills Gagné
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 588 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 1962
Category : Human engineering
ISBN : UOM:39015011492470

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Psychological Principles in System Development by Robert Mills Gagné Pdf

Author : David C. Evans
Publisher : Apress
Page : 269 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2017-02-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781484225806

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Bottlenecks by David C. Evans Pdf

Learn the psychological constrictions of attention, perception, memory, disposition, motivation, and social influence that determine whether customers will be receptive to your digital innovations. Bottlenecks: Aligning UX Design with User Psychology fills a need for entrepreneurs, designers, and marketing professionals in the application of foundational psychology to user-experience design. The first generation of books on the topic focused on web pages and cognitive psychology. This book covers apps, social media, in-car infotainment, and multiplayer video games, and it explores the crucial roles played by behaviorism, development, personality, and social psychology. Author David Evans is an experimental psychology Ph.D. and senior manager of consumer research at Microsoft who recounts high-stakes case studies in which behavioral theory aligned digital designs with the bottlenecks in human nature to the benefit of users and businesses alike. Innova tors in design and students of psychology will learn: The psychological processes determining users’ perception of, engagement with, and recommendation of digital innovations Examples of interfaces before and after simple psychological alignments that vastly enhanced their effectiveness Strategies for marketing and product development in an age of social media and behavioral targeting Hypotheses for research that both academics and enterprises can perform to better meet users’ needs Who This Book Is For Designers and entrepreneurs will use this book to give their innovations an edge on what are increasingly competitive platforms such as apps, bots, in-car apps, augmented reality content. Usability researchers and market researchers will leverage it to enhance their consulting and reporting. Students and lecturers in psychology departments will want it to help land employment in the private sector. Praise “Bottlenecks’ is a tight and eminently actionable read for business leaders in startups and enterprises alike. Evans gives us a rich sense of key psychological processes and even richer examples of them in action.” - Nir Eyal, Author of Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products “Clients frequently ask our UX researchers and designers for deeper truths about why certain designs work and others fail. Bottlenecks offers practical explanations and evidence based on the idea that human cognition did not begin with the digital age.” - John Dirks, UX Director and Partner, Blink UX “Bottlenecks brings together two very important aspects of user experience design: understanding users and translating this into business impact. A must-read for anyone who wants to learn both.” - Josh Lamar, Sr. UX Lead, Microsoft Outlook

Author : Don Harris
Publisher : Springer
Page : 439 pages
File Size : 53,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319584751

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Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics: Cognition and Design by Don Harris Pdf

This book constitutes the proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics, EPCE 2017, held in Vancouver, Canada, in July 2017. HCII 2017 received a total of 4340 submissions, of which 1228 papers were accepted for publication after a careful reviewing process. The papers thoroughly cover the entire field of Human-Computer Interaction, addressing major advances in knowledge and effective use of computers in a variety of application areas. The two volumes set of EPCE 2017 presents 58 papers which are organized in the following topical sections: cognition and design, cognition in aviation and space, cognition and driving, mental workload and performance, psychological and emotional issues in interaction, situation awareness and control.

Author : David Meister,Thomas P. Enderwick
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2001-06-01
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 1410600653

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Human Factors in System Design, Development, and Testing by David Meister,Thomas P. Enderwick Pdf

Human Factors in System Design, Development, and Testing describes engineering system design as a behavioral process, a process which raises questions the designer must answer. It focuses on the concepts underlying the design process, culminating in a behavioral theory of the design process. Special effort has been made to depict human facto

Author : Frank E. Ritter,Gordon D. Baxter,Elizabeth F. Churchill
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 442 pages
File Size : 49,7 Mb
Release : 2014-04-11
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781447151340

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Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems by Frank E. Ritter,Gordon D. Baxter,Elizabeth F. Churchill Pdf

Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems introduces the fundamental human capabilities and characteristics that influence how people use interactive technologies. Organized into four main areas—anthropometrics, behaviour, cognition and social factors—it covers basic research and considers the practical implications of that research on system design. Applying what you learn from this book will help you to design interactive systems that are more usable, more useful and more effective. The authors have deliberately developed Foundations for Designing User-Centered Systems to appeal to system designers and developers, as well as to students who are taking courses in system design and HCI. The book reflects the authors’ backgrounds in computer science, cognitive science, psychology and human factors. The material in the book is based on their collective experience which adds up to almost 90 years of working in academia and both with, and within, industry; covering domains that include aviation, consumer Internet, defense, eCommerce, enterprise system design, health care, and industrial process control.

