Human Factors Report

There are six senses in total and these are known as languages of the mind, or ‘modalities’. These are Sight, hearing, feeling, smell and taste, although the last two can be put into the ‘feeling’ category. We use all of our senses in a particular situation but all of us will have a favourite which we are more comfortable with and are likely to fall back on in times of crisis. (Chrysalis pg. 4)

This is a 46-year-old female with a 5/9/2014 date of injury. On the date of injury, the claimant was performing cleaning activities as a custodian, and the claimant developed symptoms of pain in an affected shoulder.

The sensory system is a part of the nervous system. It is responsible for processing our sensory information, and it is the way in which we make contact in our everyday lives through our five senses – sight, touch, hearing, smell and taste. (IML Training, 2012) Our sensory receptors allow us to pick up information – ears, eyes, nostrils, tongue and skin. All senses evolve to collect their distinct type of information about our environment and to inform us of our status within it. (Goldstein, 2009)

Over the years, technology has advanced a great deal. Though, there is always room for even the most minimal improvement. Human factors and engineering psychologist have tried to answer many questions concerning advancement in technology, transportation, or even tasks or jobs. For example, much improvement can be made with traffic lights, remote controls for the elderly, and the prevention of missing children.

Within the last three months I took the Myers Briggs three times. Once for Mendenhall, secondly for freshman symposium and thirdly for this psychology course. My results in that order were ISFJ, ISFJ and ISTJ. For the most part my results were the same with slight deviations in between certain categories, for the most put I agree with my results.

The main two functions of the nervous system include communication and control. A few examples of the communication include responding to danger, pain, and also to respond to conscious decisions and thoughts. Two types of cells within the nervous system include the neuron and the neuroglia. A neurons specialty is responding to chemical and physical stimuli. Messages are conducted and transferred throughout the neurons. The neuroglia support and connect the nervous tissue, but they do not transmit any impulses. The brain and the spinal cord are included in the central nervous system. The thalamus is what is responsible for ones moods and strong emotions, while the hypothalamus is what is responsible for many body functions like thirst, hunger, swallowing, and also urination. There are four cerebral lobes: frontal, parietal, temporal, and occipital. The frontal lobe

“The Self cannot be pierced or burned, made wet or dry. It is everlasting and infinite, standing on the motionless foundations of eternity. The Self is unmanifested, beyond all thought, beyond all change. Knowing this, you should not grieve” (Gita 2:24-25). The human condition is described as ignorance of identity in that humans do not understand their divine nature. An example was given in terms of the seeds of the banyan tree. The seeds of the tree can be seen but within the seeds nothing can be seen yet the banyan tree comes from this nothingness. It is the same in terms of people. People cannot perceive the divinity within themselves yet it is from this divinity that everything exists. This is known as Maya. It is stated that “one believes he is the slayer, another believes he is the slain. Both are ignorant; there is neither slayer nor slain. You were never born; you will never die. You have never changed; you can never change. Unborn, eternal, immutable, immemorial, you do not die when the body dies. Realizing that which is indestructible, eternal, unborn, and unchanging, how can you slay or cause another to slay” (Gita 2:19-20). Essentially, people align themselves with worldly identities instead of realizing they are the universe and the universe is them. Instead of

In this course I expect to learn lots of things. I expect to learn about different behaviors in the human body. I expect to get the best. I expect things should be really good for me. I expect this course to be really challenging and hard. I expect to get the best learning experience. I expect to get a high grade in this course. I expect to pass this course with flying colors. I’ve got lots of expectations but I’ll hold off for now.

The sensory system is also a part of the nervous system. Sensory systems for vision, hearing, somatic sensation (touch), taste and olfaction (smell) work with the help of the sensory receptors, neural pathways and certain parts in the brain that help process sensory information. When you feel cold or hot, it is the sensory neurons that are doing their work. The motor neurons are reactors, that help the body react to different environment. For example, the immediate pulling away of your hand when you touch a hot stove

In terms of neuropsychological evidence, there is also support for the visual sensory system’s dominance over the auditory, olfactory, and tactile sensory systems. While other senses rely on relatively more simple processes to maintain the quality of the sense, how humans have come to see,

The human vestibular system is the first sensory system to develop in humans (Blayney, 1997). It is a complex sensory organization which consists of a peripheral sensory apparatus, which lies within the inner ear, and a central processor, which consists primarily of the vestibular nuclei and the cerebellum. The vestibular system is integrated with the proprioceptive and visual systems to provide sensory information used in the maintenance of balance.

For an example, we use our hair cells, which is receptor cells within our cochlear that transduce vibrations into nerve impulses. Higher and lower sounds are detected by frequency theory. We also use touch, we use it by coming in contact with something, which is every thing. This is a skin sensation from an active or passive contact between a persons skin and an object. Also there is when you put pressure on the skin that is the primary stimulus for the senses of touch. All the sensory functions we use every day in our lives. Sensation which is information at the brain from the sense and that creates sensation. The brain organizes sensations into meaningful patterns, which is perception. Perception and sensation goes hand in hand with the sensory functions, because we use both of those the entire time. We also use depth perception, we use that to see 3-D space and to judge distances accurately. It will be hard to drive a car, or a bicycle, shooting a basket, or just our day to day activities we do, it will be difficult. People with any impairs with their sensory functions, its harder because they have to work twice as

It is responsible for an array of functions but generally it receives and processes sensory information, thinking, apprehending, assembling,

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