CHAPTER 2 Flashcards

LESSON 1

1
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________ itself can influence many aspects of sport performance and behavior, some of which may well be out of the athlete’s cognitive control.

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Personality

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is often referred to as the real you: what you believe in, what your interests are, and your attitude towards work and play.

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Psychological core

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3
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are the usual ways you respond to any given situation and are also a good indicator of your psychological core

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Typical responses

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4
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determines the circumstances you are in

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Role-related behavior

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5
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are ever-changing, especially within a sporting environment.

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Circumstances

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6
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three levels of personality

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Psychological core
Typical responses
Role-related behavior

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7
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Five of their major ways of studying personality in sport and exercise

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Psychodynamic Approach
Trait Approach
Situation Approach
Interactional Approach
Phenomenological Approach

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Popularized by Sigmund Freud and neo-Freudians such as Carl Jung and Eric Erickson.

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Psychodynamic Approach

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9
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assumes that the fundamental units of personality—its traits—are relatively stable.

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Trait Approach

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10
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the “Big 5” model of personality

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conscientiousness
agreeableness
neuroticism
openness
extraversion

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11
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argues that behavior is determined largely by the situation or environment.

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Situation Approach

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12
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allows for a degree of interaction between states and traits.

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Interactional Approach

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13
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contends that behavior is best determined by accounting for both situations and personal characteristics.

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Phenomenological Approach

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14
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asks you to indicate how you “generally” or typically feel

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Trait Sport Confidence Inventory

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15
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asks you to indicate how you feel “right now,” at a particular moment in time in a particular situation.

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State Sport Confidence Inventory

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16
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predict behavior more reliably for given situations because they consider both the personality of the participant and the specific situation (interactional approach).

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Situation-specific measures

17
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provide more reliable and valid measures of personality traits and states in sport and exercise contexts.

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Sport-specific tests

18
Q

Feelings change before and during a competition.

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Fluctuations Before and During Competition

19
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Seven helpful guidelines on the use of psychological tests

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  1. Know the Principles of Testing and Measurement Error
  2. Know Your Limitations
  3. Do Not Use Psychological Tests for Team Selection
  4. Include Explanation and Feedback
  5. Assure Athletes of Confidentiality
  6. Take an Intra-Individual Approach
  7. Understand and Assess Specific Personality Components
20
Q

He found that successful female athletes differed markedly from the “normative” female in terms of personality profile

A

Williams

21
Q

developed a mental health model that he reported to be effective in predicting athletic success

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Morgan

22
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proposes that successful athletes exhibit greater positive mental health than less successful athlete’s exhibit.

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Morgan’s mental health model

23
Q

The ___________ of a successful elite athlete shows vigor above the mean of the population but tension, depression, anger, fatigue, and confusion below the mean of the population.

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iceberg profile

24
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two personality dispositions

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Type A behavior
self-concept

25
Q

This type of personality concerns how people respond to stress.

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Type A Behavior

26
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Exercise appears to have a positive relationship also with __________

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self-concept

27
Q

probe the coping strategies that athletes use before and during competition.

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In-depth interviews

28
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is a large part of cognitive strategies

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Mental planning

29
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refers to the characteristics or blend of characteristics that makes individuals unique

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Personality

30
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Explains behavior in terms of observational learning (modelling) and social reinforcement (feedback)

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Social learning theory

31
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Developed a personality inventory with 16 independent personality factors (16 PF) that he believed describe a person

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Cattell

32
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Viewed traits as relative

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Eysenck and Eysenck