Sport Psychology Flashcards

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If a performer is an Expert, Will their Dominant Response be correct ?

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Their Dominant Response will likely to be performed correctly

  • have over-learned motor programme stored in LTM
  • performer will facilitate under pressure
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What are the causes of Aggression ?

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  • playing badly
  • feeling the team isn’t trying
  • disagree with official’s decision
  • provocation by opponent/crowd
  • importance of game
  • contact sport
  • naturally aggressive personality
  • social learning
  • over-arousal
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How can you the Interactionist Perspective to improve performance ?

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  • coach known innate personalities of performer can use to an advantage to suit situation
  • develop training situations so performer can be assessed how they change to situations
  • training programmes allow strategies fro real situations e.g. controlling aggression
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What is the PERFORMING stage of the Tuckman’s model ?

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  • players interact effectively
  • full commitment to achieve team goals
  • individual roles + responsibilities are completely understood
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What are COGNITIVE strategies for stress management ?

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1) PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILL TRAINING
2) MENTAL REHEARSAL
3) VISUALISATION
4) POSITIVE SELF-TALK
5) IMAGERY
6) NEGATIVE THOUGHT-STOPPING
7) ATTERNTIAL CONTROL + CUE UTILISATION

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What is the SPECIFIC element of the SMARTER principle ?

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  • must be clear and exact
  • reflect individual position/event
    e. g. rugby improve catches
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How can CENTRING manage Stress ?

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  • concentrating on breathing
  • useful during break in performances
  • as breath out, chant word how you wish to perform e.g. calm
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What is Cognitive anxiety ?

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is a psychological response to a threat

- symptoms include worrying, irrational thinking, confusion and learned helplessness

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What is the STABILITY DIMENSION part of the Weiner’s model ?

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STABILITY DIMENSION - how changeable/fixed reason for winning/losing are

1) stable - unlikely to change in short-term (relative permanent)
- e.g. ability or task difficulty
2) unstable - can be change in a short-term of time
- e.g. effort or luck

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How can you use Physiological methods to measure anxiety ?

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  • generate factual data on Physiological (Somatic) responses
  • POSITIVE = Factual so comparison can be made and use during training + competition
  • NEGATIVE = expensive, trained coaches needed and restricted movement
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How can COACHES control aggression ?

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  • praise non-aggressive acts
  • highlight non-aggressive role models
  • punish aggression
  • peer pressure that aggression is unacceptable
  • set process +performances goals instead of product goals
  • ensure own behaviour isn’t aggressive
  • give player responsibility within the team + understand their specific role
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What is Somatic anxiety ?

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is a physiological response to a threat

- symptoms include heart rate, blood pressure, swear levels and muscle tension increasing

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What is the Social Leaning part of the Formation of Attitude ?

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  • involves imitating the attitudes from significant others e.g. peers, friends, teaches etc.
  • have similar attitudes to similar sports - copy and reinforced
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What is SOCIAL FACILITATION ?

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Is the positive effect of presence of others on performance

- enjoy performing with audience -> improve their performance - motivation

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What is VERBAL PERSUASION ?

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  • give praise + positive reinforcement

- significant others should provide this

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What is EMOTIONAL AROUSAL ?

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  • show hoe to cope with and control arousal levels
  • remove performers perceives of unable to do it
  • somatic + cognitive strategies
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What are tangible and intangible rewards ?

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TANGIBLE - rewards than can be touched or held

INTANGIBLE - non-physical rewards

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What is STRESS ?

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a negative response of the body to a threat causing anxiety

- distress - performance is inhibited

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What is the INTERNAL-EXTERNAL dimension of attentional focus ?

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Is concerned with where the focus is being placed

  • INTERNAL - is thought + feelings of the performer
  • EXTERNAL - is on the environmental cues
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What is Achievement Goal theory ?

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Suggest that every performer will have their own perception of what achievement means to them and what successful looks like

1) Outcome-orientated goals - set with specific aim to beat and show superiority over others
2) Task-orientated goals - aims to master a skill and improve own performance
- more important for motivation + confidence

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What are the Key Strategies to combat inhibition ?

