Sunday, January 15, 2012
I was in a dilemma. I'm currently holding onto 2 psychology modules, PL3239 IO psychology and PL3250 Human Performance, and I deciding which one to drop as I only need one psychology module. If only I have the choice of s/u-ing psychology modules then maybe I'll be taking more psychology modules but nope, I don't have the choice. Sorry for being a module hogger, but I checked CORS to make sure that there's still leftover places for both modules, which I hope meant that I'm not depriving anyone of the modules.
At the beginning, I already decided that I'm going to take Human Performance because it has no presentation!!! Just 2 quizzes, class participation and final. On the other hand, IO has prensatation, commentary paper, tutorial participation, mid term and final. Obviously Human Performance seems more enticing, especially towards people like me.
"This module concerns the application of experimental psychology research to the improvement of human-machine/ environment interactions. This is not designed as a "cookbook" module where the principles of good human factors are merely enumerated. Rather, the emphasis will be placed on the theoretical principles underlying information processing and human performance. The topics include: signal detection and information theory; attention; spatial displays; navigation; memory and training; selection of action, manual control; time-sharing and workload; and the effects of stress on human error."
The description for Human Performance sounds interesting right?
I was so determined that I'm taking Human Performance that I even skipped the first lecture of IO but during the lecture, the lecturer was talking about what virtual reality which got me all confused, so I changed my mind and decided to take IO. OMG, now i read the description I feel that it really sound quite cool but come to think of it, I think this will require alot of memory work as opposed to IO.
The reason why I'm against choosing IO is really just because it has presentation.
"This module is intended to expose students to applications of the facts and principles of scientific psychology to industrial and organisational settings. Topics include the structure and function of organisations; selection and training; management of efficiency (motivation, working conditions, and coping attitudes); and group processes in organisations. Lectures build the knowledge base of the students; case discussions encourage applications of their knowledge."
IO sounds useful esepcially in the workplace in future. The lecturer is nice too cause he's my lab teacher last sem.
I'm in a total dilemma. At first I've decided Human Performance then I change my mind and now I'm undecided between both. I'm suppose to make myself more clear and sure about my decision but the more I think about it the more I can't decide. I don't have a preference over the modules because they both aren't in my area of interest. I'm more interested in working with children and clinical. Human Performance sounds like it will teach me how to improve cognitive skills like attention and such while IO sounds like it will help me understand the working environment better in future.
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