Block 1 Flashcards
What is a defense mechanism?
Protects humans against anxiety, unpleasant situations, or provide refuge when we can’t cope
Repression
Place uncomfortable thoughts into an inaccessible area of mind
Denial of Reality
Ignore or refuse to acknowledge their poor performance
Compensation
Disguise undesirable quality by emphasizing a more positive one
Projection
Relegate the blame for their shortcomings to others
Rationalization
The student cannot accept the real reason for their behavior
Reaction Formation
Individual develops behaviors/attitudes that are the opposite of what is desired
Fantasy
Student engages in daydreaming about how things should be rather than reality
Displacement
Unconscious shift of emotion, affect or desire from the original object to a more acceptable, less threatening substitute (Aggression)
What are the 8 defense mechanisms
Repression Reaction Formation Rationalization Formation Denial of Reality Displacement Projection Compensation Fantasy
What are the levels of learning?
Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation
Define rote learning
ability to repeat back
Define understanding learning
How or why?
Define application learning
Ability to apply what the students understands
Define correlation learning
Ability to apply the learning to new and different situation
What are the laws of learning?
Readiness Exercise Effect Primacy Intensity Recency
Define readiness
students learn best when they are ready to learn
Define exercise
Things most often repeated are best remembered
Define primacy
How something is learned the first time is the strongest
Define intensity
A student will have a stronger learning experience if it is exciting, vivid, or dramatic
Define recency
Things most recently learned are best remembered
Define effect
Learning is strengthened when it is accompanied by a positive feeling
What are the characteristics of learning?
Learning is….
Result from experience
Active process
Multifaceted
Purposeful
What are the domains of learning and what do they equal?
Cognitive = knowledge Affective = Attitude Psychomotor = Skills
Weight shift formula
Weight to be moved Distance CG Moves
——————————- = —————————–
Gross weight of aircraft Distance weight moves
Weight addition or deletion formula
Wt. Changed Distance CG Moves
——————– = ——————————–
New gross Wt. Distance from CG where Wt. Changed
What are some tips in the “Instructor’s Toolbox”?
- Do not interrupt
- Do not judge
- Think before answering
- Be close enough to hear
- Watch nonverbal behavior
- Beware of biases
- Look for underlying feelings
- Concentrate
- Avoid rehearsing answers while listening
- Do not insist on the last word
What is anxiety
state of mental uneasiness arising from fear
-Most significant psychological factor affecting flight instruction
Reactions to Stress
- Normal
- Heart quickens
- respond rapidly and exactly within limits
- Abnormal
- Extreme over cooperation
- Inappropriate laughter or singing
- Very rapid changes in emotions
Definition of Learning
A change in behavior as a result of experience
Theories of forgetting
- Retrieval Failure
- Interference
- Fading
- Repression or Suppression
Retention Aids
- Favorable attitudes
- Repetition
- Using all senses
- Mnemonics
- Praise
- Association
Habit Formation
- Must maintain proper habits from beginning
- Building blocks of learning