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  • familiarisation training
  • increase self-efficacy
  • practice skills until they are grooved
  • use selective attention to improve focus/concentration
    COGNITIVE strategies :
  • mental rehearsal
  • imagery
  • positive self-task
  • negative thought-stopping
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What is the ATTRIBUTION THEORY ?

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” A perception of the reason for an outcome of an event”

- In sport content, performers use attribution theory to offer reasoning for winning, losing and playing good/bad

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What is the Past experiences part of the Formation of Attitude ?

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  • winning will develop positive attitude and develop high perception in own ability
  • losing will develop negative attitude and lower self-confidence
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How BIOFEEDBACK can manage Stress ?

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  • use equipment to generate physiological data
  • identify what causes most stress
  • time consuming + increase anxiety-awareness
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What is the TIME element of the SMARTER principle ?
- set period - progress checked + maintain motivation | e. g. pb by the end of the month
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How does Peak flow experience to a performer ?
Peak flow happens to a performer when they : - are presented with a level pf challenge that matches their skill ability - have a clear goal - have the correct attentional style - have a positive attitude - have control of their arousal levels It is vert difficult to achieve peak flow because task can't be too hard to too easy
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What does Interactive others include ?
INTERACTIVE OTHERS - does interact with performer - communicate directly with performer 1) Competitors - opponents, those directly in competition 2) Social Reinforcers - give direct influence on event e.g. crowd and coach
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What is the AGGRESSIVE CUE HYPOTHESIS theory of aggression ?
It suggest when goal blocked, their arousal levels increase and experience frustration. This leads to being READY for aggression act (not inevitable) - updated frustration-aggression hypothesis - only happens if learned cue/triggers are present e.g. coach praising anger tackle
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What is the BROAD-NARROW dimension of attentional focus ?
Is concerned with how many cues are being focused on - BROAD - many cues - NARROW - one/two cues
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What are the four types of goals ?
1) TASK-ORIENTATED goals 2) PROCESS goals 3) PERFORMANCE goals 4) OUTCOME goals
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How can PSYCHOLOGICAL SKILL TRAINING manage Stress ?
- individualised programme to utilises a range of mental training strategies - tailor made - specific sport
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What is PERFORMANCE ACCOMPLISHMENTS ?
- affected by past experiences | - coach remind the performer of past success in similar situation
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What is TASK COHESION ?
Is when group members work in unity to meet a common aim - no socialise away from team but come together - interactive sport e.g. volley-ball (rely on each others timing + co-ordination to achieve)
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What is the Media part of the Formation of Attitude ?
- involves role models display positive attitude so likely to adopt their positive attitudes towards being active
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How can ATTENTIONAL CONTROL + CUE UTILISATION manage Stress ?
CUE UTILISATION - ability to take in cues from environment with their level of arousal - need to be at moderate levels of arousal (not too little or too large)
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What is Steiner's Model off group performance ?
Actual Productivity = Potential Productivity - Fault Processes - result = best possible outcome - things going wrong
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What are the causes of Anxiety ?
- task importance - losing/fear of failure - being fouled - perceived inaccuracy of official's decision - injury/fear of being injured - audience effect e.g. abusive crowd - evaluation apprehension
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What is Group Formation ?
A group is two or more people who : - interact with each other - share a common goal - have mutual awareness - have a collective identity
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What is INTRINSIC motivation ?
Motivation which comes from within the performer - participate for love of the sport, for self-satisfaction and pride of achieving their own goals e.g. completing marathon - this type of motivation will maintain participation for longer periods than extrinsic motivation
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What is PERFORMANCE goals ?
- set against yourself to improve performance from last time
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What is Hanin's Zone of optimum functioning ?
It suggest optimum performance reaches during a zone, not a single point ( experience once in entire sporting career) Characteristics of the zone include : - performing at optimum arousal levels - feeling completely calm - complete attentional control - performing on 'autopilot' - completely confident - inevitable success - performing smoothly, efficiently and effortlessly
