Chapter 1: Introduction

Question 1

define behaviour

Answer 1

a unique way of respnding to stimuli

Question 2

define perfomance

Answer 2

a goal dirrected behaviour for the purpose of short term exicution of a task

Question 3

what are the 3 different exercise psycology orientations

Answer 3

1. behavioural
2. psycological
3. cognative-behavioural

Question 4

define behavioural psycological orientation

Answer 4

the study of how behaviour is determined by a complex interaction between the enviorment and one’s personal makeup

Question 5

psychophysiological oriention

Answer 5

is the study of behaviour through processes in the brain

Question 6

cognative behavioural orientation

Answer 6

it is assumed that the behaviour is determined by both enviroment and the cognition wth thoughts and interpritaion playing an espcially important role

Question 7

KOLB’s learning cycle

Answer 7

1. concreate experience (doing/ having the experience)
2. reflective observation (reviewing/ reflecting on the experience)
3. abstract conceptuaization (concluding/ learning from the experience)
4. active experiementation (planning/ trying out what you have learned)

Question 8

types of professions in sports psycology

Answer 8

1. clincal counciling
2. crisis intervation
3. psycological assessment
4. performance enhancement
5. consulation and program development
6. prevention and treatment of injuries

Question 9

ways of determining professional practice knowledge (6)

Answer 9

1. scientific method
2. systematic observation
3. single case study
4. shared public experience
5. introspection (examining your thoughts and feelings)
6. intuition (immidiate apprehension of knowledge in the absence of a conscious, rational process)

Question 10

any study in sports psyc. should include the following stages (4)

Answer 10

1. observation and description (what it is)
2. expaination and analysis (why)
3. prediction (what will it be?)
4. control (how can we?)

Question 11

scientific method

Answer 11

is founded on the concept of objectivity

Question 12

lack of bias

Answer 12

reasurchers are detached from the observers and maniulatiors of nature

Question 13

the six stages of the scientific method

Answer 13

1. develope a specific hypothesis
2. design an investigation
3. acculate data
4. classify data
5. development of generalications (theories and laws of human behaviour)
6. verfiaction of resulats

Question 14

the strengths of professionally derived knowledge

Answer 14

• holistic
• inovative
• immediate

Question 15

the limitation of professionaly derived practice

Answer 15

• less reliable
• lack of expainations
• greatersuscepibilty to bias

Question 16

strength of scientifically derived knowledge

Answer 16

• highly reliable
• systematic and controled
• objective and unbiased

Question 17

limitaions to scientific knowledge

Answer 17

• often slow to evolve

- lack of focus on external validity

Question 18

the pre eminence of tactic knowledge

Answer 18

the process of interference and intuition that integrates clues into meaning

Question 19

susidery awarness of certain cues

Answer 19

• we know more than we are aware
• it just seems logical
• use of experince and knowledge to develope stratigies