Exam Review

Question 1

3 roles of sport psychologist

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Research
Teaching
Consulting

Question 2

The scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport and exercise activities in the practical application of that knowledge

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Sport and Exercise psychology

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The characteristics or blend of characteristics that make a person unique

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Personality

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A personality style characterized by setting extremely high standards of performance, striving for flawlessness, and tendency to be overly critical and evaluating one’s performance

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Perfectionism

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Motivation: motivated behavior is primarily a function of individual characteristics

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Trait centered view

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Motivation: motivation level is determined primarily by situation

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Situation – centered view

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Views: motivated behavior results from the interaction of participant factors and situational factors

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Interactional view

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A blend of physiological and psychological activation, varying intensity along a continuum

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Arousal

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A negative emotional state, with feelings of worry, nervousness, and apprehension associated with activation or arousal of the body

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Anxiety

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Refers to an emotional state, characterized by subjective, consciously perceived feelings of apprehension, intention, accompanied buyer associated with activation of the autonomic nervous system

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State anxiety

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State anxiety, where the degree of which one worries or has negative thoughts

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Cognitive state anxiety

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State anxiety that concerns the moment to moment changes in perceived physiological activation

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Somatic state anxiety

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Stay anxiety of the degree to which one believes one has a resource resources and ability to meet challenges

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Perceived control state anxiety

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A personality disposition that is stable overtime. It is an acquired disposition that predisposes a person to perceive a wide range of none dangerous circumstances as threatening.

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Trait anxiety

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A social process that occurs when rewards are given to people for how their performance compares with the performance of others during the same task

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Competition

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A social process through which performance is evaluated and rewarded in terms of the collective achievement of a group of people working together

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Cooperation

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Soccer basketball are examples of

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Cooperative means – – competitive ends

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The use of rewards and punishment, which increase or decrease the likelihood of a similar response occurring in the future

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Reinforcement

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What does a high challenge in a high skills cause?

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Flow

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Communication where at least two people are in a meaningful exchange

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Interpersonal communication

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Nonverbal cues, including physical appearance, posture, gestures, body position, touching, facial expressions, and voice characteristics

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Nonverbal communication

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Self talk, the communication we have with ourselves – intrapersonal communication, or internal dialogue, affects motivation, and behavior

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Intrapersonal communication

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What are the six Cs of communication?

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Clear, concise, courteous, correct, complete, constructive

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Progressive relaxation and breath control

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Somatic anxiety reduction

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Relaxation responses, autogenic training, systematic desensitization

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Cognitive anxiety reduction

Question 26

An anxiety reducing technique for somatic anxiety that helps to become more aware of the autonomic nervous system and to control your physiological going autonomic responses by receiving physiological feedback not available

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Biofeedback

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A psycho neuromuscular condition that laws on a continuum anchored by focal dystonia and choking. Caused by anxiety, nose, choking, in high pressure situations

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Yips

Question 28

A form of simulation that involves recalling from memory pieces of information store from experience and shaving those pieces into meaningful images

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Imagery

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Imagery: the sense is used in imagery – auditory, visual, tactile, olfactory, kinesthetic

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Modality

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Imagery: first person (internal) and parentheses or third person (external)

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Perspective

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Imagery: The viewing angle

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Angle

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Imagery:The author or agent of the behavior being imagined – oneself or another person

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Agency

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Imagery; the degree to which imagery is deliberate or spontaneous (triggered)

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Deliberation

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Imagery factor; imagery affects performance of most cognitive tasks, such as decision-making and perception

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Nature of the task

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Factors of imagery; imagery helps performance for both novice and experience performers; affects are somewhat stronger for experience performers

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Scale level of the performer

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Factors of imagery: imagery is more effective when individuals are higher in their ability to imagine

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Imaging ability

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Factors of imagery: imagery should be used in addition to physical practice

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Using imagery with physical practice

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Factors of imagery: certain personality characteristics may be linked to with effective imagery

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Personality

Question 39

Imagery facilitates the learning of motor skills because imagined events innovate the muscles as physical practice of the movement does; they strengthen neural pathways

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Psycho neuromuscular theory

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Imagery functions as a coding system to help people understand, acquire movement patterns

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Symbolic learning theory

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Images are made of stimulus and response propositions

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Bioinformational theory

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Imagery comprises the image, somatic response, and meaning of the image

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Triple code model

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The belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior

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Self-confidence

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The belief of certainty that individuals have at a particular moment about their ability to succeed

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State self-confidence