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What is PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION ?
It suggest significant others can encourage you to change mind - very difficult as ultimately the individual must want to change
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What is the NORMING stage of the Tuckman's model ?
- conflict resolved - goals clarified - greater commitment + appreciation of team strengths - GROUP COHESION developed
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What are the strategies to maintain Motivation ?
- tangible + intangible rewards - make activity fun/enjoyable - set easily achievable goals - success - role models - highlight fitness + health benefits - use variable practice - generate intrinsic motivation through performance goals - continually set new, challenging goals - punish lack of motivation - use peer group pressure
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What is STATE SPORT CONFIDENCE ?
SC-STATE - a belief in to master a specific sporting situation - based on past experience
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What is SOCIAL LOAFING ?
"performer lowers levels of effect that contribute to team because they believe they are not a valued member and input is not noticed"
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What is Weiner's Model of the attribution theory ?
``` Suggest that four key attributions lie on two dimensions : LOCUS OF CAUSALITY - internal - external STABILITY DIMENSION - stable - unstable ```
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What is a NACH performer and what are there personality characteristics ?
NEED TO ACHIEVE - approach behaviour - high confidence - enjoy challenge - will take risks - attitudes success internally - not afraid to fail - welcome feedback - take responsibility - likes audience
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What are the responses to Stressors ?
1) Somatic responses are PHYSIOLOGICAL - e.g. heart rate, blood pressure, sweating levels, muscle tension + adrenaline production increase 2) Cognitive responses are PSYCHOLOGICAL - e.g. anxiety, irrational thinking, reduced concentration and poor decision making
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What is the STORMING stage of the Tuckman's model ?
- many teams fail due to conflict - relationships strained - competition for roles - goal unclear
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What is EXTRINSIC motivation ?
Motivation which comes from an outside source - it could be tangible e.g. money, trophies or medals, or intangible e.g. praise from coach or crowd - attracts performers at first so useful method for cognitive performers -confidence - young athletes can rely on extrinsic rewards to participate - lead to drop in participation levels
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What are the two types of motivation ?
1) INTRINSIC motivation | 2) EXTRINSIC motivation
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What is GROUP COHESION ?
The desire of group members to achieve their goals - have unity + structure + share aims 1) TASK cohesion 2) SOCIAL cohesion
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What is involved in the Formation of Attitude ?
- can be positive or negative and developed through experiences rather than innate - begin to form at an early age 1) Past experiences 2) Socialisation 3) Social Leaning 4) Media
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How can VISUALISATION manage Stress ?
- perform skill successfully in training and lock in the mental image of it - relived in competitive situations - internal or external
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What are BENEFITS of goal setting ?
- increase confidence levels - increase motivation - give performer an aim or focus - reduce anxiety/arousal levels - focus attention - improve selective attention - prevent learning plateau
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What is PROCESS goals ?
- short-term to improve technique
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How does Somatic and Cognitive anxiety link ?
Somatic and Cognitive anxiety often occur together in sport - Somatic is like the "inverted-u theory affect" - Cognitive has a linear negative affect
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What is Lewin's Interactionist Perspective
- Lewin - personality according to the situation - B = f(PxE) - Behaviour is a function of the product of trait personality and the environment
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What is the Dominant Response ?
Is a well-learned skill that the performer will use when under competitive pressure - at heightened levels of arousal, performers revet back to their dominant response - strong link between drive theory + Zajonc's model
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What is Personality ?
it comprises the unique, psychological, temperamental features of an individual - Personality causes the 'nature vs nurture' debate
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What is the Trait Perspective ?
It suggest performer is born with personality - genetically determined (consistent behaviour) - Characteristics shown in all situations so personality and behaviour are predictable - coaches are able to design training to suit the performer
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What is Anxiety ?
is a level of nerves and irrational thinking - caused by performer'd perception that their ability isn't good enough - negatively affect performance
