Module 17 - Mental Training Flashcards
What is the self-determination theory?
Self-determination theory focuses on internal sources of motivation, including a need for personal growth and fulfillment.
What are the 3 core needs that help people move towards growth and mastery?
Autonomy, competence, and relatedness (belongingness) - I am free to do it, I am good at it, I have a community to do it with.
What is autonomy defined as?
Autonomy is defined as the ability to engage in voluntary and self-endorsed behavior and feel in control.
What is competency defined as?
Competence is defined as experiencing our behaviors as effective, feeling as though we’ve done, are doing, and will continue to do a good job.
What is relatedness defined as?
Relatedness is defined as the need to interact and be connected with others.
What two forms of motivation does the self-determination theory describe?
Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation.
What is intrinsic motivation?
Intrinsic motivation is defined as the doing of an activity for its internal reward, rather than external reward
Autonomy, competence, and relatedness are the three primary core need drivers connected to _______ motivation.
intrinsic.
What is extrinsic motivation?
Extrinsic motivation is a motivation that is driven by external rewards.
What is goal orienation theory?
Goal orientation theory is a way of examining the goals you have set and determining their purpose in terms of your path toward your core goal.
What are the two underlaying orientations that the goal orientation theory propose?
Task orientation and ego orientation.
In relation to goal orientation, what are the three primary factors that task orientation focus on?
Task orientation is often called mastery-goal orientation and focuses on three primary factors: engaging in challenging activities, exerting effort within an activity, and persisting during the challenge.
In relation to goal orientation, what is ego orientation?
Ego orientation is often referred to as performance-goal orientation and tends to focus primarily on evaluation, typically in comparison to others.
What are 5 of the inevitable barriers in any pursuit of a goal?
work obligations, family responsibilities, outside commitments, and overall time to train daily and weekly.
What are the 3 main categories that, at any given moment, our psychology can be broken down into?
1) Thoughts - beliefs, biases, and values.
2) Feelings - our mood and the frequency, intensity, and range of our emotional experiences.
3) Actions - describe our behaviors.
What 4 categories do outcome goals for recreational endurance athletes most often fall under?
1) Just Finish
2) Break a time goal
3) Set a new PR
4) Qualify for an event
Although the central governor theory states that the brain is in a state of constant monitoring and will prevent overexertion to the point of physical detriment or death. What does this theory ignore?
The central governor theory largely ignores conscious psychological processes such as motivation of self-determination.
What are the two primary aspects of motivation that are part of Brehm’s Motivational Intensity Theory?
Potential motivation and motivational intensity
What is potential motivation?
Potential motivation is the maximum effort a person is willing to expend to reach a goal.
What is motivational intensity?
motivational intensity is the amount of effort that a person will exert.
According to the psychobiological model, what is the reason why an athlete will stop during a task?
When the effort required by the tasks exceeds the greatest amount of effort that the individual is willing to exert during the task (motivation) and when the maximal effort is considered to have occurred, and continuation of the task is perceived as impossible.
According to the psychobiological model, what 2 things are the ultimate determinant that guides an athlete’s decision-making in endurance sports?
An athlete’s level of motivation and perception of effort
What is instructional self-talk and how is it used?
Instructional self-talk is the specific language around desired movement and mechanics. Instructional self-talk is best used to remind yourself about a specific mechanical aspect of movement, which can be a helpful strategy in many instances and can help an athlete overcome race or training anxiety.
What is motivational self-talk?
Motivational self-talk often focuses on psyching ourselves up for a challenge, boosting confidence, or maintaining effort - think of it as being your positive coach or cheerleader.
What are the three areas of focus most motivational self-talk tends to center on?
Emotional control (i.e., you got this, stay present), mastery (i.e. learning and improving), and drive (i.e., you’re doing great, keep pushing).
Studies have found that motivational self-talk reduces rates of perceived effort and increases time to exhaustion, especially in time-to-exhaustion. True or false?
True.
What is organic self-talk?
Organic self-talk is a natural, responsive, and instinctual process that all of us develop over the course of our lives.
What is a good starting point for developing sports psychology skills with the athletes you are working with?
Begin by having them pay attention to the organic self-talk voices that naturally arise during their training.
What is strategic self-talk?
Strategic self-talk is planned, rehearsed, and practiced pre-determined statements and used in specific situations for a particular purpose i.e Mantras
What is self-efficacy defined as?
self-efficacy as “the belief in your capacity to execute behaviors necessary to produce specific performance attainments.
