Block 1 Flashcards
What is Learning?
A change in behavior due to an experience
The accuracy and strength of Learning is dependent upon ______
Experience(s)
What are the CHARACTERISTICS of Learning?
RAMP
- Result of an Experience
- Active Process
- Multifaceted
- Purposeful
What are the different learning STYLES?
Creative vs Analytical
Holistic vs Serial
Dependent vs Independent
Reflective vs Impulsive
What are the LAWS of learning?
(PEERRI) Primacy Exercise Effect Recency Readiness Intensity
Explain the STEPS in the learning process? What a student needs to have/experience in order to learn (there are 5)
- Having the “Need to Learn”
- Learning Experience
- Sensations
- Perceptions
- Insights
What are 6 factors affecting HOW a person develops their Perceptions?
Self Concept Basic Needs Physical Organism Goals/Values Time/Opportunity Threat
What are the Levels of Learning? (4 main) How does a student pass through these levels?
- Rote
- Understanding
- Application
- Correlation
- These levels of learning all build on each other in various orders
Explain the Learning Domains
- Cognitive = knowledge
- Effective = attitudes/beliefs
- Psycho-motor
What factors affect the RATE of learning? (there are 5)
- Motivation
- Anxiety/Fear
- Physical State
- Instructor Technique
- Intelligence
What is a learning plateau? How does the flight instructor correct it?
- A period where there is little/no improvement
- Correct by reassuring the student that this is normal, do related maneuvers, maneuvers they do well, and check instructor technique
Going from driving a car and then taxiing an a/c, students may want to turn with the control wheel, and not the rudder. This is an example of a ______ transfer of learning
Negative
What is a positive transfer of learning? What LEVEL of learning must the student be at to be able to have this transfer?
- When the learning of one task HELPS with the learning of another task
- Student must be at least at the Understanding Level of Learning
How can an instructor avoid negative transfer?
- Have student sit on hands when taxiing
Getting in a new a/c and reaching for switches/levers in the incorrect place is an example of a _____ transfer of learning
Negative
Student _____ is the dominant force in learning. How can you maintain this in you student?
- Motivation
- The desire to do something, and how hard you want to work
- To maintain: Explain WHY, set realistic goals, be enthusiastic, give praise/be positive!
Keeping the student informed on their progress, setting realistic goals and establishing a rewards system are all great example of how you can keep your student:
MOTIVATED!
What are the 3 main theories of Retention and Forgetting?
- Disuse (recency law)
- Interference
- Repression
Explain the hierarchy of human needs.
Self-Actualization (highest) Egoistic Social Safety Physical (lowest)
Why do students use defense mechanisms?
They can’t accept their poor performance
Repression, denial, projection rationalism and fantasy are example of:
Defense mechanisms
Blaming poor performance on “the sun being in my eyes” is an example of what defense mechanism?
Rationalism
Disguising a poor quality by emphasizing a good quality is an example of what defense mechanism?
Compensation
Blaming your unsat on your instructor is an example of what defense mechanism?
Projection