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How can BREATHING CONTROL manage Stress ?
- controlling + concentrating on the rate + depth of breathing - become less distracted + focus on task
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What is Social learning Perspective ?
It suggest performers learns their personality and behaviour from experiences - copied and reinforced from significant others e.g. role models, parents, peers through socialisation - changes according to different situations so behaviour can not be predicted - more likely to cope someone with similar age, gender or characteristics e.g. ability
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What is Home-Field Advantage ?
``` Suggest perform better at home as their are large numbers of supports + familiar with venue POSITiVE EFFECT - improve social facilitation - lower anxiety + boost self-efficacy - play more attacking style/tactics - visiting team - over-arousal + social inhibition NEGATIVE EFFECT - increase pressure from hoe crowd - social inhibition for home team - more important - choke ```
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What is Competitive Trait anxiety ?
is the disposition to suffer from nervousness in most sporting situations - natural tendency - regardless the importance or possibility of winning
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What are the four theories of aggression ?
1) INSTINCT theory 2) FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS theory 3) AGGRESSIVE CUE HYPOTHESIS theory 4) SOCIAL LEANING theory
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What is SOCIAL COHESION ?
Is when group members get along and feel attached to others - communicate + support each other in + out the sporting arena - co-active sport e.g. David cup
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What is Carron's Antecedents on group cohesion ?
Suggest that there are four factors that affect task/social cohesion. These factors can bring a team together + more effective, stable and satisfied - PELT 1) PERSONAL - level of motivation + how satisfied within team 2) ENVIRONMENTAL - contract or scholarship, their location, age and size of the group 3) LEADERSHIP - leadership style and relationship between players and coach 4) TEAM - stability of group, common experiences in victory + defeat
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What is SELF-SERVING BIAS ?
"using external or/and unstable reasons for losing" - correct use of attribution - increase self esteem + keep motivated - attribute success on stable internal factors e.g. ability - attribute failure on unstable/stable external factors e.g. luck or task difficulty or effort - help avoid LEARNED HELPLESSNESS
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What is the ACHIEVABLE element of the SMARTER principle ?
- must be able to achieve within time frame | e. g. reduce 400m time by 2 seconds
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How can POSITIVE SELF-TALK manage Stress ?
- verbally reminding yourself the key point and you can achieve it
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What could the coach do to combat inhibition ?
- decrease the importance of the task - offer encouragement, praise reinforcement and praise to the performer - slowly introduce evaluation in training
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What is Arousal ?
is the level so somatic + cognitive stimulations that get us ready to perform - motivated + being at optical of arousal is important in sport
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What is ATTRIBUTION RETRAINING ?
"changing the reasons given for success or failure" - overcome learned helplessness - change the perception and belief in sports person be changing reasons for failure - internal/stable -> external/unstable factors
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What is Nideffer's Model of ATTENTIONAL FOCUS ?
suggest different sports require different types of attentional focus - will reduce stress - there are two dimensions of attentional focus 1) BROAD-NARROW 2) INTERNAL-EXTERNAL
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What is Aggression and what is Assertion ?
AGGRESSION - is intent to harm outside the rules, hostile behaviour ASSERTION - well-motivated behaviour within the rules - no intention to harm the opponent
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What is Tuckman's model of Group Formation ?
Suggest there are four stages that group go through in order to begin to work together effectively - time it takes vary's depending on experience and size of group FORMING STORMING NORMING PERFORMING
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How can you use Questionnaires to measure anxiety ?
- Marten's SCAT - sport competition anxiety test - answer statements - help coaches evaluate performer's anxiety levels - STAI - state-trait anxiety inventory - CSAI-2 - competitive state anxiety inventory 2 - POSITIVE = cheap + efficient - NEGATIVE = answer truthfully, not understood or environmental factors affect answers
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What is the LOCUS OF CAUSALITY part of the Weiner's model ?
LOCUS OF CAUSALITY - amount of control over outcome of events 1) internal - within the performer's control - e.g. ability or effort 2) external - outside the performer's control - e.g. task difficulty or luck (referee decision)
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What are the three Personality perspectives ?
1) Trait Perspective 2) Social Learning Perspective 3) Interactionist Perspective
