4. The Critical Decision Process

Question 1

__ has a powerful and important role, particularly because it produces an emotional response that can sharpen the senses and help team members and leaders develop a curiosity about alternative views. p39

Answer 1

Conflict

Question 2

Emergencies scenes are __ __ scenarios. p40

Answer 2

Event- driven

Question 3

__ __ describes the collection of brain processes that are responsible for planning, cognitive flexibility, abstract thinking, rule acquisition, initiate appropriate actions and inhibiting inappropriate actions, and select the relevant sensory information. p40

Answer 3

Cognitive control

Question 4

Two of the most commonly used methods for making decisions. p40

Answer 4

Rule based analysis

Recognition primed decision making

Question 5

Is a labor-intensive exercise that can be very helpful when a team is faced with a problem to solve and plenty of time to sort it. p40

Answer 5

Rule-based analysis

Question 6

A series of things that frontline operators must pay attention to during the event. p41

Answer 6

Cue recognition

Question 7

__-__ __ process is quick, effective decision making by operators when they are faced with complex situations. p41*

Answer 7

Recognition-primed decisions

Question 8

Making decisions regardless of threat depends on four factors: p41

Answer 8

Information
Experience
Knowledge
Urgency

Question 9

Applying a previously used rule or use skill and intuition to manage the current scenario. p41

Answer 9

Pattern matching

Question 10

The practice of regularly evaluating performance by ___ feedback into smaller more frequent the briefings. p43

Answer 10

Chunking

Question 11

Often uses real settings or computer simulations and is assigned to help build operators gain recognition primed experience in low frequency, high risk events. p44

Answer 11

High-fidelity training

Question 12

__ describes an actual or perceived opposition of needs, values, interest. p39*

Answer 12

conflict

Question 13

__ brings out the alternatives, emphasizes goals and objectives, and allows the team to come to a shared understanding of what needs to be done. p39

Answer 13

conflict