ch.8 sport psych

Question 1

ideal performance state

Answer 1

absence of fear
no thinking about or analysis of performance
a narrow focus of attention
sense of effortlessness
sense of personal control
a distortion of time and space

Question 2

arousal

Answer 2

blend of physiological and psychological activation in an individual

intensity of motivation

Question 3

anxiety

Answer 3

subcat of arousal, negative perceived emotional state

nervousness, worry, apprehension or fear, physiological activation of the body

Question 4

cognitive anxiety

Answer 4

mental manifestation of anxiety

Question 5

somatic anxiety

Answer 5

physical reaction to anxiety

tense muscles, tachycardia, upset stomach

Question 6

state anxiety

Answer 6

subjective experience of apprehension and uncertainty accompaied by elevated autonomic and voluntary neural outflow and increased endocrine activity

Question 7

effects of state anxiety on athletic performance?

Answer 7

can be good, bad or no change

Question 8

what factors of state anxiety will change the effect on athletic performance

Answer 8

athletes skill level
personality
complexity of the task performed

Question 9

what can state anxiety be related to

Answer 9

trait anxiety

Question 10

trait anxiety

Answer 10

personality
how one will perceive an environment as threatening

Question 11

what type of anxiety affects the appropriate level of arousal for a given athlete

Answer 11

trait anxiety

Question 12

stress

Answer 12

substantial imbalance btw demand and response capability, under conditions in which failure to meet that demand has important consequences

Question 13

what can stress generate

Answer 13

arousal or anxiety

Question 14

drive theory

Answer 14

as arousal and state anxiety increases so does performance

Question 15

inverted U theory

Answer 15

arousal facilitates up to an optimal level
then w/ more arousal u get decrease performance due to lack of attention and focus

Question 16

w/ increase arousal and presence of cognitive anxiety, what happens and what theory is this

Answer 16

sudden drop in performance

catastrophe theory

Question 17

reversal theory

Answer 17

how arousal and anxiety affect performance depends on the individual interpretation

in control of the athlete

Question 18

achievement motivation

Answer 18

persons efforts to master a task, achieve excellence, overcome obstacles, engage in competition or social comparison

Question 19

who will be the better athlete when looking at acheivement motivation?

Answer 19

the one with higher achievement motivation

Question 20

motive to achieve success (MAS)

Answer 20

capacity to experience pride in ones accomplishments and is characterized by desire to challenge oneself

Question 21

motive to avoid failure (MAF)

Answer 21

desire to protect ones ego and self-esteem

avoid perception of shame that goes with failure

Question 22

MAS-dominate athletes like what kind of situations

Answer 22

50% achieveable

Question 23

MAF-dominate athletes like what kind of situations

Answer 23

either too easy or way to hard to succeed

Question 24

routine

Answer 24

adoption of a ritual or mental checklist

Question 25

diaphragmatic breathing good for

Answer 25

stress management

Question 26

progressive muscular relaxation good for what

Answer 26

muscular tension and relax
achieve appropriate level of cognitive and somatic activation before performance

Question 27

autogenic training good for what

Answer 27

if injured and cant perform PMR
sensations to limb

Question 28

systematic densitization

Answer 28

combo mental and physical that allow athlete to replace fear response with relaxation

Question 29

self confidence

Answer 29

belief they can perform a desired behavior

Question 30

self-efficacy

Answer 30

PERCEPTION of ones ability to perform a given task in a specific situation

Question 31

whole practice

Answer 31

do the whole skill

Question 32

part practice

Answer 32

breaks skill into components

Question 33

segmentation

Answer 33

break skill into clear components

Question 34

fractionalization

Answer 34

when u break a skill up that u do certain things at the same time

push press, usually u press the bar while push with the legs, but w/ this u would break that into 2 skills

Question 35

simplification

Answer 35

just makes the task easier

speed, equipment like using a PVC

Question 36

pure-part training

Answer 36

practice individual parts
once covered all parts
practice whole skill

Question 37

progressive part training

Answer 37

practice first two parts then together
practice third part
then all together

Question 38

repetitive part training

Answer 38

first skill, then add second, then practice together
then add third, practice together
and so on

Question 39

guided discovery

Answer 39

instructions about the overall movement goal and prompts for task accomplishment

dont explicit tell them how to accomplish

Question 40

discovery

Answer 40

knows overarching goal of task and athlete receives little to no direction

Question 41

what can happen with a discovery learning style

Answer 41

slow the learning process down

Question 42

what can happen with an explicit instructions learning style

Answer 42

impair performance in a stressful environment

Question 43

augmented feedback

Answer 43

feedback from an observer

coach, technology, video, lab equipment

Question 44

knowledge of results

Answer 44

info about execution of the task

Question 45

knowledge of performance

Answer 45

info about movement pattern