Human Behavior Flashcards
What is human behavior?
The study of human behavior is an attempt to explain how and why humans function the way that they do.
What is the definition of learning?
The acquisition of knowledge or understanding of a subject or skill through education, experience, practice, or study.
Each student will have a different learning styler based on their…
Personality type
Students whose learning styles are _________ with the teaching styles of an instructor tend to retain information longer, apply it more effectively, learn more, and have a more positive attitude toward the course in general.
Compatible
Why is it vital to understand why a new student wants to learn to fly?
This way the instructor can properly meet the teaching needs of each students personal aviation goals.
What are Maslow’s 5 hierarchy of needs?
Physiological, security, belonging, esteem, self-actualization.
The physiological needs are…
The need for air, food, and water.
The security needs are…
The need to keep oneself from harm
The belonging need is…
The need to feel like they belong socially
The esteem need is
The need for a stable, firmly based, high level of self-respect and respect from others
The self actualization need is…
The need to be and do what the individual feels he or she was born to do.
What are the defense mechanisms?
Repression, denial, compensation, projection, rationalization, reaction formation, fantasy, displacement
A cute fatigue is characterized by:
Inattention, distractibility, errors in timing, neglect of secondary tasks, loss of accuracy and control, lack of awareness of error accumulation, and irritability
