Motivation & Focus

Question 1

What is motivation?

Answer 1

A force, stimulus or influence that moves a person to act or respond

Question 2

What will motivation help you overcome in Sport?

Answer 2

Fatigue, distractions, boredom, pain

Question 3

What will motivation impact in your sport performance?

Answer 3

training, mental preparation, nutrition, physical conditioning, sleep

Question 4

What’s the difference between Intrinsic and Extrinsic motivation?

Answer 4

Intrinsic motivation is coming from you while extrinsic motivation is coming from a positive or negative reinforcement.

Question 5

What is an example of Intrinsic motivation?

Answer 5

Achievement, like overcoming a challenge or difficulty,

Question 6

What is an example of Extrinsic motivation?

Answer 6

Rewards like money, Glory/recognition/awards or winning

Question 7

What is the difference between primary and secondary motivation?

Answer 7

Primary motivation comes from yourself, secondary motivation comes from other people.

Question 8

What is the sandwich theory?

Answer 8

When giving feedback sandwich the need/correction between two positive reinforcements.

Question 9

What does the sandwich theory help with?

Answer 9

It provides feedback which can motivate the athlete to correct/improve without destroying self confidence.

Question 10

How many types of reinforcements are there?

Answer 10

5

Question 11

What are the different types of reinforcements?

Answer 11

positive, negative, social, material and internal

Question 12

Briefly explain what positive reinforcement is

Answer 12

Rewarded in a way that encourages participant like a high 5

Question 13

Briefly explain what negative reinforcement is

Answer 13

A stimulus is removed after completing an activity like removing conditioning when an athlete performs well

Question 14

Briefly explain what social reinforcement is

Answer 14

Smiles, acceptance, praise and attention from other people.

Question 15

Briefly explain what material reinforcement is

Answer 15

Providing rewards like trophies and medals for performance.

Question 16

Briefly explain what internal reinforcement is

Answer 16

The athlete themselves feel satisfaction or pride about an achievement like feeling satisfied when you get a hard shot in basketball

Question 17

What is selective attention?

Answer 17

Focusing on relevant environmental cues and blocking out irrelevant cues/distractions. Like focusing on the ball rather than whatever the bench is yelling.

Question 18

What is focus over time?

Answer 18

Not allowing concentration lapses to occurs/ constantly staying focused.

Question 20

What is Nideffer’s model?

Answer 20

Two dimensional model for concentration based on the width which represents narrow and broad focus and direction with represents internal and external focus.

Question 21

What is Broadbent’s filter theory?

Answer 21

As an individual takes in stimulus it hits a bottleneck that limits the amount of information being processed.

Question 22

What is Kahneman’s capacity theory?

Answer 22

The amount of focus is based on the mental energy of an individual. The more mental energy the more focus an athlete can have.

Question 23

What is Posner’s spotlight theory?

Answer 23

Athletes can zoom in on relevant cues and ignore other stimulus around them. The cues can be both internal and external.