Lecture 1 - Intro

Question 1

In early 1700s, _______ study of ill-effects of poor posture and poorly designed tools on the health of workers.

Answer 1

Ramazzinis

Question 2

Wojciech Jastrzebowski coined to term ergonomics meaning what?

Answer 2

how to work according to nature

Question 3

Who was the father of scientific management?

Answer 3

Frederick Winslow Taylor

Question 4

Frank and Lillian Gilbreth studied the work habits of manufacturing and clerical employees in all sort of industries and did what kind of studies on bricklaying?

Answer 4

Time-motion

Question 5

Alphonse Chapanis helped in WWII doing what?

Answer 5

replacing controls with more logical controls for aircrafts

Question 6

_________ is traditionally focused on how work affects people.

Answer 6

ergonomics

Question 7

______ ______ is traditionally more interested in human machine interface or human engineering.

Answer 7

human factors

Question 8

What is the emphasis of human factors on?

Answer 8

Designs that reduce the potential for human error