| Document ID (ISN) | 51245 |
| CIS number |
89-129 |
| ISBN(s) |
1-869959-44-2 |
| Year |
1987 |
| Convention or series no. |
RA4
|
| Author(s) |
Boyle A.J. |
| Title |
Unit: Risk assessment and control - Module: Human reliability |
| Bibliographic information |
Occupational Health and Safety, Portsmouth Polytechnic, Department of Design, Lion Gate Building, Lion Terrace, Portsmouth PO1 3HF, United Kingdom, 1987. 138p. Illus. |
| Abstract |
Training manual designed for home study. It includes many practical exercises with answers. Four segments: 1 - Human reliability (3 main adaptation mechanisms: muscular changes, habituation, learning). 2 - Reliability of information input (human beings as information processors; vision; hearing; smell and taste; touch; balance; proprioceptors; nerve endings in the joints). 3 - Information processing (limits on information input; attention; long- and short-term memory; expectancies; decision making; influences on information processing). 4 - Personal factors in human reliability (fatigue, boredom and stress; attitudes, motivation and personality; the environment, groups and organisations; dealing with danger). |
| Descriptors (primary) |
human relations; training course; human factors; risk factors; ergonomics; reliability; hazard evaluation; human behaviour |
| Descriptors (secondary) |
monotonous work; sense organs; fatigue; nervous fatigue; mental attitude; motivation; character; training manuals; olfaction; physiology of sense organs; physiology of hearing; sense of balance; physiology of vision; mental stress; short-time memory |
| Document type |
C - Training manuals, audiovisual material |
| Subject(s) |
Psychology and sociology
|
| Broad subject area(s) |
Stress, psychosocial factors
|
| Browse category(ies) |
OSH training
Psychological factors
Risk evaluation
Ergonomics
|
