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,
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
Helpful Links:
http://www.car-accidents.com/pages/stats.html
http://www.soc.hawaii.edu/leonj/leonj/leonpsy/leonarticles.html
http://www.drdriving.org/legislation/tee_cards.htm
Homepage:
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