Part 2 (Barriers to Commander Situational Awareness) Chapter 8: Physical and Mental Stress

Question 1

______, manifested in the form of complacency, can occur when responders let their guards down.

Answer 1

Boredom

Question 2

Any responder not feeling some stress at a scene is either operating at a very minor incident or they are not _____ in the reality of all that can go wrong

Answer 2

grounded

Question 3

The greater the stress, the harder it becomes to

Answer 3

process information

Question 4

The more dynamically changing an environment is and the more risk responders must assume, the greater then ___ will be on commanders

Answer 4

stress

Question 5

When under stress, your brain may revert to using intuitive decision making process vs ______ process. This may add to stress

Answer 5

rational

Question 6

Under stress, your brian may be focuses on more immediate ( present moment) priorities. This is because your brain is driven by _____ instincts under stress - with the most powerful attention grabbers relating to survival.

Answer 6

hereditary instincts

Question 7

When stress levels elevate, your brain gives preference to processing the information essential for _____ in the current moment

Answer 7

survival

Question 8

When you read a near-miss or LODD report, you may find yourself able to readily predict the future for two reasons. 1) you know the outcome; thus, you have ____ because you know to look for indicators that something bad is going to happen. 2) you are not reading the report in a high stress environment so its much easier to comprehend the indicators of the report that weren’t as obvious at the actual scene.

Answer 8

Hindsight bias