Psychology of the Operator of Technical Devices

Jan Felicjan Terelak is Professor at the Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University, Head of the Chair of Stress and Labor Psychology and Director of the Inter-University Psychological Laboratory. His scientific activity focuses on the problems of extreme stress psychology, aerospace, and space psychology. As a researcher, he was involved in the psychological selection of pilots flying on jet aircraft and candidates for Polish astronauts for several decades. In the conditions of natural experiment, as one of four psychologists in the 20th century, he conducted observations in Antarctica of a 20-person group of polar explorers for a period of 15 months over adaptation to tormenting social isolation from the perspective of future astronautical flights. He also conducted unique research at the space station on redistributing work and leisure time, and biorhythm disorders.

• Psychology of work and technology – Industrial and engineering psychology – Operator-machine system models: technocentric, anthropocentric, and operator–machine interface – Psychological characteristics of the operator–machine–interface system – Training of operator’s action in comprehensive simulators – Occupational safety and reliability of the operator-machine system – Computer as a virtual operator serving the optimization of the quality of life