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What are the three theories of level of arousal ?
1) DRIVE THEORY 2) INVERTED-U THEORY 3) CATASTROPHE THEORY
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What is the EVALUATE element of the SMARTER principle ?
- whether goal was achieved - reasons for progress made (positive or negative) - help set further goals
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How can you use Questionnaires to measure anxiety ?
- Marten's SCAT - sport competition anxiety test - answer statements - help coaches evaluate performer's anxiety levels - STAI - state-trait anxiety inventory - CSAI-2 - competitive state anxiety inventory 2 - POSITIVE = cheap + efficient - NEGATIVE = answer truthfully, not understood or environmental factors affect answers
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What are situational characteristics of a NAF performer ?
VERY COMPETITIVE - task with high incentive value (proud) - task with low probability of success (challenging)
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What is SOCIAL INHIBITION ?
Is the negative effect of presence of others on performance | - dislike performing with audience -> worsens their performance - pressure
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What's involved in the TRIADIC MODEL of Attitude ?
- suggest attitude is made up of three components 1) COGNITIVE - beliefs + thoughts e. g. i think that going to the gym is a waste of time 2) AFFECTIVE - emotions + feelings e. g. I hate going to the gym 3) BEHAIOURAL - actions + responses e. g. I don't go to the gym - attitude isn't consistent as components can be a mixture of positive and negative attitude
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What is Competitive State anxiety ?
is the nervous response to a specific sporting situation - high pressure moments - can be caused my negative past experiences e.g. penalty - performer who has high trait anxiety will experience state anxiety
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What is Self-efficacy ?
the amount of confidence you have in a specific task, sport or situation - a belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation - is specific rather than general
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What is Achievement Motivation ?
the tendency to approach or avoid competitive situations. Summed up as the drive to succeed minus the fear of failure - based on personality + situational factors
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How does the audience effect the performer ?
The main effect on the performer is that they will experience increased arousal but have varied effect depending on skill classification and performer's level of experience
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What is a NAF performer and what are there personality characteristics ?
NEED TO AVIOD FAILURE - avoidance behaviour - low confidence - dislike challenge - will take easy option - attitudes failure internally - gives in easily - not welcome feedback - learned helplessness - does not likes audience
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What is TRAIT SPORT CONFIDENCE ?
SC-TRAIT - a belief in the ability to do well in a range of sports - innate/natural
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What is the CATASTROPHE THEORY of arousal ?
It suggest as arousal increases, performance also increases up till an optimal level of arousal but a sudden drop after optimal point - considers both somatic + cognitive anxiety - high anxiety causes sudden drop - effect can be reversed by using relaxation techniques GRAPH - parabola then sudden drop down
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What are the Factors which cause Social loafing ?
- no clear role within group - low self-efficacy + confidence - team mates not trying - coach poor leader - weak strategies - no encouragement - high level of trait/state anxiety - carrying an injury - experience social inhibition
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How can IMAGERY manage Stress ?
- recalling a successful previous experience | - using all senses to recreate the feeling of success
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What is the REALISTIC element of the SMARTER principle ?
- within the performers reach from where they are now - ensure sustained effort + motivation e. g. running sub 55 10km in 12 months
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Performance will be facilitated if the performer is ?
- Expert performer - Simple skill - limited decision making - Gross skill - don't need precision/accuracy
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What are strategies to develop high levels of self-efficacy ?
- point out previous success - praise +encouragement - observe others - peers - somatic + cognitive strategies - control arousal/anxiety - allow success in training - attitude success internally - set achievable goals
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What is the Principle effective goal setting ?
When setting goals, the SMARTER principle should be followed
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What is VICARIOUS EXPERIENCES ?
- performer with similar characteristics to show the task is possible - increase self-efficacy
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What is the RINGELMANN EFFECT ?
"as the size of the group increases, individual performance decreases" - suggested after tug-a-war experiment - reduction in motivation
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What are the Factors causing Evaluation Apprehension :
