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The planner of an MME-system should have an idea of the psychological nature of the working man, the operator in the system. What mental abilities can and must the planning engineer take into account  [Pg.210]

Similarly, minimum requirements for psychological characteristics have recently been established in industry for driving, controlling, and monitoring activities, which can be tested in a relatively simple manner. Burkhardt and Hahn [6-31] have developed a battery of five tests for the examination of the selected variables (Table 6,15). The tests are carried out in such a way that they can be terminated as soon as it is established that the subject has reached the minimum requirement. This type of psychological diagnostics corresponds to the basic idea that the costs of testing can be kept as low as possible if they do no more than to ascertain that the minimum requirements have been reached. [Pg.210]

Psychological tests generally allocate a numerical value to the behavior of a person within the test situation. The reference system for most psychological tests is the manifestation of the tested characteristic in the total population. This is based on the assumption that the psychologically relevant characteristics in the total population conform to the normal distribution. The most frequently used scale for the characterization of [Pg.210]

As previously mentioned, man receives information via his sensory organs, principally through the eye, the ear, and the cutaneous senses. Perception is an active process of the organism. The environment is not simply depicted through the sensory organs on the contrary, selection and interpretation of the incoming data are performed, as has been described within perceptual psychology [6-32]. [Pg.212]

An excessively low level of arousal will lead to boredom. This is usually found in repetitive jobs devoid of any change (production lines with short activity cycles) and especially in situations where the following factors come into play  [Pg.214]


Brown WR. 1983. 1976 Hanford americium exposure incident Psychological aspects. Health Phys 45(4) 867-871. [Pg.228]

Psychological aspects of caffeine dependency, to the extent that they occur, may be due to the reinforcing effects of the drug.235-297 In fact, doses as low as 25 mg have been shown to have reinforcing properties.284 Although caffeine may not be as reinforcing as other psychostimulants,163 animal studies have shown that it does have the properties of a positive reinforcer.298... [Pg.282]

Tools for Treating the Psychological Aspects of a Drug Problem... [Pg.181]

Psychotropic drugs, Herbs--Therapeutic use. Psychopharmacology, Medicinal plants-Psychological aspects. [Pg.1]

Wilkinson JM, Pollard I. (1993). Accumulation of theophylline, theobromine, and paraxanthine in the fetal rat brain following a single oral dose of caffeine. Brain Res Dev Brain Res. 75(2) 193-99. Winstock AR, Trivedy CR, Warnakulasuriya KAAS, Peters TJ. (In press). A dependency syndrome related to areca nut use some medical and psychological aspects among areca nut users in the Gujarat community in the UK. Addict Biol. [Pg.468]

Obesity is a complex chronic condition with genetic, environmental, metabolic and psychological aspects. It has biochemical, biomechanical and sociological effects that lead to increased ill-health and early death and represents one of the biggest healthcare challenges of the 21st century. [Pg.122]

PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF CHOLECYSTOKININ TETRAPEPTIDE-INDUCED SYMPTOMS... [Pg.417]

Psychological aspects - self-esteem, anxiety and depression... [Pg.113]

Thus, a comprehensive management strategy must address the medical, nutritional, and psychological aspects of these disorders. [Pg.302]

Eisenberg L (1981) Physiological and psychological aspects of sexual development and function. In Hamilton DW Naftolin F ed. Basic reproductive medicine, Vol. 1. Cambridge, Massachusetts. The MIT Press, p 118. [Pg.145]

This section deals with works that focus on the experience of drug users and abusers, including physiological and psychological aspects of the process of addiction. [Pg.147]

Note AIDS is caused by HIV, which impairs both cellular and humoral immune functions, and this results in increased susceptibility to opportunistic infection and certain malignancies. The medical aspects of HIV infection include AIDS-related complex (weight loss, chronic diarrhea, fever, thrush, herpes zoster, fatigue), opportunistic infections and cancer, end-stage renal disease, blindness (cytomegalovirus), HIV encephalopathy, and dementia. The psychological aspects of HIV infection include major depression, regression, and suicidal impulses, delirium, substance abuse, antisocial personality, and bereavement. [Pg.391]

Dakof GA, Mendelson GA. Parkinson s disease The psychological aspects of a chronic illness. Psychol Bull 1986 99 375-387. [Pg.113]

This psychological aspect of the question made me careful when choosing the title of this book, which is Hydrogen peroxide and phenomenon of coherent synchronization between chemical and biochemical reactions. This title is more acceptable than Chemical interference. [Pg.334]

Travelers-Psychology. 2. Tourism-Psychological aspects. 3. Tourism-Social aspects. I. Title. II. Series. [Pg.249]

It may therefore be speculated that the role of the moisturizer exceeds that suggested by medical evidence and most likely includes nonphysical functions such as cultural traditions and psychological aspects. [Pg.149]

The role of touching the skin in the definition of self is evident in children, and most likely remain an atavistic reflex in adult life. Holding onto oneself for physical and moral support is a natural part of child development. This is further supported by the increased frequency of self-touching in stressed situations and in apparent accordance with the effects of touch on heart rates. When moisturizers are used this may therefore be speculated to have additional unnoticed psychological aspects, which involve both a sense of security and stress coping. The use of moisturizers may therefore be deeply rooted in both individual psychologies as well as in collective memory. [Pg.151]

I turned to Frank and told him that I d solved everything and that I might as well go home. "Go home he asked. "Man, you re really under it. He insisted that I stay, and finally I agreed. But since all my problems seemed solved, since I no longer was preoccupied by the psychological aspects of the experience, I began paying attention to music and colors and had a very pleasant time. [Pg.247]

Other research must also be conducted concerning alternative therapy for menopause and a variety of issues linked to health risk and the duration of hormone therapy use. In 1994, the World Health Organization scientific group announced a series of recommendations for research concerning physical and psychological aspects of menopause. Such research studies are ongoing. [Pg.281]

Sandison, R. A. 1954. Psychological aspects of the LSD treatment of the neurosis./owrwtz/ of Mental Science 100 508-18. [Pg.137]


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