Part 1: intro to the psych of sport and exercise

Question 1

What is brains + brawns

Answer 1

brain and body need to be on the same team

Question 2

what is Psychology all about

Answer 2

peoples different perceptions and how they view things (often two ways - neither is wrong)

Question 3

what are some different mental skills seen in the tim the tall man tailor video

Answer 3

1. provoking (getting in other persons head)
2. intimidation - having an audience
3. self talk
4. routine/ visualisation

Question 4

what is the definition for psychology

Answer 4

scientific study of the behaviour, where behaviour is broadly defined

Question 5

what is social psychology

Answer 5

scientific study of human social behaviour, the hows and why of human social behaviour

Question 6

what is sport/ exercise psychology

Answer 6

scientific study of human social behaviour in sport/exercise context - the hows and why of human social behaviour in sport/exercise context

Question 7

what are the two typical questions in sport psyc

Answer 7

1. how psych factors effect individual performance
2. how individual involvement influences psych development and well being

Question 8

1. how psych factors effect individual performance
   what is an example?

Answer 8

the anxiety that effects someone to take a shot
expectations

Question 9

2. how individual involvement influences psych development and well being
   what is an example

Answer 9

does running daily reduces anxiety or depression

Question 10

what is the definition of sport

Answer 10

sport are institutionalised competitive activities that involve vigorous physical exertion or use of relatively complex physical skills

Question 11

what does sport require to it to be classified as a sport

Answer 11

1. rules
2. scoring system
3. competition

Question 12

what is competition about

Answer 12

when someone else is making comparison about ypur performance based on critea which will be evaluated

Question 13

what are the 3 key points to competition

Answer 13

• performance standard
• comparison process
• social evaluation

Question 14

why should we bother studying sport - because it is clearly popular what 4 aspects is sport popular in

Answer 14

1. participation
2. spectators
3. media, especially TV
   4, sport business

Question 15

can you compete against yourself, why/why not

Answer 15

no - need someone else to observe/ judge performance

Question 16

what is social psychology

Answer 16

the hows and whys of human social behaviour

Question 17

in the psychoanalytic theory discovered by Freud a homo valen means what

Answer 17

a striving human

Question 18

in the psychoanalytic theory behaviour is considered to be a function of what

Answer 18

the person

Question 19

in the behavioural theory a homo mechanicus is consider to be what

Answer 19

a reactive human

Question 20

behavioural theory is treated in what analogy

Answer 20

human is programmed like a computer

Question 21

the behavioural theory, behaviour is a function of what

Answer 21

the environment

Question 22

in the cognitive theory a homo sapien is what

Answer 22

a thinking human

Question 23

in the cognitive theory - behaviour is a function of what and what does the computer analogy relate to
what else do you need

Answer 23

person (hardware) and software (environment)
also need a user - at the end of the day its up to you

Question 24

is mental skill training considered a component of Psych IN sport or psych FOR sport

Answer 24

psych for sport

Question 25

what does the word systemic mean

Answer 25

collecting info

Question 26

science has 4 main goals what are these

Answer 26

1. systemic
2. control
3. empirical (data)
4. critical

Question 27

“good science” is ________ if sport/exercise participants are to receive accurate reliable info about human social behaviour

Answer 27

essential

Question 28

sport psychology builds its body of knowledge by following what type of method

Answer 28

scientific

Question 29

theory goes beyond observation and descriptions to ______ and _____ behaviour

Answer 29

explain and predict

Question 30

what are 4 basic elements to the scientific method

Answer 30

1. a general approach to research using variety of invesitgate
2. relies on observed evidence rather than biased judgements or vague impressions (perfectionism)
3. theory
4. social psych of sport/ex