1.5.1.4 Time & Opportunity
Time and opportunity are required for perception. In the event of difficulty, lengthening the practice time might appear to be the obvious solution. This is true only if improvement continues to be evident, and the student's perceptions are not dulled by fatigue. The efficiency of a properly planned syllabus is proportional to the consideration given to the time and opportunity factor.
1.5.1.5 Element of threat
Threat restricts perception because fear not only affects responses, but also narrows a person's perceptual field. Fear of the unknown results of a stall might cause a student to stare at the airspeed indicator and overreact to decreasing airspeed indications. In so doing, a student might neglect a heading correction and fail to check for other traffic or obstructions. Any action by the instructor which the student sees as threatening reduces the ability to accept the experience. All of the student's physical, emotional, and mental faculties are adversely affected. The old method of trying to frighten a student into better performance has been proven to be psychologically wrong. experience is considered a challenge, and there is motivation to attempt it.
1.5.2 INSIGHT
It is the instructor's prime responsibility to develop correct insights and to build one upon the other until the goal is achieved.
As an example, suppose the instructor is attempting to reach the concept "attitude + power = performance." From straight flight at cruising airspeed, the student is supposed to pull the nose up slightly and observe the result. The student perceives that airspeed decreases and the airplane begins to climb. If the nose is raised further, airspeed continues to decrease, but a point is reached where the airplane no longer climbs and begins to "mush." The student perceives that the nose of the airplane cannot be raised too much without suffering a loss of performance. Adding power and holding the attitude constant, however, increases both airspeed and rate of climb. Putting all of these perceptions together, insight is developed into the objective concept that " attitude + power = performance." This can be further developed into the more operational concept that to achieve any desired performance requires coordination of pitch attitude and power.