LOCAL APPLICATIONS OF THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS by Peter A. Hancock (Editor), John M. Flach (Editor), Jeff Caird (Editor) ( 9780805813807 )

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LOCAL APPLICATIONS OF THE ECOLOGICAL APPROACH TO HUMAN-MACHINE SYSTEMS

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Peter A. Hancock (Editor), John M. Flach (Editor), Jeff Caird (Editor)

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0805813802

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Publisher:

TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC

Pub. date:

1 May, 1995

Series:

Resources for Ecological Psychology Series

Pages:

488

Description:

Includes papers which shows 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. This collection draws a connection between these two fields.

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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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Lawrence Erlbaum Associates Inc

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