Factors causing Evaluation Apprehension : - audience is knowledge e.g. scout - significant others watching e.g. family - audience is abusive/supportive - performer have low self-efficacy (don't believe in ability)
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What is the Socialisation part of the Formation of Attitude ?
- "How individual wishes to fit in with the cultural norms around them" - adopt the same feeling towards sport from family + friends - differ you're attitude
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What is COMPETITIVE ORIENTATION ?
is the degree to which a performer is drawn to challenging situations + type of goal they have set themselves - amount of competitiveness
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What is TASK-ORIENTATED goals ?
- master skill or improve own performance | - process more important than outcome
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What are SOMATIC strategies for stress management ?
1) BIOFEEDBACK 2) PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION 3) BREATHING CONTROL 4) CENTRING 5) WARM-UP
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What is EVALUATION APPREHENSION ?
"the fear of being judged" | - could have perceive that audience is judging but not actually judging the performer
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If a performer is an Novice, Will their Dominant Response be correct ?
Their Dominant Response will likely to be performed incorrectly - have not yet grooved their response - performer will inhibit under pressure
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How can NEGATIVE THOUGHT-STOPPING manage Stress ?
- replace with positive thinking | - used with other cognitive strategies
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What is OUTCOME goals ?
- long term goals after extensive work | - set against others - based on outcome
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What are examples of FAULTY PROCESSES ?
- co-ordination problems - motivation losses - withdrawing effort - no understanding of roles in teams - lack of understanding of tactics + strategies - RINGELMANN EFFECT - SOCIAL LOAFING
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What is the FRUSTRATION-AGGRESSION HYPOTHESIS theory of aggression ?
It suggest frustration from our goal being blocked can led to aggression response - if no cathartic effect happens then aggression will build up inside performer DRAWBACKS : - doesn't consider when frustration and aggression when goal hasn't been blocked - have goal blocked and experience frustration but no aggression
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Performance will be inhibited if the performer is ?
- Novice performer - Complex skill - serval decision making - Fine skill - need precision/accuracy
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What is Hollander's Interactionist Perspective ?
- Hollander - personality has three aspects ; Core, typical responses and role-related behaviour 1) CORE - is you + your beliefs and values which is stable 2) TYPICAL RESPONSE - how performer usually responds 3) ROLE-RELATED BEHAVIOUR - how performer responds to specific environment - unstable
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What are Strategies to improve team performance ?
- highlight individual performance - give specific roles + responsibilities - developing social cohesion - praise + award cohesive behaviour - raise performer confidence - encourage group identify - ensure effective leadership - punish social loafing - select players who work together will
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What is Peak flow experience ?
It describes the "ultimate positive psychological state for a performer" - It is very rare + intense - fully concentrated on the task + absolute control over their actions
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What is Motivation ?
is a person's drive to succeed | - inspire them to perform in sport
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How to measure Anxiety ?
1) Questionnaires 2) Observations 3) Physiological methods
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What causes Stress ?
STRESSORS - the cause of stressful responses - important match - sustaining an injury - being fouled/injured - perception playing bad/letting team down - fatigue
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What are situational characteristics of a NACH performer ?
NOT COMPETITIVE - task with low incentive value (little satisfaction) - task with low probability of success (easy)
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What is LEARNED HELPLESSNESS ?
"using internal stable reasons for losing" e.g. ability - lack in confidence - perceive failure is INEVITABLE and success is unlikely - cause avoidance behaviour + reduce task persistence + lack effort - can be general + specific
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What is EUSTRESS ?
the positive response of the body to threat | - performance is facilitated
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How can PLAYERS control aggression ?
``` COGNITIVE TECHNIQUES - mental rehearsal - imagery - visualisation - selective attention - negative thought stopping -positive self-talk SOMATIC TECHNIQUES - relaxation techniques - deep breathing - biofeedback - count to ten - walk away - mantra ```
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What are the four types of anxiety ?
1) Somatic anxiety 2) Cognitive anxiety 3) Competitive Trait anxiety 4) Competitive State anxiety
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What is Zajonc's model on the types of 'others' present during performance ?
