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1
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what is sport psychology?

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a science in which the broad principles of psychology are applied to enhance performance and maximize potential in athletes

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What does a sport psychologist researched do?

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Ask questions about psychological factors that help predict performance….design studies to test these questions

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What do sport psychologist teachers do?

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teach college courses

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what do sport psychologist therapist do?

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mental health care to those struggling in sport

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What do sport psychologist consultants do?

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work with coaches and teams to improve over all performance

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what are clinical counseling in sport psychology?

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doctoral-level….licensed by a state board….treats those with psychological disorders…specific training in the area of sports

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What is educational sport psychology?

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extensive training…educate coaches and players on how psychological effects influence performance…cant treat athletes with disorders

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How to become a sport psychologist?

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strong interpersonal skills..knowledge of both sport science and psych…must know sports…

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Who used the term sport psychology first?

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Pierre de Couberston in 1890

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Who was the first to study sport psych in a lab?

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Norman triplet

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Who is considered the american father of sport psychology?

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Coleman roberts….developed a course for sport psych

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What happened in the formative years?

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switched from mechanics to what psychological traits influence skill…strategies for managing emotions… the impact of personality..

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what happened in the contemporary years?

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Sport psychology was embraced by the Olympics

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Who was the first female to be granted a sport psychology scholarship?

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Dorothy Harris

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What is descriptive research?

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it is describing what is happening but not why it is happening….observation….survery….case study

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Experimental research?

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it is trying to describe why something is happening….manipulate one variable and observe the outcome

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What is external validity?

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can it be applied to the real world

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What is the multicultural training model?

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teaching cultural competene to practicioners

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what are some issues in sport psychology?

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not enough experiments and data

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What is personality?

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consistent ways a person behaves

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what is the psychodynamic theory?

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the battle between id, ego, super ego,…..

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What is the social learn theory?

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we learn based on experience

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what is the humanistic theory?

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says that we need our personal needs satisfied to perform at our best

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What is the trait theory?

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has five questions….conscientious, agreeableness, neuroticism, openness, and extraversion

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What does conscientious mean in the trait theory?

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self-discipline, the pursuit of goals

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What does agreeableness mean in the trait theory?

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helpful, trusting, friendliness

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What does neuroticism mean in the trait theory?

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anxiety, insecurities, emotional control

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What does openness mean in the trait theory?

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flexibility…variety

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What does extraversion mean in the trait theory?

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sociability

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what is perfectionism?

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tendency to set and work towards high standard…overcritical on things that are anything but flawless

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what are some traits of someone who is a functional perfectionist?

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desire for organization….positive…adaptive…good performance

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what are some traits of someone is a dysfunctional perfectionist?

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self doubts….negative…maladaptive…impaired performance

33
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what is mental toughness?

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values attitude and emotion..perseverance…resilliance..hope…optimism…..mental toughness

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What is social learning theory?

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peoples attitude and behavior are learned through conditioning…and observing models

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What is the interactional Person X situational theory?

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factors within a person should be considered and need to be taken into account….best performance when situation matches the personality

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what is emotional intelligence?

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ability to both perceive and control emotions

37
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What are traits of succesful athletes?

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higher extraversion…lower neuroticism…adventurous

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What are the traits of individual sport ahtletes?

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autonomy….consciousness

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What are some traits of team sport athletes?

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extraversion….emotionally stable..interest in relationships….agreeableness

40
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What is the learning developmental hypothesis?

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sports shape a person in distinct ways….personality…communication…mental toughness….

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What is the gravitational selection hypothesis?

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you go to sports you enjoy…team extraverted….single introverted

42
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what is attrition hypothesis?

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people who are selected by coaches for traits

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what is attribution?

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how we explain things around us….how you view things like success and failure…was the reason you did bad on the test because you were not prepared or was the teacher being unjust

44
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what is the atribution theory?

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locus of causility…the idea that we can change what will happen in the future

45
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What is included on the two dimensional model?

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ability, effort, task difficulty, luck

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what factors influence attribution?

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individual differences….demographics….culture

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What is optimistic explanatory?

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explain good events in the fact your the reason and bad events as if something else caused it

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What is pessimistic explanatory?

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says all events are due to outside forces

49
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what are some demographic variables in gender?

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men succeed when they have experience…..women succeed when they have courage

50
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what are some demographic variables in race?

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white athletes more likely to attribute to skill…black athletes going to lean towards experience

51
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what are some demographic differences in culture?

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usa will attribute to internal factors…japan will contribute to outside factors

52
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what is the self serving bias?

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when we do good we look withing but when we do bad we blame outside things

53
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what is action bias?

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acting on something you know will not change

54
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what is hot hand effect>

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When a person does something successfully they will have a better chance at doing the same thing next time

55
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What are the 4 parts of Bandura theory of self-efficacy

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Successful Performance, Vicarious experience, verbal persuasion, emotional arousal

56
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What is successful performance?

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attributing success to your own abilities

57
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what is a vicarious experience?

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judge performance by looking at others

58
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what is verbal persuasion?

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others express confidence in you

59
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What is emotional arousal?

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what emotions are awakened

60
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What is motivation?

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the foundation of effort and accomplishment….without motivation you will not improve…persistent intense effor

61
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What is achievement motivation?

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mastering a task….persistent…competetive

62
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Intrinsic Motivation

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internal source…you want it…desire to learn…exciting

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Extrinsic Motivation

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trophies…money…noteriety

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What is social group motivation?

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motivation from other

65
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what are benifits of intrinsic motivation?

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higher levels of enjoyment…….steady….likely to practice…be in flow

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what is the cognitive evaluation theory?

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focuses on the causes of intrinsic motivatino….and the factors that increase or decrease that motivation

67
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What is identified regulation?

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doing something for the reward….the work is becoming worth it…

68
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what is achievement theory?

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people vary in motivation to avoid failure and achieve success

69
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What is self efficacy?

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importance of having belief in one self

70
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what does harters theory of motivation?

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importance of feelings worth and competent

71
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what are the three parts of vealys sport-confidence model.?

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Cognitive efficacy…physical skills…resilliance

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