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Flank speed is an American nautical term referring to a ship 's true maximum speed but it is not equivalent to the term full speed ahead. Usually, flank speed is reserved for situations in which a ship finds itself in imminent danger, such as coming under attack by aircraft. Flank speed is very demanding of fuel and often unsustainable because ...
Eriksen flanker task. In cognitive psychology, the Eriksen flanker task is a set of response inhibition tests used to assess the ability to suppress responses that are inappropriate in a particular context. The target is flanked by non-target stimuli which correspond either to the same directional response as the target ( congruent flankers ...
Engine order telegraph. An engine order telegraph or E.O.T., also referred to as a Chadburn, [1] is a communications device used on a ship (or submarine) for the pilot on the bridge to order engineers in the engine room to power the vessel at a certain desired speed.
The Yerkes-Dodson law is a model of the relationship between stress and task performance. It proposes that you reach your peak level of performance with an intermediate level of stress, or arousal ...
2 min read. Pressured speech is when you talk faster than usual. You may feel like you can’t stop. It's different than talking fast because you’re excited or you naturally speak that way. You ...
v. t. e. Cognitive flexibility [note 1] is an intrinsic property of a cognitive system often associated with the mental ability to adjust its activity and content, switch between different task rules and corresponding behavioral responses, maintain multiple concepts simultaneously and shift internal attention between them. [1]
Fawn is the fourth stress response that was identified later. The fight response is your body’s way of facing any perceived threat aggressively. Flight means your body urges you to run from ...
Some of the more common physical, psychological, and emotional signs of chronic stress include: rapid heart rate. elevated blood pressure. feeling overwhelmed. fatigue. difficulty sleeping. poor ...