PSYC 1F90 Chapter Notes - Chapter 78: Usability, Human Factors And Ergonomics
9 Mar 2016
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Human factors in psychology: designing for human use. Human factor psychology (ergonomics) concerned with making machines/work environments compatible with humans sensor and motor capacities. Natural designs human factors engineering that uses naturally understood perceptual signals. Usability testing testing the cease which uses can learn to use machine: human-computer interaction the application of human factors to the design of computers and computers software. Using tools effectively useful to know abut the tool, and the task you are trying to complete with it. Satisficing engaging behaviour that a receives an acceptable result, rather than an optical result. Ex, using your camera to take photo, but not looking at the other things the camera is capable of: spaced habits must be design with special attention to the number of human factors raised by space flight.
