Lesson 3: Internal Distractions, Part 2

REFERENCE

Internal Distractions, Part 2 (See CourseWare)

INTRODUCTORY INFORMATION

Situational awareness and distractions are external stimuli: people, places, and even an event can be a common distraction. Internal distractions are becoming more of an interest as it pertains to human performance improvement strategies. Specifically, the body’s stress response system and the critical role stress plays in creating optimal or best performance.

Brain research validates humans are feeling creatures first by the unique design of our sensory perception – sight, sound, taste, touch, and smell. Emotional responses are automatic and in historical studies were often categorized by behavior statements like fight-flight-freeze responses. Today, modern research and adult learning best practices help us refine, measure, and identify new mental and emotional skills. These mental and emotional skills empower an individual with abilities to regulate emotional responses in turn mitigating the fight-flight-freeze response with more effective behaviors for the situation.

LEARNING OBJECTIVES

After completing this lesson, you will be able to:

1. Understand how stress affects behavior.
2. Describe how the limbic system affects human behavior.
3. Define amygdala highjack.
4. List behaviors associated with low emotional intelligence.

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