Human Behavior - SDE Flashcards
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What is the definition of human behavior?
The result of attempts to satisfy certain needs.
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What needs affect human behavior?
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.
Physiological, safety and security, love and belonging, self-esteem, cognitive and aesthetic, and self-actualization.
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Describe the physiological needs.
Biological needs such as air, water, food, shelter, sleep, etc.
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How could physiological needs affect training?
A sick, hungry, or sleep-deprived students will not learn as well.
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Describe the safety and security needs.
The need to feel safe and free from harm.
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Describe the love and belonging needs.
The need for relationships, acceptance, and association.
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Describe the self-esteem needs.
The need for self-respect and confidence in one’s ability or competence.
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Describe the self-actualization needs.
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?
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.
Denial, repression, displacement, rationalization, fantasy, compensation, projection, and reaction formation.
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Describe denial.
Refusing to accept reality because it is too threatening, or minimizing reality into a diluted form.
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Describe repression.
Trying to forget about things that make one feel uncomfortable.
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Describe compensation.
Counterbalancing perceived weaknesses by emphasizing strengths.
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Describe projection.
Blaming someone else for one’s own faults.
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Describe rationalization.
Justifying actions that would normally be unaccptable, and sincerely believing the excuses.
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Describe reaction formation.
Faking a belief opposite of one’s true belief.
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Describe fantasy.
Daydreaming about how things should be, rather than acting on how they are.
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Describe displacement.
Shifting negative emotions from the original source onto something or someone less threatening.
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What causes student emotional reactions?
Anxiety and fear during flight training.
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How are student emotional reactions classified?
Normal, abnormal, and seriously abnormal
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What is a normal reaction to stress?
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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List some abnormal reactions to stress.
Painstaking self-control
Rapid changes in emotions
Extreme over cooperation
Severe anger toward the instructor or others
Inappropriate laughter or singing
Marked changes in mood on different lessons
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What is a seriously abnormal reaction to stress?
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?
- Get a second opinion from an unbiased instructor. 2. Discontinue training. 3. Withhold and revoke any endorsements.
