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1
Q

These are you mind’s point of reference of what is happening now and what’s going to happen in the future

A

mental models

2
Q

This is sometimes referred in neuroscience as unconscious decision making

A

Intuition

3
Q

Your ____ can be wrong or skewed or even absent if you have never had a certain experience before resulting in the absence of a gut feeling or a skewed gut feeling.

A

intuition

4
Q

Each of your eyes has a ___ ___. Physiologically speaking, there’s a small area in the back of the eye where there are no photon (light) receptor nerve cells. Your brain fills in the __ ____ based on your memory of passed experiences coupled with calculations it makes about your current surroundings

A

blind spot

5
Q

To develop and maintain strong SA requires 3 things

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  • You must be conscious
  • you must be present
  • you must scan your environment
6
Q

Scanning the environment serves two important purposes. 1) It helps responders avoid fixation on any one thing. 2)

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It helps fill in the blind spots with accurate information

7
Q

_____ are the evidence a rational brain can use to validate the veracity of intuition

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facts

8
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To blindly trust intuition with no form of validation of facts can be foolish, if not deadly. President ____ said “trust, but verify”. This is a good rule to apply when managing your intuitive gut feelings under stress

A

Reagan

9
Q

Command Aide can be a tremendous asset to an IC. Aides provide a second set of eyes and ears to capture and process the clues and cues. Their findings can be played as ______ or compared to the commanders. Discrepancies should warrant further evaluation

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devils advocate

10
Q

The _______ mental model, based on radio transmissions, must be compared with the actual clues and cues after arrival. Failure to do so will result in failed Level 1 SA

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pre-arrival

11
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If the responder vividly imagines something to be ______, the brain may process the fantasy as reality

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factual,

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