Intro

Question 1

True or false: Sport and exercise psychology is a relatively new field; its roots are in the late 1970s.

Answer 1

False. Sport and exercise psychology has a long and rich history dating back to the early part of the 20th century

Question 2

True or false: most teachers and coaches are very knowledgeable about how to implement psychological skills with students and athletes.

Answer 2

False. Teachers and coaches have had little sport and exercise psychology training. They simply would tell athletes to relax or be confident, but seldom told them how to do so.

Question 3

True or false: regardless of the form of motivation, the more motivated an athlete or exerciser is, the better

Answer 3

False. Although any forms of motivation lead to better performance, certain aspects of motivation are negatively related to performance and participation. Being more motivated is not always better.

Question 4

True or false: the personality traits of great athletes have been identified.

Answer 4

False. Although considerable research has been conducted in search of the ideal personality traits of the highly successful athletic competitor, few common traits have been identified as common to all great athletes. However, a number of common cognitive and behavioral strategy differences have been found between more or less successful athletes

Question 5

True or false: youth participation in sport has consistently been shown to facilitate the development of self confidence and leadership.

Answer 5

False. Although participation in sport has potential to facilitate the development of desirable psychological characteristics such as self confidence and leadership, it does not automatically do so and may have negative side effects.

Question 6

True or false: when beginning a goal setting program, you should seriously several goals to ensure success.

Answer 6

False. Although goal setting is a very effective technique for changing the behavior of sport and exercise participants, it is best to set only one or two goals when working with beginning goal setters

Question 7

True or false: imagery is the primary tool or technique used by today’s sport psychology specialists

Answer 7

False. Imagery is a very important strategy used by today’s sports psychologists, but it is only one of many strategies available

Question 8

True or false: identifying and developing techniques for enhancing performance are the major focus of sport psychology specialists.

Answer 8

False. The field of sport and exercise psychology has two general objectives: one is to understand how mental factors influence performance and the second is to understand how participation in sport and exercise influences psychological growth and development. It is inappropriate to think that sport psychology involves only performance enhancement

Question 9

True or false: to achieve peak oerfosmcek a team must be cohesive

Answer 9

False. Cohesion can positively influence team performance, but performance has also been shown to increase cohesion.some non cohesive teams have actually performed well.

Question 10

True or false: running can be an effective method for managing clinical depression.

Answer 10

True. Research shows that psychical activity can be an effective treatment for clinical depression.