Application of systemic-structural activity theory to design and training. (2015)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Gregory Z. Bedny.
• Authors: Bedny, Gregory Z
• Contents: OVERVIEW OF THE BASIC CONCEPTS IN ACTIVITY THEORY ; Activity Theory and the Vector Motive → Goal as Its Basic Concept ; General, Applied, and Systemic-Structural Activity Theory: Historical Overview; Study of Predictive Mechanisms in Activity Theory; Goal Concept in Systemic-Structural Activity Theory; Goal and Motivation in Activity Theory; Vector Motive → Goal and Brain Functioning ; Neuropsychological Mechanisms of Attention and Goal-Directed Activity; Relationship between Goal and Motives from Neuropsychological Perspectives; Concept of Task from the Systemic-Structural Activity Theory Perspective ; Task Structure and Its Basic Characteristics; Computer-Based Tasks in Production and Nonproduction Environments; Structure of Production and Operational-Monitoring Processes; Basic Concepts and Terminology: Comparative Analysis ; Analysis of the Basic Terminology in Activity Theory; Activity and Embodied Cognition Theories: Comparative Analysis; Task Description/Identification versus Hierarchical Task Analysis; TRAINING AND DESIGN ; Knowledge and Skill Acquisition as a Self-Regulative Process ; Self-Regulative Concept of Learning and Training; Introduction to the Learning Curve Analysis; Analysis of Changes in the Structure of Skills during the Acquisition Process; Analysis of the Acquisition Process in Learning by Observation; Acquisition Process in Computer-Based Task Analysis; Introduction to Ergonomic Design ; Basic Characteristics of the Design Process; Concept of Self-Regulation in Task Analysis; Description and Classification of Cognitive and Behavioral Actions; Morphological Analysis of Work Activity ; Algorithmic Description of Activity and Task Analysis; Algorithmic Description of Tasks in Automated and Semiautomated Systems; Time Structure Analysis of Activity during Task Performance; Design and Time Study ; Time Study as an Important Aspect of Ergonomic Design; Pace of Performance and Time Study; Pace Formation Process and Mechanisms of Activity Self-Regulation; Pace Regulation and Task Complexity; Error Analysis ; Error Analysis and Design; Error Analysis in Man-Machine Systems; Error Prevention and Training; Application of Queuing Theory to Human Error Analysis; TASK COMPLEXITY EVALUATION ; Complexity, Difficulty, and Intensity of Work ; Job Evaluation and Complexity of Work; Complexity and Difficulty as Basic Characteristics of Task; Theoretical Principles of Complexity Measurement ; Informational and Energetic Components of Complexity; Review of Some Methods of Task Complexity Measurement; Units of Measurement and Formalized Procedures of Complexity Evaluation; Quantitative Assessment of Task Complexity ; Measures of Task Complexity; Complexity Evaluation of Production Operations; Quantitative Complexity Evaluation of Tasks at the Stage of Automation; Complexity Evaluation and Variability of Task Performance; Formalized Methods and Complexity Evaluation in the Analysis of Task Safety; Conclusion ; Bibliography ;
• Edition: 1st
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2015
• Extent: 1 online resource, illustrations (black and white)
• Subjects: 620.82; Human engineering; Task analysis; Occupational training
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781482258035
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on CIP data; item not viewed.
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