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Trait approach

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Fundamental units of personality are stable. Big 5)- neuroticism, extra/introversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness

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Psychodynamic approach

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Conscious and unconscious shaped by childhood

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Situational approach

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Argues behaviour is determined by situation and environment

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Interactional approach

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Considers person and environment as co-determinates to behaviour

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Phenomenological approach

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Behaviour is a mixture of trait and state but also how the person understands and interprets themself

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Sport competition anxiety test

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Competitive trait anxiety

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Competitive state anxiety inventory 2

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Per competitive state anxiety

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Trait-state confidence inventory

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Sport confidence

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Ice berg profile criteria

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Tension, depression, anger, vigorous, fatigue and confusion

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Intra individual

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Compare against self

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Interindividual

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Compare against each other

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Motivation

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Intensity and direction of effort

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Achievement motivation

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A persons effort to master a task, achieve excellence, overcome obstacles, perform better than others and take pride in their accomplishments

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Competitiveness

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A disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in the presence of evaluative others

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Extrinsic motivation

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Motivation from others and external influences

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Intrinsic motivation

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Motivation from doing something for its own sake

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Needs achievement theory

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Personality times situational = resultant tendency- emotional reactions and therefore achievement behaviours. For low and high achievers

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Attribution theory

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How individuals explain their success and failure. Stability, locus of causality and control

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Achievement goal theory

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Achievement goals and perceived ability come together to predict achievement behaviour.

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Competence motivation theory

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Athletes perceptions of control work with self worth and competence evaluation to influence their motivation

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3 stages of developing motivation and competitiveness in children

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Autonomous competence, social comparison and integrated stage

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Arousal

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Blend of physiological and psychological activity in a person along a continuum

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Anxiety

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A negative emotional state characterised by nervousness, worry and apprehension

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State anxiety

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The emotional state characterised by subjective, consiously perceived feeling of apprehension and tension accompanied by activation of the autonomous nervous system

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Trait anxiety
A behavioural disposition to perceive as threatening circumstances that objectively may not be dangerous and respond with disproportionately high anxiety
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SAS- sport anxiety test
Measure of trait anxiety
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Stress
A substantial imbalance between demand and response capability under conditions where failure to meet that demand has important consequences
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Stages of stress
Environmental demand, perception of demand, stress response, behavioural consequences
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Drive theory
As individuals arousal or state anxiety increases, so too does her performance
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Inverted u hypothesis
As arousal increases, so does performance until an optimal point where best performance results. Further increase will then cause performance to decline
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IZOF
Individual zones of optimal functioning- top athletes have a zone of optimal state anxiety outside of which their best performance will not occur
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Multidimensional theory
Increases in cognitive state anxiety leads to decreased performance and somatic stat anxiety is related to performance in an inverted u
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Catastrophe model
Predicts physiological arousal is related to performance in an inverted but if cognitive anxiety is high it can increase arousal to the point where catastrophe occurs
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Reversal theory
Emphasised that ones interpretation of his arousal level is what is important
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Anxiety direction and intensity
Anxiety is either facilitating (positive) or debilitating (negative)
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Processing efficiency theory
Increased anxiety interferes with working memory resources. In short term this does not negatively influence performance as increased effort makes up for it. But as anxiety increases, benefits are outweighed by reduced attentional capacity
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SIT
Stress inoculation training
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Auto genic training
Like relaxation but to create the feeling of heaviness and warmth
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Mental toughness
An athletes ability to focus, rebound from failure, cope with pressure and persist in the face of adversity
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4C model
Control, commitment, challenge and confidence
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4 basic psychological skills
Relaxation, imagery, goal setting and self talk
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3 phases of PST
Education, acquisition and practice
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Self regulation
The ability to work towards ones short term and long term goals by effectively monitoring and managing ones own thoughts, feeling and behaviours
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Kirschenbaums 5 step model
Identification, commitment, execution, management and generalisation
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Foundation skills
Achievement drive, self awareness, attentional focus and self confidence
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Personal skills
Energy management, attentional focus, motor skills
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Personality development
Identity achievement, interpersonal competence
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Team skills
Cohesion, leadership and team confidence
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Objective goals
Attaining specific standard of proficiency on a task
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Subjective goal
General statement of intent
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Outcome goal
Focuses on competitive results of an event
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Performance goals
Focuses on achieving standards or performance objectives independently of the competition
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Process goals
Focus on the actions and individual must engage in during performance to execute well
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Indirect thought process view
Goals influence behaviour indirectly by influencing psychological factor that in turn lead to changed that influence performance
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Direct mechanistic view
Goals directly influence performance by directing attention, increasing effort and persistence and development of new learning strategies
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Dis positional hope
Sense of not wishing something to happen without working for it
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Power 4W system
Wish, want, way and will power
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Group goal
Attainment of specific standards of group proficiency usually within a specified time
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Smart goals
Specific, measurable, action orientated, realistic, time frame

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