cultural ergonomics

a specialty area of ergonomics that focuses on cultural factors relevant to human performance and the design and evaluation of work systems. Such factors as national culture, ethnicity, gender, and class are assessed as part of the task of creating systems that can be used efficiently and safely by a particular culture or subculture. See also indigenous researcher; population stereotype.

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Psychology term of the day

December 22nd 2024

time estimation

the ability to monitor elapsed time. In operant conditioning studies using fixed-interval schedules, nonhuman animals can estimate the time between one reward and the occurrence of the next reward. In nature, time estimation is important for finding prey that emerge at a fixed time of day or season and is essential for navigation when sun or star cues are used (see sun compass).