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6938 (v.3) Cognitive Ergonomics 503


Area: School of Psychology
Credits: 25.0
Contact Hours: 5.0
 
** The tuition pattern below provides details of the types of classes and their duration. This is to be used as a guide only. For more precise information please check your unit outline. **
 
Lecture: 1 x 1 Hours Weekly
Other: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Practical: 1 x 2 Hours Weekly
Prerequisite(s): 13142 (v.2) Introduction to Ergonomics 555 or any previous version
 
Syllabus: A basic foundation in the understanding of the mental characteristics of humans and the design artefacts and environments to match these characteristics. The perception, attention, mental workload, decision making, learning, memory and manual control processes underpinning human mental capacities and limitations are explored. The consequences of appropriate and inappropriate interactions with artefacts are examined in application areas such as display design, control-display compatibility, human computerinteraction, shift work, safety and human error.
 
** To ensure that the most up-to-date information about unit references, texts and outcomes appears, they will be provided in your unit outline prior to commencement. **
 
Field of Education: 090701 Psychology
Funding Cluster: 05 - Behavioural Science, Social Studies
SOLT (Online) Definitions*: Informational
*Extent to which this unit or thesis utilises online information
Result Type: Grade/Mark

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