Attitude

Question 1

What is socialisation?

Answer 1

Process where cultural values are learnt by associating with others.

Question 2

How can a positive attitude be developed between coach and player?

Answer 2

Through praise.

Question 3

What is the triadic model?

Answer 3

Cognitive, Affective, Behavioural (CAB)

Question 4

What is cognitive?

Answer 4

Your beliefs, knowledge and thoughts (e.g a belief in exercise benefits).

Question 5

What is affective?

Answer 5

Your feelings or emotional responses (enjoying training).

Question 6

What is behavioural?

Answer 6

Your actions or intended behaviour (training 3 times weekly).

Question 7

What is cognitive dissonance?

Answer 7

New information given to the performer to cause unease and motivate change.

Question 8

What are the 4 stages to cognitive dissonance?

Answer 8

1. Give new information to promote a person to question their current behaviour and motivate change.
2. Making the activity fun or varying the usual can make someone’s opinion change.
3. Using rewards to promote positive behaviour.
4. Bring in a specialist role model from another area to promote the topic.

Question 9

What are the key features of communication in order to make it persuasive?

Answer 9

• High quality new information
• Situation/timing of when the message is given is important.
• New information should outweigh old beliefs allowing a change in attitude.
• The message should be given by someone of high status or a role model to have an effect.
• Message needs to be understood well.