| 1 Introduction to
Human Factors |
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1.1
Human Factors fields |
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1.1.1
General aspects
1.1.2 Within the life ware
1.1.3 Within the social systems
1.1.4 Within technical systems and environment |
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1.2 Why the human
factors concept? |
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1.3 Cognitive Psychology:
the link between Human Factors and behaviour |
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1.4 Behavioural Psychology |
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1.4.1
Behaviour
1.4.2 Personality
1.4.3 Temper
1.4.4 Attitudes |
| 2 The tools of our
mental system |
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2.1
Perception
2.2 Memories and knowledge
2.3 Motivation
2.4 Attention
2.5 Experts and expertise
2.6 Plan of action
2.7 Workload
2.8 Decision |
| 3 The main factors
decreasing the human performance |
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3.1 From human body |
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3.1.1
Confidence
3.1.2 Stress
3.1.3 Vigilance & fatigue
3.1.4 Human errors
3.1.5 Nutrition
3.1.7 Age
3.1.8 Illness |
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3.2 From environment |
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3.2.1
Noise
3.2.2 Temperature
3.2.3 Turbulence and vibration |
