Human Behavior - ATP Flight School Flashcards

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What is the definition of human behavior?

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The result of attempts to satisfy certain needs.

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What needs affect human behavior?

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Simple needs like food and water, as well as complex needs like respect and acceptance.

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List Maslow’s hierarchy of needs from most basic to most advanced.

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Physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, and self-actualization.

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Describe the physiological needs.

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Biological needs such as air, water, food, shelter, sleep, etc.

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How could physiological needs affect training?

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A sick, hungry, or sleep-deprived students will not learn as well.

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Describe the safety and security needs.

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The need to feel safe and free from harm.

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Describe the love and belonging needs.

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The need for relationships, acceptance, and association.

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Describe the self-esteem needs.

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The need for self-respect and confidence in one’s ability or competence.

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Describe the self-actualization needs.

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The need to do what one feels born to do or pursue one’s dreams and life goals.

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What is a defense mechanism?

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An unconscious mental process used to protect one’s self image by softening feelings of failure and guilt

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List the defense mechanisms.

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Denial, repression, displacement, rationalization, compensation, projection, reaction formation, and fantasy.

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Describe denial.

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Refusing to accept reality because it is too threatening, or minimizing reality into a diluted form.

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Describe repression.

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Trying to forget about things that make one feel uncomfortable.

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Describe compensation.

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Counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strengths.

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Describe projection.

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Blaming someone else for one’s own faults.

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Describe rationalization.

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Justifying actions that would normally be unaccptable, and sincerely believing the excuses.

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Describe reaction formation.

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Faking a belief opposite of one’s true belief.

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Describe fantasy.

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Daydreaming about how things should be, rather than acting on how they are.

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Describe displacement.

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Shifting negative emotions from the original source onto something or someone less threatening.

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What causes student emotional reactions?

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Anxiety and fear during flight training.

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How are student emotional reactions classified?

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Normal, abnormal, and seriously abnormal

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What is a normal reaction to stress?

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Anxiety causes a release of adrenaline that causes a student to react quickly and accurately to the demands of the situation.

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What is an abnormal reaction to stess?

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Anxiety causes a student to act randomly, illogically, overreact, freeze, become angry, etc.

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What is a seriously abnormal reaction to stress?

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A student’s reaction to anxiety, psychological abnormality, or mental imbalance causes an instructor to doubt the student’s ability to safely continue training.

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What steps should be taken if a student has a seriously abnormal reaction to stress?

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  1. Get a second opinion from an unbiased instructor. 2. Discontinue training. 3. Withhold and revoke any endorsements.