1378 Applications of Psychophysics
A. Schwaninger & M. Menozzi
Thursday 12-14 KOL-H-309
Description
Psychophysics provides an interdisciplinary applied inventory of measuring methods for data collection and scaling. In this lecture selected methods of psychophysics will be illustrated exemplarily (signal detection theory, measurement of thresholds, scaling, etc.). It will be pointed out how they are established in applied research, paricularly in fields of human factors and airport security. This lecture is part of Ergänzungs- and Vertiefungsstudium of general psychology. Students have the possibility to present selected articles which can be credited as Kleine Arbeit. This lecture starts in the third week of the semester.
Materials
The slides for each lecture can be downloaded on this site (see table below). To this end a password is required. The data files are in .pdf format and can be viewed as well as printed with Adobe Acrobat Reader. To download a free version of Acrobat Reader click here.
Schedule and Slides
| No. | Date | Topic | Slides |
| 1 | 20.04.06 | Selection and pre-employment assessment in x-ray screening (Schwaninger) | AP01.pdf |
| 2 | 27.04.06 | Computer-based training of x-ray image interpretation competency (Schwaninger) | AP02.pdf |
| 3 | 04.05.06 | Threat image projection and measurement of x-ray image difficulty (Schwaninger) | AP03.pdf |
| 4 | 11.05.06 | Signal detection theory and nonparametric detection measures (Schwaninger) | AP04.pdf AP04.xls |
| 5 | 18.05.06 | Performance measurement and quality control in airport security screening (Schwaninger) | AP05.pdf |
| 6 | 25.05.06 | Ascension Day - no lecture | . |
| 7 | 01.06.06 | Visit of Zurich Airport Security | . |
| 8 | 08.06.06 | Basics of ergonomics (Menozzi) | AP06a.pdf AP06b.pdf |
| 9 | 15.06.06 | Lighting and visual space (Menozzi) | AP07a.pdf AP07b.pdf |
| 10 | 22.06.06 | Displays and visual aids (Menozzi) | AP08a.pdf AP08b.pdf |
| 11 | 29.06.06 | Acoustic space (Menozzi) | AP09.pdf |
| 12 | 06.07.06 | Work with display units (Menozzi) | AP10.pdf |
Books
Please have a look at the books in Adrian Schwaninger's "Handapparat" in the library of the Department of Psychology (Zurichbergstr. 4, 8032 Zurich).