FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SPORTS PSYCH EXAM 1

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FREE AND STUDY GAMES ABOUT SPORTS PSYCH EXAM 1

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Question 1: What is cognitive anxiety?

Answer:

refers to the WORRY and negative THOUGHTS associated with anxiety

Question 2: theory definition

Answer:

a set in interrelated facts that presents a SYSTEMATIC view of some phenomenon in order to DESCRIBE, EXPLAIN, and PREDICT future occurances (organized system of accepted knowledge applies to many circumstances)

Question 3: Who did the Individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOF)?

Answer:

Hanin

Question 4: What are perfomance enhancement things psychologists can focus on?

Answer:

goal setting, relaxation, arousal, imagery, self-talk, attention training, thought management, motivation, coping, beahvior, biofeedback, hypnosis

Question 5: What is PST?

Answer:

Psychological skill training Question 6: Who worked with Elite Athletes interviewing 24 USOC SP? What did they find about elite athletes?

Answer:

Sullivan and Nashman (1998) they are the same as other people and fragile with low confidence. Most coaches were supportive but some had mixed feelings

Question 7: What is the educational phase in PST?

Answer:

psychological skills learned and practiced. expect improvement as you develop these skills and refine them over time

Question 8: experimental studies

Answer:

investigator manipulates (changes) certain aspects of situation while holding other aspects constant (control) examines how changes in one parameter influence another DEMONSTRATES CAUSE AND

EFFECT RELATIONSHIPS

Question 9: Is arousal a positive or negative feeling?

Answer:

It is unrelated to + or -. Can be positive activated (excited) or negatively activated (anxious or scared)

Question 10: main barriers for SP (4)

Answer:

1-psychologists "shrink" image, 2-lack sport-specific knowledge 3-lack of cross-cultural and cross-gender 4- Gender of SP (female SP with male athlethes)

Question 11: what are some group processes?

Answer:

coach-athlete communication, team cohesion-morale

Question 12: reliability

Answer:

consistency of repeatability of data

Question 13: characteristics of the scientific method (4)

Answer:

biased/unbiased, reductionism, reliability, validity

Question 14: Why are psychological skills neglected (3)

Answer:

1-lack of knowledge 2-misunderstandins about psychological skills (ex. they can't be learned. 3-lack of time

Question 15: Three phases of PST

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1-educational phase 2-Acquisition stage 3-Practice phase Question 16: Is there a difference between female and male athlete personalities?

Answer:

No consistent pattern differences

Question 17: sport psychology definition (2)

Answer:

branch of sport science that involves1) the scientific study of human behavior in sport settings 2) practical application of that knowledge in sport settings

Question 18: What is the basic principle for the Drive theory?

Answer:

beginners-low skill execution and as arousal gets higher the worse they perform. advanced-as arousal increases performance increases as well Question 19: Homogeneity of personality profiles increases as you get more serious and heterogeneity of personality profiles ____

Answer:

decrease as you go down towards entrance sports

Question 20: Who did the control model of anxiety?

Answer:

Jones Question 21: if attention is too narrow or too broad is performance better or worse?

Answer:

worse Question 22: Compared to non-athletes athletes in individual sports have what characteristics?

Answer:

more objectivity, more dependency, less anxiety, less abstract thinking

Question 23: play definition

Answer:

relatively unorganized and unstructured activity

Question 24: what are the problems with coaches and athletes found?

Answer:

lack of cooperation/knowledge, athletes not inerested, coach/athletes close minded, unrealistic, senior athletes not committed, athletes too tired, previous bad experiences with SP

Question 25: what is anxiety?

Answer:

negative EMOTIONAL state characterized by cognitive, behavioral, and physiological patters. cognitive (worry/aprehension) behavior (nervous/tension), physiolgoical (activation autonomic nervous system)

Question 26: What did Schurr, Ashley and Joy study?

Answer:

comparative study of intercollegiate athletes and non athletes

Question 27: experimental group

Answer:

treatment or intervention is applied to this group