Suggest there are four types of 'others' present during performance 1) PASSIVE OTHERS 2) INTERACTIVE OTHERS
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What is the RE-DO element of the SMARTER principle ?
- repeat efforts for any goals not met yet | - following evaluation, adjust goals to ensure success
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How can MENTAL REHEARSAL manage Stress ?
- going over performance in head without movement | - before task begins
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What is the FORMING stage of the Tuckman's model ?
- initially get together (see if they fit in) - roles + responsibilities are unclear - members start to work together
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How to develop NACH/approach behaviour ?
- ensure success (goals) - raise confidence - reinforcement + praise - attitude success internally - highlight successful role models
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What is the INVERTED-U THEORY of arousal ?
It suggest as arousal increases, performance also increases up till an optimal level of arousal - under and over arousal can both be detrimental to performance GRAPH - parabola
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What is Vealey's model of sports Confidence ?
Suggest a performer with undertake a task with a certain amount of : 1) TRAIT SPORT CONFIDENCE 2) STATE SPORT CONFIDENCE 3) COMPETITIVE ORIENTATION - produce the response + consider subjective outcome - positive result = increase confidence - approach behaviour - negative result = decrease confidence - avoidance behaviour
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What are the strategies to change negative attitude?
- ensure positive, successful experiences - praising positive attitude/behaviour - punish negative attitudes/behaviour e.g. ban - positive role models to highlight attitude - PERSUASIVE COMMUNICATION - COGNITIVE DISSONANCE
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What is COGNITIVE DISSONANCE ?
Is caused by generating unease inside the individual by changing a negative component to positive - if all components match then performer is in state of cognitive consonance - start to question attitude and change it to positive
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What is Atkinson's Model of Achievement Motivation ?
He suggest that in demanding situations performers will exhibit either NACH or NAF characteristics - based on personality + situational factors
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What are the strategies for coach to avoid learned helplessness ?
- provide motivation via reinforcement + encouragement - set realistic/achievable goals - raise self-efficacy by using Bandura's model - highlight previous successful performances - ATTRIBUTION RETRAINING
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What is the INSTINCT theory of aggression ?
It suggest aggressive response is innate - genetically determined - believes that inevitably aggression builds up within us - provoked enough - release of aggression DRAWBACKS : - not consider the environment/social learning - experience increased aggression in sport competition - not everyone is aggressive
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What is the MEASURABLE element of the SMARTER principle ?
- must be quantifiable so process can be assessed | e. g. netball 80% success rate
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What is Bandura's model of Self-efficacy ?
Suggest there are four factors that affect the level of self-efficacy - used to improve self-esteem + improve performance 1) PERFORMANCE ACCOMPLISHMENTS 2) VICARIOUS EXPERIENCES 3) VERBAL PERSUASION 4) EMOTIONAL AROUSAL
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What does Passive others include ?
PASSIVE OTHERS - do not interact with performer 1) Audience - those who just watch the event e.g. tv audience or scout 2) Co-actors - those doing the same task but not competing against you (make you faster)
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How can WARM-UP manage Stress ?
- control arousal + achieve state of readiness | - fully focus using selective attention
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What is the DRIVE THEORY of arousal ?
It suggest as arousal increases, performance also increases - P = f(DxH) - unrealistic because at high arousal as performer uses dominant response and if cognitive performer than low performance due to incorrect response GRAPH - straight line
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What is the Interactionist Perspective ?
It combines trait and social to predict behaviour in a specific situations - Lewin - personality according to the situation - B = f(PxE) - Behaviour is a function of the product of trait personality and the environment
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How PROGRESSIVE MUSCLE RELAXATION can manage Stress ?
- concentrating on each muscle group in turn | - tensing, holding and then relaxing each group - begin to relax
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What is the SOCIAL LEANING theory of aggression ?
It suggest aggression is leaned by watching + copying the behaviour of significant others - if aggression act is reinforced/successful, it is more likely to be copied - socialisation also caused aggression acts - theory doesn't consider genetic explanations (no trait)
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What is Attitude ?
is an individual believes, how they feel and how they act towards an attitude object - includes people, places, situations and items - can be changed but is difficult as attitude are not permanent