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Chapter 1 Quiz

Question 1

Engineering psychology is a subdiscipline of what larger discipline?

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Definitions - p. 1

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Psychology

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Engineering

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Cognition

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Ergonomics

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In what discipline does the study of behavior focus on the application of the
principles and theories of behavior and cognition in areas beyond the laboratory?
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Theoretical psychology

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Applied psychology

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Applied cognitive engineering

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Psychological ergonomics

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In designing a task for experimental participants, what must the engineering

psychologist consider that other types of experimental psychologists don't
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Definitions - p. 2

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The 10-millisecond effect

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Statistical significance

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Experimental control

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Relevance to tasks beyond the laboratory

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Engineering psychology focuses on human factors ________.

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Question 6
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"below the neck"

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"from the neck up"

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"that are of physical comfort"

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"that are completely theoretical"

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Which of the following is NOT one of "the big three" measures used to determine the
quality of performance?
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Speed

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Statistical significance

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Attentional demand

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Accuracy

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Cognitive phenomena that are not directly reflected in performance but may
ultimately be expressed in some measure of performance in the work place are
known as ________.
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Definitions - p. 3

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interpretative data

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permanent psychological traits

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temporary psychological traits

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intervening variables

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________, a newer research method used in engineering psychology, extracts and

integrates qualitative data from a set of studies to derive their "collective wisdom."
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Research Methods - p. 3

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Computational models

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Meta-analyses

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Human-in-the-loop simulations

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Surveys

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In engineering psychology research, computational models are used to ________.

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Research Methods - p. 3

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accurately count the number of participants in a given

study

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derive the "collective wisdom" from a group of studies on

the same subject

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simulate human behavior and cognition through software

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create databases of accident reports and serious

incidents

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A model of ________ stages is a useful framework for analyzing the different

psychological processes used in interacting with systems and analyzing tasks.
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A Model of Human Information Processing - p. 4

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human information processing

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impaired cognitive functioning

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laboratory measurement

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perceptive cognition

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Perception involves determining the meaning of a sensory signal or event, and takes
place in the ________.
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short term sensory store (STSS)

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working memory cognition

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long-term memory

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system environment (feedback)

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