Aviation Human Factors and Performance

Fill-in-the-blank practice cards covering human error models, perception, situation awareness, communication, fatigue, and leadership styles in aviation.

In aviation, the four considerations of the PEAR model for assessing and mitigating human error are People, Environment, Actions, and __________.

Resources

__________ refers to the physical response of the 5 senses (slight, hearing, taste, touch, smell).

Detection

__________ refers to psychological and physical processes that allow us to know what happened.

Perception

Among the factors that affect perception, physical and psychological stress can cause __________.

Tunnel vision/hearing

Under factors affecting perception, attention demands are constrained by __________.

Channel capacity limits

A heavy workload can negatively affect perception due to __________.

Information overload

Distraction affects perception by causing __________.

Inattentional blindness/ deafness

The three stages of Situation awareness are Perception of elements in the current situation, Comprehension of current situation, and __________.

Projection of future status

A __________ means a bad plan is performed with not on purpose.

Mistake

A __________ means the wrong procedure is performed intentionally.

Violation

A disadvantage of written communication is that the receiver cannot __________.

ask questions of the message

Fatigue is defined as a natural physiological reaction to __________.

prolonged physical/ mental stress

The three listed symptoms of fatigue are reduced alertness, impaired memory, and __________.

Your mood and spirit go to pieces

A Designated leader (such as a captain or in-flight manager) is characterized by authority, crew position, title, and __________.

Seniority

A Functional leader (such as a goalkeeper in a football team) is temporary and characterized by knowledge/expertise and being the __________.

Most qualified individual person

The Authoritative leadership style is used when there is an urgent task, a structured task with a clear answer, certainty that the team will accept the final decision, or a __________.

Lake of communication between team members

The Participatory leadership style is used when there is time to get input and when handling an __________ that may require group decision making.

Unstructured task