FOI – Chapter 3 – Factors Affecting Learning

Before a student can concentrate on learning, which human needs must be satisfied?

After individuals are physically comfortable and have no fear for their safety, which human needs become the prime influence on their behavior?

Which of the student’s human needs offer the greatest challenge to an instructor?

The need for realizing one’s own potentialities, for continued development, and for being creative is defined as a(n)

Which is generally the more effective way for an instructor to properly motivate students?

Motivations that cause a student to react with fear and anxiety are

How can an instructor help a student cope with fear and anxiety?

Motivations in the form of reproof and threats should be avoided with all but the student who is

When students are unable to see the benefits or purpose of a lesson, they will

Confusion, disinterest, and uneasiness on the part of the student could happen as a result of not knowing the

Which statement is true concerning motivations?

For a motivation to be effective, students must believe their efforts will be rewarded in a definite manner. This type of motivation is

An instructor can most effectively maintain a high level of student motivation by

Examples of tangible positive motivation may include

Which statement is true regarding sources of motivation?

How can drops in motivation be overcome?

What is the systematic approach to the mental process used by pilots to determine the best course of action in response to a given set of circumstances?

Which of the following identifies accurate perception of the aircraft and environmental factors that affect the aircraft and passengers during a specific period of time?

One of the risk elements in the Aeronautical Decision Making process is

Risk management, as part of the aeronautical decision making (ADM) process, relies on which features to reduce the risks associated with each flight?

The aeronautical decision making (ADM) process identifies several steps involved in good decision making. One of these steps is

Examples of classic behavioral traps that experienced pilots may fall into are to

Hazardous attitudes occur to every pilot to some degree at some time. What are some of these hazardous attitudes?

In the aeronautical decision making (ADM) process, what is the first step in neutralizing a hazardous attitude?

Success in reducing stress associated with a crisis in the cockpit begins with

The DECIDE process consists of six elements to help provide a pilot a logical way of approaching aeronautical decision making.  These elements are to

If a pilot wanted to mitigate risk during a cross-country flight in MVFR conditions, the pilot could

A pilot’s inexperience in direct crosswinds greater than 10 knots is an example of which of the fundamental risk elements?

Which of the following aircraft risks can be mitigated during the preflight inspection?

The antidote for the antiauthority hazardous attitude is

The macho attitude can be described by which of the following statements?

During a stall recovery, the instructor allows the student to exceed maneuvering speed.  Which best illustrates an ‘anti-authority’ reaction by the instructor?

The body’s response to a set of circumstances that induces a change in an individual’s current physiological and/or psychological patterns of functioning forcing the individual to adapt to these changes is

What is the antidote to the hazardous attitude of invulnerability?

To help manage cockpit stress, you should

The effectiveness of communication between instructor and student is measured by the

Effective communication has taken place when, and only when, the

When has instruction taken place?

To communicate effectively, instructors must

To be more likely to communicate effectively, an instructor should speak or write from a background of

In the communication process, the communicator will be more successful in gaining and retaining the receiver’s attention by

Communication takes place when

The three dynamically interrelated elements that compose the process of communication are

What is true of symbols?

Oral and visual codes used to communicate are called what?

Probably the greatest single barrier to effective communication in the teaching process is a lack of

A communicator’s words cannot communicate the desired meaning to another person unless the

Which of the following is an example of a problem with using abstract words?

The danger in using abstract words is that they

By using abstractions in the communication process, the communicator will

What is required for communication to be effective?

What is the term for when a symbol is different from the intended meaning?

Because words and symbols do not always represent the same thing to each person, speakers and instructors should

Interference, or the prevention of a process or activity from being carried out properly, is composed of what three factors outside the control of the instructor?

Physiological interference is defined as

Aircraft noise, vibration, or lighting conditions are a type of what factor that causes interference?

Which factor is displayed in the example of a student who is not actively engaged in the learning process and seems distracted?

Evaluation of demonstrated ability during flight instruction must be based upon

Evaluation of demonstrated ability during flight instruction must be based upon

It is important that an instructor enhance a student’s acceptance of further instruction by

In evaluating student demonstrations of piloting ability, it is important for the flight instructor to

The use of distractions by a flight instructor

Examples of all common endorsements can be found in the current issue of

Before endorsing a student for solo flight, the instructor should require the student to demonstrate consistent ability to perform

The student should be capable of handling problems that might occur, such as traffic pattern congestion, change in active runway, or unexpected crosswinds prior to

Goals students consider difficult, but possible, tend to

What are the five main responsibilities of aviation instructors?

The use of standards, and measurement against those standards, is key to

What is one of the best actions an instructor can take to emphasize aviation safety?

Which would more likely result in students becoming frustrated?

What is one method of keeping students aware of their progress?

Which statement is true regarding true professionalism as an instructor?

Aviation instructors should be constantly alert for ways to improve the services they provide to their students, their effectiveness, and their

Student confidence tends to be destroyed if instructors

Students quickly become apathetic when they

Which is true regarding professionalism as an instructor?

Which statement is true regarding the achievement of an adequate standard of performance?

True performance as a professional is based on study and

The professional relationship between the instructor and the student should be based on what?