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31. The Russian Theory of Activity

    Current Applications To Design and Learning

    By Gregory Bedny, David Meister

    Series: Applied Psychology Series

    The opening of the former Soviet Union to the West has provided an opportunity to describe Russian human factors/ergonomics and to compare American theories and methods with it. Although this book is principally dedicated to describing the theory of activity as it applies to issues of design and...

    Published May 31st 1997 by Psychology Press
32. Organizational Citizenship Behavior and Contextual Performance

    A Special Issue of Human Performance

    Edited by Walter C. Borman, Stephan J. Motowidlo

    These articles describe ideas about contextual performance, organizational citizenship behavior (OCB), and similar patterns of behavior that have been developed by scholars working from very different research traditions. It seems that the different research traditions are converging on the same...

    Published February 28th 1997 by Psychology Press
33. Naturalistic Decision Making

    Edited by Caroline E. Zsambok, Gary Klein

    Series: Expertise: Research and Applications Series

    If you aren't using the term naturalistic decision making, or NDM, you soon will be. Even as a very young field, NDM has already had far-reaching applications in areas as diverse as management, aviation, health care, nuclear power, military command and control, corporate teamwork, and manufacturing...

    Published November 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
34. Introduction to Sports Biomechanics

    Analysing Human Movement Patterns

    Introduction to Sports Biomechanics has been developed to introduce you to the core topics covered in the first two years of your degree. It will give you a sound grounding in both the theoretical and practical apects of the subject....

    Published November 27th 1996 by Routledge
35. Aging and Skilled Performance

    Advances in Theory and Applications

    Edited by Wendy A. Rogers, Arthur D. Fisk, Neff Walker

    The term "skill" encompasses an array of topics and issues. For example, individuals are skilled in a variety of domains such as chess, typing, air traffic control, or knitting; researchers study skill in a variety of ways, including speed of acquisition, accuracy of performance, and retention over...

    Published August 31st 1996 by Psychology Press
36. Signal Detection Theory and Roc Analysis in Psychology and Diagnostics

    Collected Papers

    By John A. Swets

    Series: Scientific Psychology Series

    Signal detection theory--as developed in electrical engineering and based on statistical decision theory--was first applied to human sensory discrimination 40 years ago. The theoretical intent was to provide a valid model of the discrimination process; the methodological intent was to provide...

    Published April 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
37. Decision Making in the Workplace

    A Unified Perspective

    Edited by Lee Roy Beach

    Many, if not most, of one's important decisions are made in the context of one's work. However, because workplace decisions cover such a broad range of issues, it often is difficult to detect underlying commonalities in how they are made, and in how things go wrong when they do go wrong. As a...

    Published April 30th 1996 by Psychology Press
38. Human Performance and Productivity

    Volumes 1, 2, and 3

    Edited by Marvin D. Dunnette, Edwin A. Fleishman

    These volumes represent a concerted attempt to link what is known from human performance research to recognized national needs for improving productivity. The product of a National Science Foundation project directed by the series editor, the set features authoritative reviews by leading...

    Published February 28th 1982 by Psychology Press