Engineering psychology

The Engineering Psychology is the science of man-machine systems from a psychological perspective.

It is a subfield of industrial psychology, in which it comes to knowledge about typical human capabilities and limitations with respect to information acquisition and information processing so engage in the design of technical systems, that the maximum efficiency of the overall system man-machine is created. Here, the cognitive psychology or a understood as a cognitive activity theory work psychology plays an essential role methodically.

Topics in engineering psychology are system reliability, Human error and reliability, information and communication, problem solving, information technology, decision-making, job-related training, control and monitoring of industrial processes, vehicle handling, man-machine system and usability.

The relevance of engineering psychology is to contribute to understanding the rapid change of human work processes in the era of flexible automation and computerized global communication and in this regard to investigate design options. This claim divides the engineering psychology with the work of science, software ergonomics and different conceptual approaches to the given topic such as human-computer interaction, usability and Cognitive Ergonomics.