Aviation Psychology

Question 1

Working memory

Answer 1

Sensitive to interruptions

Question 2

Selective attention mechanism

Answer 2

Limited capacity of central decision maker and working memory

Question 3

Cognitive resources are limited

Answer 3

Cannot perform two tasks at the same time

Question 4

First stage in information processing

Answer 4

Sensory stimulation

Question 5

Divided attention

Answer 5

Several interest dealt individually one after the other

Question 6

Raising perceptual threshold of a sensory organ

Answer 6

A lesser sensitivity

Question 7

Vigilance

Answer 7

Decrease in sensory perception

Sensation of muscular heaviness

Question 8

Perception

Answer 8

Intensity of the stimuli

Question 9

Stimuli must be of a certain strength for receptors to pick them up

Answer 9

Sensory threshold

Question 10

Motor program

Answer 10

Action slip and environmental capture

Question 11

Semantic memory

Answer 11

Words, and general knowledge. Last for a longer period. More accurate than episodic memory

Question 12

Cocktail party effect

Answer 12

Attention mechanism

Question 13

Tolerant to error

Answer 13

Consequence to error will not seriously jeopardize safety

Question 14

Unnoticed waypoint error

Answer 14

Latent failure

Question 15

Situational awareness

Answer 15

Pilots perception equals reality

Question 16

Anderson model

Answer 16

Cognitive
Associative
Automatic

Question 17

Avoid conformation for decisions

Answer 17

Search for info that will falsify the hypothesis

Question 18

Avoid wrong decisions by pilots

Answer 18

Report the malfunction

Question 19

Effective communication

Answer 19

Send information in line with the receivers decoding abilities

Question 20

Very high ambition

Answer 20

Disturbs the climate of co operation

Question 21

Checklists

Answer 21

Must not be done simultaneously with other actions

Question 22

Communication by non words

Answer 22

80%

Question 23

Hazardous though patterns

Answer 23

Anti authority
Impulsiveness
Invulnerability
Resignation
Machoism

Question 24

Not a hazardous attitude

Answer 24

Domination

Question 25

Stress

Answer 25

Noise Temperature Hunger

Question 26

Arousal and flying performance

Answer 26

Inverted U

Question 27

Resistance to stress

Answer 27

Fats into sugars, more energy

Question 28

General adaption syndrome

Answer 28

Alarm Resistance Exhaustion

Question 29

Priority aim of man to machine

Answer 29

Reduce risk of the appearance or non detection of errors entailing serious consequence

Question 30

Barotrauma more likely

Answer 30

Respiratory infection and during descent

Question 31

Ozone

Answer 31

Is a toxic gas

Question 32

Priority aim of man to machine

Answer 32

Reduce risk of the appearance or non detection of errors entailing serious consequence

Question 33

Barotrauma more likely

Answer 33

Respiratory infection and during descent

Question 34

Ozone

Answer 34

Is a toxic gas

Question 35

General Adaption Syndrome

Answer 35

ANS (Autonomic Nervous System) | Responding to imaginary threat

Question 36

Stress Reaction

Answer 36

Non-specific response of the body to every demand placed on a person

Question 37

Cognitive coping

Answer 37

Ignoring or rationalising the stress factor

Question 38

Psychosomatic

Answer 38

Mental and emotional stressors can be manifested in organic stress reactions

Question 39

Acute Fatigue

Answer 39

Does not have psychological roots

Question 40

Complex Tasks

Answer 40

Narrow the span of attention

Question 41

In case of in flight stress

Answer 41

Use all available resources of the crew

Question 42

Mode Error

Answer 42

Automation

Question 43

Result of automation in cockpits

Answer 43

Communication and coordination call for an even greater effort on the part of the crew members

Question 44

Modern technology

Answer 44

Facilitate feedback from the machine via more concise data for communication on the flight deck

Question 45

Hypoxia affects night vision

Answer 45

5000 ft

Question 46

Ballon

Answer 46

Boyles Law

Question 47

Decompression Sickness

Answer 47

7000 to 30000 ft

Question 48

Indifferent zone

Answer 48

From 16000

Question 49

Checklists

Answer 49

Subdivided Panel scan Upper case, bold, italics, colour

Question 50

Reflex Centre

Answer 50

Cerebellum

Question 51

Vibrations to nerve impulses

Answer 51

Cochlea

Question 52

Procedures

Answer 52

Procedural Consitensy

Question 53

Hypertension

Answer 53

Increases the likelihood of stroke and heartattack