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EXSS 181 Exam 1: Sport Psychology Multiple Choice Questions and Answers, Exams of Psychology

A comprehensive set of multiple choice questions and answers covering key concepts in sport psychology. topics include the history of sport psychology, personality theories, attribution theory, achievement goal theory, self-determined theory, competence motivation model, arousal and anxiety, stress and coping, competition, and social cognitive theory. it's a valuable resource for students studying sport psychology to test their knowledge and understanding of these important concepts.

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Who is the key figure that is considered the "father" of modern sport psychology? - ✔✔Coleman Griffith
The ______ role in sport psychology is characterized by helping individuals and teams to improve
performance, manage demands, and enhance well-being. - ✔✔consulting
B= f(P,E) - ✔✔Behavior is a function of both person and environmental factors
independent variables and dependent variables - ✔✔type of goal / free throw shooting performance
This approach to understanding personality is characterized by examining how person and situational
factors interact to determine personality traits and behavior. - ✔✔interactionist
why using personality testing for the purpose of athlete selection should be considered inappropriate -
✔✔not sufficient evidence of the reliability and validity of athletic personality measures for their use,
people may respond is socially desirable ways, elements important for athletic performance can be
learned.
Within Hollander's Model of Personality, the most basic and least likley part of a personality structure to
change is the ________ - ✔✔internal psychological core
The primary focus of attribution theory is ______ - ✔✔how individuals explain their successes and
failures
how attribution falls within each dimension from Attribution Theory - ✔✔unstable, internal, controllable
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Who is the key figure that is considered the "father" of modern sport psychology? - ✔✔Coleman Griffith The ______ role in sport psychology is characterized by helping individuals and teams to improve performance, manage demands, and enhance well-being. - ✔✔consulting B= f(P,E) - ✔✔Behavior is a function of both person and environmental factors independent variables and dependent variables - ✔✔type of goal / free throw shooting performance This approach to understanding personality is characterized by examining how person and situational factors interact to determine personality traits and behavior. - ✔✔interactionist why using personality testing for the purpose of athlete selection should be considered inappropriate - ✔✔not sufficient evidence of the reliability and validity of athletic personality measures for their use, people may respond is socially desirable ways, elements important for athletic performance can be learned. Within Hollander's Model of Personality, the most basic and least likley part of a personality structure to change is the ________ - ✔✔internal psychological core The primary focus of attribution theory is ______ - ✔✔how individuals explain their successes and failures how attribution falls within each dimension from Attribution Theory - ✔✔unstable, internal, controllable

Bill attributes his perceived failure to external and unstable factors. Bill could possibly be experiencing which of the following? - ✔✔self-serving bias least motivationally and psychologically adaptive combination of goal orientations - ✔✔high ego/outcome, low task/mastery NOT a direct predictor of state goal involvement according to Achievement Goal Theory - ✔✔perceived competence create an intervention to alter your students goal involvement during class activities. Based on achievement goal theory, which factor would you have the most direct ability to change? - ✔✔motivational climate The TARGET acronym is designed to provide coaches/practitioners stratigies which - ✔✔promote a task/mastery motivational climate The Isoard- Gautheur et al. 2015 article was associated with our larger unit on motivation by - ✔✔linking achievement goal theory to athlete burnout The most self-determined form of motivation, according to Self-determined theory is _____ and is characterized by being motivated to perform an activity for its own sake. - ✔✔intrinsic motivation How extrinsic rewards influence intrinsic motivtion has been addressed by Cognitive Evaluation Theory. Which of the following scenarios will most likely result in a decrease in intrinsic motivation. - ✔✔the reward is perceived as a means to control behavior You decide that it is important to give the athetes you work with some input into how you set up your team's practice schedules. What psychological need would this behavior most likley satisfy for your athletes? - ✔✔autonomy a collegiate basketball player's motivation went from a LESS to a MORE self-determined form of motivational regulation. What represents her motivational climate? - ✔✔identified to integrated

Which of the following is true of coping? - ✔✔Coping requires a specific effort on the part of the individual A secondary cognitive appraisal is best described by which question? - ✔✔What can be done about it? Efforts to "manage your feelings about the problem" are ____ coping; while efforts to "try to solve the problem" are _______ coping - ✔✔emotion-focused/ problem-focused Transactional means.... - ✔✔Intervention can occur with either the person or the enviornment, resulting in many possible intervention options Which of the following was NOT one of the athlete groups identified in the McDonough et al. 2013 article - ✔✔athletes who generally perceived stressors as an enjoyable experience Which of the following is true of Martens' description of competitiveness? - ✔✔Social evaluation is a key component of competitiveness Which of the following is NOT a feature of cooperation learning enviornment? - ✔✔lack of social skills training cooperative learning approach strategies to implement - ✔✔provide opportunities for your athletes to play multiple positions and maximize oppertunities for your athletes to develop lacrosse skills In Deutsch's classic 1949 study of puzzle solving in college students, which of the following was not found to be true of students in the competitive group? - ✔✔they communicated openly The choice to avoid competition is best represented by which aspect of the Sport Competition Process Model? - ✔✔response The Nicolas et al. 2011 article found support for which of the following models? - ✔✔perceived coaching behaviors - athlete coping behaviors - athlete goal attainment

Social- Cognitive theory, which of the following is NOT one of the four factors to utilize when attempting to effectively demonstrate/ model a skill? - ✔✔behavioral response Weiss et al. study the advanced student is a _____ model while the same class student is a _____ model.

  • ✔✔mastery/coping NOT one of the ways we specifically discussed in lecture to measure these athletes' degree of learning beyond thier final passing skill performance? - ✔✔visual attention overall points to remember when giving effective demonstartions - ✔✔they can do as much harm as good, effective demonstrations require thought and planning, theory can aid coahces/ clinnicians in using best practice to demonstrate skills Which aspect of Social Cognitive Theory is best promoted by checking lead-up skills of participants, breaking difficukt skills into smaller actions, and providing plenty of oppertunity for practice? - ✔✔motor reproduction Information that is obtained about a behavior is - ✔✔none of the above After Jacob's team wins an important fencing tornamnet, his coach decides to take away teh next day's conditioning session to increase the likelihood of future winning. This is best exemplified by..... - ✔✔negative reinforcement what type of feedback is now seen as being very important to athlete outcomes? - ✔✔positive contingent Which of the following is/are autonomy supportive coaching behaviors? - ✔✔provide choice within specific limits and avoid controlling behaviors Suggest team building activities so her athletes might feel more socailly connected to each other and to thier coach. What psychological need are you having this coach target with this suggested intervention? - ✔✔Relatedness