Category: M

Techniques that identify contributing factors in accident causation and identify major hazards before an accident occurs.  

A psychophysical method in which the subject is required to adjust a variable stimulus to some stated ratio to another stimulus, method of ratio estimation.  

A psychophysical method in which the subject is required to estimate the ratio of two stimuli method of ratio production.  

A psychophysical method in which a reference stimulus is assigned an arbitrary value and the subject is required to set a variable stimulus to some stipulated value, method of magnitude estimation.  

A psychophysical method in which a reference stimulus is assigned an arbitrary value and the subject is required to state the value of another stimulus, method of magnitude production.  

A psychophysical method in which a subject selects a stimulus which appears to be a certain fraction of a second stimulus.  

A psychophysical method in which a difference threshold is obtained in which the subject attempts to detect the difference between a selected set of stimuli and a standard stimulus of fixed value.  

A fermented drink made from water, honey, malt, and yeast, and usually contains spices. Probably one of the first forms of alcoholic beverage used by humans.  

An amphetamine.  

Used as a substitute for barbiturates as a drug of abuse in the early 1970s. It was referred to as the “intellectual heroin” because it was thought to be non-addicting. It was introduced in 1966 under the trade name Quaalude by William H. Rorer Company as a substitute for barbiturates for people who could not…