Human Behavior
What are the human needs to encourage learning?
Physiological, Security, Belonging, Esteem, Cognitive and Aesthetic, and self-actualization
What are Thorndike's Laws of Learning?
Readiness, Effect, Exercise, Primacy, Intensity, and Recency
What are the different training delivery methods?
Lecture method, discussion method, guided discussion method
How do we minimize student frustration?
Keep informed, constructive criticism, motivate learners, admit errors, give credit when due, individualize to the learner, be consistent.
What are the basic elements of communication?
Source, Symbols, and Recevier
How to maintain students' motivation?
Reward success, present new challenges, ask about their training goals, remind them of their goals, and assure them that learning plateaus are normal
What are factors that affect perception?
Physical Organization, Goals and Values, Self-Concept, Time and Opportunity, and Element of Threat.
What is the demonstration-performance method?
Explain, Demonstrate, Learner Perform, Evaluate
What are the responsibilities of a CFI?
Demand appropriate standards, emphasize the positive, ensure aviation safety, provide adequate instruction, and help learners learn.
What are the barriers to effective communication?
Lack of common experience, Confusion between the symbol and the symbolized object, overuse of abstractions, external factors, and interference
Name the different defense mechanisms.
Denial, Rationalization, Compensation, Projection, Repression, Fantasy, Displacement, and Reaction Formation
What are the different Domains of learning?
Cognitive Domain, Affective Domain, and Psychomotor Domain.
What is the Drill and Practice Method
Connections are strengthened with practice
What does professionalism mean for an instructor?
Sensior, appearance, demeanor, self-improvement, acceptance of the learner, proper language, and safety
What questions should you avoid asking?
Toss-up, Oversized, Puzzleing, Bewilderment, Irrelevant, and Trick Questions
What are abnormal reactions to stress?
Over-cooperation, inappropriate laughter or singing, rapid change in emotions, marked changes in mood, or severe anger directed towards the instructor.
What are the different types of practice?
Deliberate, Blocked, and Random
What are HOTS, and how should they be taught?
Higher-order thinking skills. They are cognitive skills needed in making decisions. They should be taught from simple to complex and from concrete to abstract.
What are obstacles to learning for a student?
Impatience, Stress, Lack of insight, Apathy, No Motivation, and Discomfort.
What are the characteristics of a good written test?
Validity, Objective, Comprehensive, Usability, and Reliability
What are the hazardous attitudes, and describe what each of them means.
Macho, Impulsivity, Resignation, Invaunrability, and Anti-Authority
How to keep the retention of learning?
Praise, Association, Repetition, Association, Senses, and Mnemonics
What are some types of problem-based instruction
Scenario-based training, collaborative problem solving, and case study method
What are the different principles of risk management we should be teaching students?
Accept no unnecessary risk
Make risk decisions at the appropriate level
Accept risk when the benefits outweigh the costs
Integrate risk management into planning at all levels
Explain the Telling and Doing technique.
Instructor tells- Instructor does
Learner tells- Instructor does
Learner tells- Learner does