Airmanship
Intro to Culture
Joint War Fighter
Critical Thinking
FRL
100

What is the Following describing?

By definition, this must include a body of theory and specialized knowledge, a public service orientation and a distinct subculture. It is a societal commitment to providing a necessary and useful specialized service.

Profession of Arms
100

This is defined as Temporarily suspending one’s own culturally informed opinion and thinking about how others might interpret or value a situation...

Relativism (as a behavior)
100

which range of military operation deals with  can be small-scale, limited duration operations, such as strikes, raids, and peace enforcement, which might include combat depending on the circumstances?

Crisis Response and Limited Contingency Operations

100
Name 3 Approaches for Evaluating Information
-Credible

-Unbiased

-Accurate

100

one experiences the positive feelings a task, activity, and the effort of doing their best generates within him or her is an example of?

Intrinsic motivation

200

What refers to the professional attitudes and beliefs that :  

 -inspire every member of the profession of arms.

-reinforces the concept that military service is much more than just another job.

-refusal to accept failure and is an Airman’s total commitment to the nation, unit, mission, and fellow Airmen

Warrior Ethos
200

Idea of how the different parts fit or interrelate, and how an action you take in one area might provoke a reaction in something else you might never expect...describes what?

Holism
200
Name 4 Air force core functions
- Nuclear Deterrence Operations

-Air superiority

- Space Superiority 

-Cyberspace Superiority

- Special Operations

- Command and Control

- Global Integrated ISR

-Global Precision Attack

200

Described as "thinking slower"

- useful for judgments in unfamiliar situations, for processing abstract concepts

Reflective Thinking (System-2)

200
Airman Smith is a tech school student out in he local city on a Saturday night with his fellow Amn. He arrives after curfew and as a result receives extra cleaning duties and restriction to base for a week.


This is an example of?

Positive punishment
300

In relation to physical and mental hardships. This could be defined as the stout internal force that can be used to get through challenging times mentally or physically.

Hardiness of Spirit
300



This can form of cultural bias that can cause serious obstacles to cross-cultural interactions.

Observe; 

-focused attention on your environment and 

gathering information through all five senses

-collecting data such as the type of landscape, the sort of people around you, how they are dressed, activities going on around you, the time of day, smells, sounds;

Orient;  attempting to make sense of what we are observing by categorizing (organizing) the data in a practical way that is useful to us.

-comparing what we see to our worldview and what is familiar to us in our own culture, past experiences, traditions, values, and beliefs.

Decide;  decide to act or react a certain way based on the situation  and behaviors that are considered appropriate in that region.

Act; review what you have decided to do, take action, and then reflect on how you executed your decision.


300

Military force may be required if other instruments of national power (diplomatic, information, economic) are unable to influence a deteriorating or potentially hostile situation.

This Describes what?

(Hint if stuck)

-involves a greater risk of combat than operations that we conduct to promote peace.


Adversarial Crisis Response/Contingency Operations

300
Name 2 examples of Basic Human Limitations in relation to Hindrances to Critical Thinking

1) Confirmation Bias and Selective Thinking

2) False Memories and Confabulation

3) Physical and Emotional Hindrances

4) Testimonial evidence

300

Airman Smith is pursuing an undergraduate college degree. Unfortunately, to satisfy all the requirements of the degree program, he may need to take a class in advanced-level mathematics, something he despises. The only reason for taking the math class is so Airman Adams can (hopefully) receive a passing grade and earn the credits necessary to fulfill that degree program requirement

This is an example of....?

Extrinsic motivation

400

Merriam-Webster defines ________ as the “mental or moral strength to venture, persevere,

and withstand danger, fear, or difficulty.”

Courage
400

What does the OODA loop stand for and describe what each is?

Observe;

-focused attention on your environment and  

gathering information through all five senses 

-collecting data such as type of landscape, the sort of people around you, how they are dressed, activities going on around you, the time of day, smells, sounds;

Orient; attempting to make sense of what we are observing by categorizing (organizing) the data in a practical way that is useful to us.

-comparing what we see to our worldview and what is familiar to us in our own culture, past experiences, traditions, values, and beliefs. 

Decide; decide to act or react a certain way based on the situation and behaviors that are considered appropriate in that region.

Act; review what you have decided to do, take action, and then reflect on how you executed your decision.


400
What are the 3 sub-elements of Nuclear Deterrence Operations?

-Assure/Dissuade/Deter

-Nuclear Strike

-Nuclear Surety

400

"believing there must be life on Mars because no one has proved that there is not life on Mars." is an example of what? 

(there are two answers. Either one acceptable )

Faulty Logic or (Argument from ignorance)

400

involves the constructive transaction between the leader and the follower.

Contingent reward
500
What is Resiliency?

one’s ability to withstand, recover and grow in the face of stressors and changing demands

500

Name the 3C's of the 3C model and what they are

Culture-general knowledge: Understanding basic concepts like culture, relativism, ethnocentrism, and holism.

Culture-specific education: emphasizes specific aspects of particular cultures, knowledge and/or skills necessary to interact more competently with individuals of other cultural backgrounds.

Culture-general knowledge:including culture specific, and begins with an understanding of basic concepts of a culture (kinship, gender roles, types of exchanges or communication norms, etc.).

500

general term applied to a force composed of significant elements, assigned or attached, of two or more Military Departments operating under a single joint force commander.

Joint Force
500

“Anyone who supports removing troops from Iraq is a traitor!” is an example of what?

(two part answer. Half points for one answer)

Psychological and Sociological Pitfalls 

(Poisoning the well)

500

Its success relies on not only the leader’s actions but also the follower and the situation. Together, these three elements working in concert with one another, like gears in a mechanical system

This describes what?

Full Range Leadership Model