Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine Systems

John M. Flach

ISBN 10: 0805813829 / ISBN 13: 9780805813821

Edité par CRC Press, 1995

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nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.

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• Titre: Global Perspectives on the Ecology of Human-Machine Systems
• Éditeur: CRC Press
• Date de parution: 1995
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN à 10 chiffres: 0805813829
• ISBN à 13 chiffres: 9780805813821
• Reliure: Taschenbuch
• État de l'article: Neu
• Dimensions: 229 L x 152 H x 23 P (en millimètres) 229 millimètres de largeur par 152 millimètres de hauteur par 23 millimètres de profondeur
• Poids: 619 grammes

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There is a growing consensus in the human factors/ergonomics community that human factors research has had little impact on significant applied problems. Some have suggested that the problem lies in the fact that much HF/E research has been based on the wrong type of psychology, an information processing view of psychology that is reductionistic and context-free. Ecological psychology offers a viable alternative, presenting a richer view of human behavior that is holistic and contextualized. The papers presented in these two volumes show the conceptual impact that ecological psychology can have on HF/E, as well as presenting a number of specific examples illustrating the ecological approach to human-machine systems. It is the first collection of papers that explicitly draws a connection between these two fields. While work in this area is only just beginning, the evidence available suggests that taking an ecological approach to human factors/ergonomics helps bridge the existing gap between basic research and applied problems.

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