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Enjoying the attention of others is socially acceptable in some situations, [4] and attention-seeking may be adaptive in some contexts like acting (upstaging) or marketing. [5] However, an excessive need for attention is often a symptom of an underlying personality disorder and can lead to difficulties in interpersonal relationships.
Term used in many English-speaking countries, used because one looks at the police one time, so as not to attract attention. Onkel politi Norwegian, literally "Uncle Police", an obvious put-down referring to a man who traveled around Norwegian schools in the 1960s tutoring children on traffic safety. Occifer/ossifer
Safety margins/safety factors, for instance, a product rated to never be required to handle more than 100 kg might be designed to fail under at least 200 kg, a safety factor of two. Higher numbers are used in more sensitive applications such as medical or transit safety. Self-imposed regulation of various types.
Transient attention is a short-term response to a stimulus that temporarily attracts or distracts attention. Researchers disagree on the exact amount of the human transient attention span, whereas selective sustained attention, also known as focused attention, is the level of attention that produces consistent results on a task over time.
The term ergonomics (from the Greek ἔργον, meaning "work", and νόμος, meaning "natural law") first entered the modern lexicon when Polish scientist Wojciech Jastrzębowski used the word in his 1857 article Rys ergonomji czyli nauki o pracy, opartej na prawdach poczerpniętych z Nauki Przyrody (The Outline of Ergonomics; i.e. Science of Work, Based on the Truths Taken from the ...
Clickbait (also known as link bait or linkbait) [2] is a text or a thumbnail link that is designed to attract attention and to entice users to follow ("click") that link and view, read, stream or listen to the linked piece of online content, being typically deceptive, sensationalized, or otherwise misleading.
Safety culture is the element of organizational culture which is concerned with the maintenance of safety and compliance with safety standards. It is informed by the organization 's leadership and the beliefs , perceptions and values that employees share in relation to risks within the organization, workplace or community .
The Test of Everyday Attention (TEA) is designed to measure attention in adults age 18 through 80 years. The test comprises 8 subsets that represent everyday tasks and has three parallel forms. [ 1 ] It assess three aspects of attentional functioning: selective attention , sustained attention , and mental shifting .