Perspectives on Cognitive Task Analysis - Historical Origins and Modern Communities of Practice

Klappentext Presents a comprehensive history of task analysis! charting its origins from the earliest applied psychology through to modern forms of task analysis that focus on the study of cognitive work. This book is suitable for students who need to know about cognitive task analysis and for practitioners of cognitive task analysis. Zusammenfassung This volume is the first comprehensive history of task analysis, charting its origins from the earliest applied psychology through to modern forms of task analysis that focus on the study of cognitive work. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part 1. History. 1. Introduction to Section 1: History. 2. A History of Task Analysis. 3. Evolution of Task Analysis into Cognitive Task Analysis: From Time and Motion Studies to "Man-Machine Systems". 4. Defining and Bounding Cognitive Task Analysis. 5. Emergence of the Communities of Practice. Part 2. The "Perspectives". 6. Introduction to Section 2: The "Perspectives". 7. Cognitive Systems Engineering. 8. Expertise Studies. 9. Naturalistic Decision Making. 10. Work Analysis. 11. Sociological and Ethnographic Perspectives. 12. Human-Centered Computing. Part 3. Synthesis. 13. Introduction to Section 3: Synthesis. 14. Synthesis: Divergences of the Perspectives. 15. Synthesis: Convergences of the Perspectives. 16. Synthesis: Convergence on The Topic of Teamwork and Team Cognition. 17. Synthesis: Methodological Challenges for Cognitive Task Analysis.

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• Authors: Robert R. Hoffman, Robert R. (Institute for Human and Machin Hoffman, Robert R. (Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Hoffman, Robert R. Militello Hoffman, Robert R./ Militello Hoffman, Laura G. Militello, Laura G. (University of Dayton Research Institute Militello
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.09.2008
• EAN: 9780805861402
• ISBN: 978-0-8058-6140-2
• No. of pages: 538
• Dimensions: 184 mm x 267 mm x 38 mm
• Series: Expertise: Research and Applications Series; Expertise: Research and Applications Series
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Psychology > Theoretical psychology