Module PY4210-KP07

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

each winter semester

Credit points

7

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2027, compulsory, psychology
• Master Psychology - Cognitive Systems 2022, compulsory, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY4210-KP07-S: Traffic Psychology (seminar, 2 SWS)
• PY4210-KP07-V: Engineering Psychology (lecture, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 60 hours in-classroom work
• 150 hours private studies and exercises

Contents of teaching:

• Fundamentals of engineering psychology & human-machine systems
• Automation & Artificial Intelligence
• Attention & Perception
• Situation Awareness & Mental Modells
• Workload & Stress
• Decide & act
• Multitasking und Ressourcenmanagement
• Seminar: Fundamentals of Traffic Psychology
• Mobility
• Traffic and Age
• Behaviour Control in Road Traffic
• Motor traffic, diseases and fitness to drive
• Traffic Education

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Lecture:
• Students can receive, classify and use engineering psychological research contributions. Students can explain central theories and findings of engineering psychology with reference to relevant questions of human-technology interaction and interface conception. Students can derive design guidelines for human-machine systems from engineering psychological concepts and findings.
• Seminar:
• Students posess knowledge of the psychological components involved in different areas of mobility.
• Students are able to apply fundamental psychological knowledge to the interdisciplinary context of traffic.
• Students are able to reflect in critical discussion between theory, empirical research and practice in the field of traffic psychology.

Grading through:

• written exam

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke

Teacher:

• Department of Neurology
• Institute of Human-Centered Interactive Systems
• Prof. Dr. rer. nat. Thomas Franke
• Dr. rer. hum. biol. Andreas Sprenger

Literature:

• Wickens, C., Helton, W. S., Hollands, J., Banbury, S. (2021 : Engineering psychology and human performance. New York: Routledge
• Proctor, R., & van Zandt, T. (2018) : Human Factors in Simple and Complex Systems Boca Raton: CRC Press.
• Salvendy, G. (2021) : Handbook of Human Factors and Ergonomics New York: Wiley

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

13.11.2025