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CHAPTER 1 TEST BANK

Multiple Choice

• Increasing team cohesion, avoiding distractions, and creating and sticking to clear mental and

physical plans are all helpful:

• Psychological skills
• Biological traits
• Physical skills
• Instincts

2

• Examining how participation in sports can shape development and well-being is part of the field

of:

• Sport psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Developmental psychology
• Social psychology

2

• When might a sport psychologist be used by a group of athletes?
• All of the above
• When the athletes are under intense pressure
• When the athletes need assistance communicating with one another
• When athletes need help maintaining motivation

2-3

• A sport psychologist who provides basic mental health care would be which of the following

types of sport psychologist?

• Therapist/Clinical psychologist
• Researcher
• Teacher
• Consultant

4

• Who is considered the father of American sport psychology?
• Coleman Griffith
• Norman Triplett
• Warren Johnson
• Franklin M. Henry

7

• Who started the first graduate sport psychology specialization?
• Dorothy Harris
• Coleman Griffith
• Avksenty Cezarevich Puni 2 / 4

• Pierre de Coubertin

8

• Sport psychology was most academic in focus during which phase?
• The early years
• The contemporary years
• The formative years
• All of the above

7-8

• Which of the following is an advantage of descriptive research?
• It is often cost-efficient and provides richly-detailed information
• The results can be generalized to other people in other situations
• Can be used to show how one variable causes another
• None of the above

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• If a researcher wants to study why a team is struggling with communication and cohesion, which

method will be most helpful?

• Naturalistic observation
• Meta-analysis
• Archival research
• None of the above

13

• Which of the following occurred during the formative years of sport psychology?
• The formation of the International Society of Sport Psychology
• Norman Tripett studied children winding string
• Soviet Union professors Puni and Roudik established sport psychology laboratories
• The U.S. Olympic Committee developed a Sport Psychology Advisory Board

8

• Sport psychology research may be done by researchers in which related field?
• All of the above
• Social psychology
• Cognitive psychology
• Personality psychology

10

• What is the major difference between descriptive and experimental research?
• The manipulation of variables
• The formation of a hypothesis
• The collection and analysis of data
• The development of a theory 3 / 4

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• A meta-analysis is used when a researcher wants to accomplish which of the following?
• Combine data that has already been collected
• Measure behavior in everyday situations
• Survey a large number of individuals over the phone
• Control for extraneous variables

14

• A researcher wants to know if the temperature in the room will affect number of baskets made

by basketball players. What would be the independent variable in this scenario?

• The temperature of the room
• The number of baskets made
• The gender of the basketball players
• The size of the room

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• A researcher does an experiment which measures the effect of fluid intake on heart rate while

running. What is the dependent variable in this experiment?

• Heart rate
• The amount of fluid intake
• The average speed of the runner
• How the runner reports feeling after finishing the run

15

• Which of the following is a characteristic of experimental, but not descriptive, research

methods?

• The use of random assignment
• The use of naturalistic observation
• The formation of a hypothesis
• The use of case studies and focus groups

15

• Which of the following is a characteristic of experimental, but not descriptive, research

methods?

• The manipulation of variables
• The analyzation of data
• The development of a theory
• The collection of data

15

• Which of the following is a characteristic of qualitative, but not experimental, research

methods?

• Not using quantifiable numbers
• The manipulation of variables
• The use of random assignment
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