I would hope that there is an assumption that SEs need to know a lot
about Human Computer Interaction, and most of the psychology they
would need to know (human memory limits, human perception, human
communication, etc.) would fall in that category.
I'm not convinced that SEs need to know much from the ESP conferences,
other than the small amount of work that suggests more effective ways
for them to work. I wouldn't teach that as "psychology", but more a
practical course on best work practices. Likewise, almost all the SEs
I know need training in human-human interaction (social skills), but I
sure wouldn't teach that from psychological first principles.
Robin
|From: Janice Singer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
|Subject: PPIG discuss: What should SEs know about psych?
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|Hi all,
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|I'm working with a group of software engineers that is currently
gathering a
|'body of knowledge' related to software engineering. The idea is
that this
|body of knowledge will eventually lead curriculum in software
engineering.
|The impact should be quite broad as this pursuit is being sponsored
by some of
|the major computer science organizations.
|
|They have so far decided that 'cognitive science' would be a useful
topic
|(although, I myself am not so sure of that), but beyond this, what
can I
|propose to this group as to what would be useful to take from
psychology.
|
|I mean I know there are the ESP proceedings, and, of course, this
mailing
|list, but what else.
|
|Thanks in advance,
|
|Janice Singer
|National Research Council, Canada
