AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -Common triggers Individuals with Plane Crash OCD may be triggered by situations involving traveling by airplane, being around planes or airports, and hearing about or experiencing traumatic or stressful plane travel. Triggers are situations, events, or environments that can cause someone’s intrusive thoughts and fears.

Detailed explanation-2: -In a 2015 crash simulation, Boeing found that passengers who both wore their seat belts and assumed a brace position (feet flat, head cradled against their knees or the seat in front of them if possible) were likeliest to survive a crash.

Detailed explanation-3: -Fear of flight, or aviophobia, is characterized by an often extreme avoidance of planes, or anything associated with flying, including airports. Someone with severe aviophobia might “organize [their] life around avoiding flying, ” as psychologist Patricia Furness-Smith says in Flying with Confidence.

Detailed explanation-4: -Secure the accident site, including all scattered wreckage, as well as other evidence, such as marks made by the aircraft, ground scars, etc. (Do not attempt to move any scattered wreckage items.) Obtain the names, addresses, telephone numbers, and intended movements of witnesses.