Glossary H

Human capital is the knowledge and skills that individuals bring to the solution of a problem, the knowledge, skills, and experience of people that make them economically productive. Human capital can be increased by investing in education, health care, and job training.

Human chorionic gonadotropin (hCG) refers to the hormone that stimulates production of estrogen and progesterone to maintain pregnancy.

Human development refers to the multidisciplinary study of how people change and how they remain the same over time.

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Human dilemma is a term which according to May refers to the paradox that results from the dual nature of humans as objects to which things happen and as subjects who assign meaning to their experiences.

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Human factors refers to the discipline that tries to optimize the relationship between technology and the human. Human factors consider design and engineering in order to better match the capabilities, limitations, and needs of people.

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Human factors engineering refers to an applied area of research that focuses on the design of equipment and technology that are well suited to people’s cognitive capabilities.

- Human factors psychology (Ergonomics) : Human factors psychology (Ergonomics ) refers to a specialty concerned with making machines and work environments compatible with human perceptual and physical capacities.

human genome project refers to ongoing scientific attempt to develop a comprehensive map of all human genes.

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