FOI

Question 1

What is human behavior?

Answer 1

The product of factors that cause people to act in predictable ways.

Question 2

Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs

Answer 2

Physiological
Security
Belonging
Esteem
Self Actualization

Question 3

Defense Mechanisms

Answer 3

Denial
Repression
Displacement
Reaction Formation

Fantasy
Compensation
Projection
Rationalization

Question 4

What is anxiety and how can it be countered?

Answer 4

A feeling of worry, nervousness, or unease, often about something that is going to happen in the future. It can be countered by reinforcing the student’s enjoyment of flying by teaching them to cope with their fear.

Question 5

Abnormal reactions to stress

Answer 5

Severe anger directed toward the instructor
Inappropriate reactions (over-cooperation, painstaking self control, inappropriate laughter)
Marked changes in mood

Question 6

What is learning?

Answer 6

A change in the behavior as a result of experience.

Development of a behavior through study, instruction, or experience.

Question 7

Behaviorism

Answer 7

Explains animal and human behavior entirely in terms of observable and measurable responses to stimuli.

Can be predicted based upon past on past rewards and punishments.

Question 8

Cognitive Theory

Answer 8

The process of learning and thinking. Knowing, perceiving, problem-solving, decision-making, awareness, and related intellectual activities.

Question 9

Learning Theory within Cognitive Theory

Answer 9

Higher Order Thinking Skills (HOTS)
Information Processing Theory
Constructivism

Question 10

What are perceptions?

Answer 10

Stimuli from the five senses that are given meaning by the receiver.

Question 11

Factors that affect perception

Answer 11

Goals and opportunity
Self-concept
Time and opportunity
Element of threat
Physical organism

Question 12

What is insight and why are they important?

Answer 12

Grouping of perceptions into meaningful wholes.

True learning requires an understanding of how each factor may affect all of the others. It is the instructor’s responsibility to show the relationship between related perceptions to encourage insight.

Question 13

Laws of Learning

Answer 13

Readiness
Effect
Exercise
Primacy
Intensity
Recency

Question 14

Domains of Learning

Answer 14

Cognitive Domain
Affective Domain
Psychomotor Domain

Question 15

Characteristics of Learning

Answer 15

Purposeful
Result of Experience
Active Process
Multifaceted

Question 16

Types of Practice

Answer 16

Deliberate
Blocked
Random

Question 17

Slip

Answer 17

Occurs when a person plans to do one thing, but then inadvertently does something else.

Question 18

Mistake

Answer 18

Occurs when a person plans to do the wrong thing and is successful.

Question 19

Reducing errors

Answer 19

Developing routines
Raising awareness
Checking for errors
Using reminders
Learning and practicing
Taking time

Question 20

Sensory Memory

Answer 20

Part of the memory system that receives initial stimuli from the environment and processes them according to the individual’s preconceived concept of what is important.

Question 21

Short-Term Memory

Answer 21

Part of the memory where information is stored for 30 seconds

Question 22

Long-Term Memory

Answer 22

Relatively permanent storage of unlimited information. More of a reconstruction than pure recall.

Question 23

Forgetting

Answer 23

Fading
Interference
Retrieval failure
Repression or suppression

Question 24

Barriers to Effective Communication

Answer 24

Confusion between the symbol and symbolized object
Overuse of abstractions
Interference
Lack of common experience

Question 25

Developing Communication Skills

Answer 25

Listening
Instructional communication
Questioning
Instructional enhancement
Role playing

Question 26

Essential Teaching Skills

Answer 26

People skills
Assessment skills
Management skills
Subject matter expertise

Question 27

Training Delivery Methods

Answer 27

Lecture
Discussion
Guided Discussion

Question 28

Characteristics of Effective Assessment

Answer 28

Flexible
Acceptable
Specific
Thoughtful

Comprehensive
Objective
Constructive
Organized

Question 29

Characteristics of a Good Written Assessment

Answer 29

Discrimination
Usability
Objectivity

Validity
Comprehensiveness
Reliability

Question 30

Aviation Instructor Responsibilities

Answer 30

Helping students learn
Emphasizing the positive
Minimizing student frustrations
Provide adequate instruction
Standards of performance
Safety

Question 31

Minimizing Student Frustrations

Answer 31

Motivate students
Approach students as individuals
Criticize constructively
Keep students informed
Be consistent
Admit errors
Give credit when due

Question 32

Flight Instructor Responsibilities

Answer 32

Pilot Supervision
Evaluation of student piloting ability
Endorsements for flight instruction given
Practical test recommendations
Pilot proficiency
Additional training & endorsements
See and avoid responsibility
Student's pre-solo flight thought process

Question 33

Professionalism

Answer 33

Sincerity
Acceptance of Students
Demeanor
Personal Appearance
Proper language