Block 1

Question 1

What is a defense mechanism?

Answer 1

Protects humans against anxiety, unpleasant situations, or provide refuge when we can’t cope

Question 2

Repression

Answer 2

Place uncomfortable thoughts into an inaccessible area of mind

Question 3

Denial of Reality

Answer 3

Ignore or refuse to acknowledge their poor performance

Question 4

Compensation

Answer 4

Disguise undesirable quality by emphasizing a more positive one

Question 5

Projection

Answer 5

Relegate the blame for their shortcomings to others

Question 6

Rationalization

Answer 6

The student cannot accept the real reason for their behavior

Question 7

Reaction Formation

Answer 7

Individual develops behaviors/attitudes that are the opposite of what is desired

Question 8

Fantasy

Answer 8

Student engages in daydreaming about how things should be rather than reality

Question 9

Displacement

Answer 9

Unconscious shift of emotion, affect or desire from the original object to a more acceptable, less threatening substitute (Aggression)

Question 10

What are the 8 defense mechanisms

Answer 10

Repression
Reaction Formation
Rationalization Formation
Denial of Reality
Displacement
Projection
Compensation
Fantasy

Question 11

What are the levels of learning?

Answer 11

Rote
Understanding
Application
Correlation

Question 12

Define rote learning

Answer 12

ability to repeat back

Question 13

Define understanding learning

Answer 13

How or why?

Question 14

Define application learning

Answer 14

Ability to apply what the students understands

Question 15

Define correlation learning

Answer 15

Ability to apply the learning to new and different situation

Question 16

What are the laws of learning?

Answer 16

Readiness
Exercise
Effect
Primacy
Intensity
Recency

Question 17

Define readiness

Answer 17

students learn best when they are ready to learn

Question 18

Define exercise

Answer 18

Things most often repeated are best remembered

Question 19

Define primacy

Answer 19

How something is learned the first time is the strongest

Question 20

Define intensity

Answer 20

A student will have a stronger learning experience if it is exciting, vivid, or dramatic

Question 21

Define recency

Answer 21

Things most recently learned are best remembered

Question 22

Define effect

Answer 22

Learning is strengthened when it is accompanied by a positive feeling

Question 23

What are the characteristics of learning?

Answer 23

Learning is….

Result from experience
Active process
Multifaceted
Purposeful

Question 24

What are the domains of learning and what do they equal?

Answer 24

Cognitive = knowledge
Affective = Attitude
Psychomotor = Skills

Question 25

Weight shift formula

Answer 25

Weight to be moved Distance CG Moves ------------------------------- = ----------------------------- Gross weight of aircraft Distance weight moves

Question 26

Weight addition or deletion formula

Answer 26

Wt. Changed Distance CG Moves -------------------- = -------------------------------- New gross Wt. Distance from CG where Wt. Changed

Question 27

What are some tips in the "Instructor's Toolbox"?

Answer 27

- Do not interrupt - Do not judge - Think before answering - Be close enough to hear - Watch nonverbal behavior - Beware of biases - Look for underlying feelings - Concentrate - Avoid rehearsing answers while listening - Do not insist on the last word

Question 28

What is anxiety

Answer 28

state of mental uneasiness arising from fear | -Most significant psychological factor affecting flight instruction

Question 29

Reactions to Stress

Answer 29

- Normal - Heart quickens - respond rapidly and exactly within limits - Abnormal - Extreme over cooperation - Inappropriate laughter or singing - Very rapid changes in emotions

Question 30

Definition of Learning

Answer 30

A change in behavior as a result of experience

Question 31

Theories of forgetting

Answer 31

- Retrieval Failure - Interference - Fading - Repression or Suppression

Question 32

Retention Aids

Answer 32

- Favorable attitudes - Repetition - Using all senses - Mnemonics - Praise - Association

Question 33

Habit Formation

Answer 33

- Must maintain proper habits from beginning | - Building blocks of learning