{"id":311,"date":"2012-08-20T11:45:17","date_gmt":"2012-08-20T15:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/psychology.cos.ucf.edu\/main\/?page_id=311"},"modified":"2025-08-21T15:20:08","modified_gmt":"2025-08-21T19:20:08","slug":"ph-d-human-factors-and-cognitive-psychology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sciences.ucf.edu\/psychology\/graduate\/ph-d-human-factors-and-cognitive-psychology\/","title":{"rendered":"Ph.D. Human Factors and Cognitive Psychology"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t\t
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Mission Statement<\/h2>\n

The HFC\u00a0Doctoral Program\u2019s overall goals are to:<\/p>\n

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  1. Train and educate leaders in Psychology at the doctoral level within the scientist-practitioner tradition<\/li>\n
  2. Facilitate the exploration and understanding of the complexity of human behavior while expanding our collective knowledge base through multiple avenues (e.g., publications in scientific journals, conference presentations, teaching)<\/li>\n
  3. Strive to improve the health and quality of life of individuals through excellence in education as well as in research and practice in human-technology interaction.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The overall philosophy that drives these goals is embodied in the policy statement that emerged from the National Conference on Scientist-Practitioner Education and Training for the Professional Practice of Psychology held in Gainesville, Florida on January 16-20, 1990. The training model of the HFC\u00a0Doctoral Program reflects our efforts to educate students so that they can advance psychological knowledge through research and scholarship, and to evaluate the impact of training regimens and interface designs using empirically derived methods and procedures. The model also strives to help students learn how to think critically and scientifically about problems while invoking the highest standards of ethical and professional conduct. The overall philosophy of the training program is consistent with that of the Mission Statement of the Department<\/a>, the College of Sciences<\/a>, the Graduate School, and the\u00a0University<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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