Personality Flashcards
(24 cards)
What is personality ?
The overall organization of psychological characteristics. Makes individuals differ from one another, affects how people act in given situations.
What is disposition ?
Categorizing different types of people and situations in a broad way.
What is an interactionist approach ?
An athletes behaviour being determined by the his/her personality plus their environment
Define a trait
An individual characteristic of a person’s personality. Big five: neuroticism, extroversion, concientiouness, openness, agreeableness,
Psychological states refer to momentary “ “ and “ “ that change depending on the “ “ and the “ “
Feelings
Thoughts
Situation
Time
What big 5 personality traits are generally evident in elite athletes ?
Low in neuroticism
High in conscientiousness
High in a agreeableness
Elite athletes often score “ “ in neuroticism and higher in “ “ than recreational athletes
Lower, Higher
A more aggressive athlete tends to be ?
Low agreeableness
high neuroticism
low extraversion
An athlete that copes with their emotions tends to be ?
High conscientiousness
High extraversion
low neuroticism
Successful ellite athletes in sports with large audiences tend to be more
Extroverted
Athletes in team sports when comparred to individual sports are often found to be
High in extraversion
Low in conscientiousness
Athletes involved in high risk wehn compared to low risk sports are often
High in extraversion
Low in conscientiousness
What is harmonious passion?
passion that is apart of identity and personal enjoyment
What is obsessive passion ?
Rigid, uncontrolled urges
Harmonious and obsessive passion are “ “ related to performance
positively
What is competitiveness ?
engaging and striving for success in sport
Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality disposition or trait that influences what three things?
thought, emotion and behaviour
Perfectionism is characterized by ?
High performance standards, overly critical self-evaluation
What is mental toughness?
involves being able to deal with anxiety while remaining focused on on competition demands. outward expression of inner commitment. positive adaptation of use of internal resources
list several different characteristics of mental toughness
control competitiveness concentration confidence commitment determination desire focus emotional intelligence persistence optimisms and resilience
List the three broad categories of mental toughness within sport
- Strong confidence and motivation
- Managing competition pressure and maintaining stress
- Being able to maintain or regain focus when distracted
Explain the 4 C model of mental toughness
- Challenge to overcome situations
- Control over experiences
- Confidence to overcome experiences
- Commitment to achieve goals
Requirements of being and staying mentally tough
enjoyment of the skill
psych skills and strategies
internal motivation
practice
How to develop it in the first place ?
- be able to deal your stress and anxiety
- staying focussed- ability to block out distractions
- confidence
- mental planning
- motivation to hard work
- bouncing back
- conditioning and competition
- remaining positive
- clear expectations
