CHAPTER 6 – The ABCs of Performance Feedback Flashcards
Describe the three main components of the motivation package that Connie applied to improve the practice performance of the speed skaters.
• Weekly goals, number of laps skated, and drills completed.
In general, what is performance feedback?
• In general, performance feedback is a consequence of an operant behavior that can influence – future instances of that behavior and or future instances of an alternative behavior.
What is a proprioceptive feedback? Describe an example that is not in this chapter that illustrates how proprioceptive feedback could enable an athlete to successfully repeat a previously learned athletic skill.
• A type of performance feedback in which the internal stimulation is generated from movement, and that is referred as proprioceptive feedback. These are the internal sensations generated by the position and movement of the body in space, and by the position and movement of the parts of the body with respect to other parts.
Example- Boxer easily dodging uppercut punch throws by the opponent.
What is external informational feedback? Describe a sport example that is not in this chapter.
• External informational feedback, which is a judgment, provided to an athlete about the quality of performance that the athlete has just displayed. This type of feedback is often provided to athletes by coaches or judges or timers.
Example- A sprinter will only come to know how fast he ran a 200-meter race when the time is posted.
What are two reasons that public posting of practice performance might be more effective as a motivator than the athletes private monitoring of performance?
- Public posting of practice performance can be effective in stimulating peer interactions to reinforce increases output.
- Public posting can also serve as important reminder to coaches to provide praise for progress.
What is meant by “recruitment of positive feedback?” illustrate with a sport example that is not in this chapter.
• Answer- Recruitment of positive feedback is a strategy to improve performance that involves an individual emitting a desirable behavior, and telling someone about it in order to receive positive feedback.
o Example- A kid who trains karate currently having white belt, asks the master to rate his performance in training session and also tells the master about the kick he thought he really did well during the training session.
