Outline of My First Oral Presentation

Dealing with Stress, Aggression and Pressure in the Vehicle

This is a presentation of Driving Lessons, J. Peter Rothe, University of Alberta Press, 2002, p. 34-49

By Robert Lee

 

Instructions for this oral presentation are found at:

www.soc.hawaii.edu/.eonj/leonj/leonpsy22/g22-oral.htm

 

I.                     The Driver’s Threefold Self

a.        Affective

                                                               i.      Negative example of affective self

                                                              ii.      Positive example of affective self

b.       Cognitive

                                                               i.      Negative example of cognitive self

                                                              ii.      Positive example of cognitive self

c.        Sensorimotor

                                                               i.      Negative example of sensorimotor self

                                                              ii.      Positive example of sensorimotor self

d.       My opinion

II.                   Mental Health of Drivers

a.        Three negative reactions routinely mentioned in driver self-witnessing reports

                                                               i.      Extreme physiological reactions

1.        heart pounding

2.        momentary stoppage of breathing

3.        muscle spasms

                                                              ii.      Extreme emotional reactions

1.        outbursts of anger

2.        yelling

3.        aggressive gestures

                                                            iii.      Extreme irrational thought sequences

1.        paranoiac thinking that one is being followed or inspected

2.        addressing other drivers who are not within earshot

3.        denial of reality and defensiveness when a passenger complains of a driver’s error

b.       Driving informatics

                                                               i.      What is driving informatics?

                                                              ii.      How can we use this?

                                                            iii.      Why is this important?

c.        My opinion

III.                 Taxonomy of driving behaviour

a.        Three levels of development or driver competence

                                                               i.      Level 1

                                                              ii.      Level 2

                                                            iii.      Level 3

b.       Two stages of a driving personality makeover plan

IV.                 Conclusion

 

 

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