Author : Don Harris
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 602 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2017-07-05
Category : Transportation
ISBN : 9781351568203

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Engineering Psychology and Cognitive Ergonomics by Don Harris Pdf

This is the fifth edited volume of refereed contributions, from an international group of researchers and specialists. Volumes Five and Six comprise the edited proceedings of the third international conference on Engineering Psychology Cognitive Ergonomics, organized by Cranfield College of Aeronautics, Edinburgh, Scotland in October 2000. Volume Five concentrates on applications in the areas of transportation, medical ergonomics and training. Topics addressed include: the design of control and display systems; human perception, error, reliability, information processing, and performance modelling; mental workload; stress; automation; situation awareness; skill acquisition and retention; techniques for evaluating human-machine systems and the physiological correlates of performance. Both volumes will be useful to applied and occupational psychologists, instructors, instructional developers, equipment and system designers, researchers, government regulatory personnel, human resource managers and selection specialists; also to senior pilots, air traffic control and aviation and ground transportation operations management.

Author : Ronald M. Baecker
Publisher : Elsevier
Page : 900 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2014-06-28
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9780080515748

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Readings in Human-Computer Interaction by Ronald M. Baecker Pdf

The effectiveness of the user-computer interface has become increasingly important as computer systems have become useful tools for persons not trained in computer science. In fact, the interface is often the most important factor in the success or failure of any computer system. Dealing with the numerous subtly interrelated issues and technical, behavioral, and aesthetic considerations consumes a large and increasing share of development time and a corresponding percentage of the total code for any given application. A revision of one of the most successful books on human-computer interaction, this compilation gives students, researchers, and practitioners an overview of the significant concepts and results in the field and a comprehensive guide to the research literature. Like the first edition, this book combines reprints of key research papers and case studies with synthesizing survey material and analysis by the editors. It is significantly reorganized, updated, and enhanced; over 90% of the papers are new. An invaluable resource for systems designers, cognitive scientists, computer scientists, managers, and anyone concerned with the effectiveness of user-computer interfaces, it is also designed for use as a primary or supplementary text for graduate and advanced undergraduate courses in human-computer interaction and interface design. Human computer interaction--historical, intellectual, and social Developing interactive systems, including design, evaluation methods, and development tools The interaction experience, through a variety of sensory modalities including vision, touch, gesture, audition, speech, and language Theories of information processing and issues of human-computer fit and adaptation

Author : Christopher D. Wickens,Justin G. Hollands,Simon Banbury,Raja Parasuraman
Publisher : Psychology Press
Page : 541 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2015-08-20
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781317351320

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Engineering Psychology and Human Performance by Christopher D. Wickens,Justin G. Hollands,Simon Banbury,Raja Parasuraman Pdf

Forming connections between human performance and design Engineering Psychology and Human Performance, 4e examines human-machine interaction. The book is organized directly from the psychological perspective of human information processing. The chapters generally 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. This book is ideal for a psychology student, engineering student, or actual practitioner in engineering psychology, human performance, and human factors Learning Goals Upon completing this book, readers should 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. * show how theoretical advances have been, or might be, applied to improving human-machine interaction

Author : Don Harris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2005-01-01
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 0805857966

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Engineering Psychology, Health, and Computer System Design by Don Harris Pdf

Author : Paul R. Martin,Fanny M. Cheung,Michael C. Knowles,Michael Kyrios,Lyn Littlefield,J. Bruce Overmier,José M. Prieto
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 857 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 2011-03-01
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 9781444395143

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IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology by Paul R. Martin,Fanny M. Cheung,Michael C. Knowles,Michael Kyrios,Lyn Littlefield,J. Bruce Overmier,José M. Prieto Pdf

The IAAP Handbook of Applied Psychology, an up-to-date and authoritative reference, provides a critical overview of applied psychology from an international perspective. Brings together articles by leading authorities from around the world Provides the reader with a complete overview of the field and highlights key research findings Divided into three parts: professional psychology, substantive areas of applied psychology, and special topics in applied psychology Explores the challenges, opportunities, and potential future developments in applied psychology Features comprehensive coverage of the field, including topics as diverse as clinical health psychology, environmental psychology, and consumer psychology

Author : Charles Spielberger
Publisher : Academic Press
Page : 962 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2004-09-02
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 9780126574104

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Encyclopedia of Applied Psychology by Charles Spielberger Pdf

Encompasses topics including aging (geropsychology), assessment, clinical, cognitive, community, counseling, educational, environmental, family, industrial/organizational, health, school, sports, and transportation psychology. Each entry provides a clear definition, a brief review of the theoretical basis, and emphasizes major areas of application.

Author : Stuart K. Card
Publisher : CRC Press
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 45,8 Mb
Release : 2018-05-04
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781351409469

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The Psychology of Human-Computer Interaction by Stuart K. Card Pdf

Defines the psychology of human-computer interaction, showing how to span the gap between science & application. Studies the behavior of users in interacting with computer systems.