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There are 3 different types or states of leader behaviours in Chelladurai’s multidimensional model. What does the required behaviour refer to?

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A leader’s behaviour that is directed by a strategy or an organisational system. It also reflects what ought to be done by the leader

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“I can mentally make corrections to physical skills”. Which function of imagery is this an example of?

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Cognitive specific

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Distribution of rewards describes which TARGET structure?

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Authority

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Members work together developing close relationships and feelings of camaraderie. Which stage of the linear perspective of group formation does this occur?

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Norming

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Bandura’s Social Learning theory is linked to what thinking within leadership approaches?

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The notion that leader are “made not born”

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According to Gould (1999) 90% of 63 high achievers at the 1998 Winter Olympics reported high levels of…

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Self-Confidence

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To promote intrinsic motivation, we should…

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Peer comparisons of performance

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What is the congruence hypothesis?

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The assumption that athlete’s satisfaction and performance are a function of the congruence between all three states of leadership behaviour

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According to the theory of reasoned action, behaviour is primarily determined by what?

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Intention

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According to the Multidimensional Anxiety Theory, there is a…

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Negative relationship between cognitive anxiety and individual performances

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Regulation of affective responses to the problem that causes the stress refers to?

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Emotion-focused coping

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“Sport is just about winning…no-one looks at how well you played”. This is an example of which goal profile

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Low task, High ego

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In Carron (2002) meta-analysis of the relationship between cohesion and performance, what did they find regarding its direction?

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The relationship was circular, being statistically no different from cohesion to performance than from performance to cohesion

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A moment-to-moment change in one’s perceived physiological activation is referred to as

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Somatic State Anxiety

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According to Hardy (1996) what is not an advanced psychological skill?

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Imagery

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According to meta-analysis by Spence (2005), examining the effects of self esteem. The authors concluded

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Exercise results in small but significant improvements in trait global esteem

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“I told my friend to partake in this activity and I don’t want to let them down” Is an example of?

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Introjected Regulation

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According to Self-determination theory, as a practitioner you will be able to assist a person’s motivation toward physical activity by emphasising…

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Competence, Autonomy and Relatedness

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A form of Integrated Regulation

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Participating because exercise is important to your personal goal

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According to Senecal (2008) team goal setting can

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Maintain perceptions of cohesion over the course of a season

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Volleyball players leaving the ball for each other is an example of what in Steiners (1972) conceptual framework of group effectiveness

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Coordination loss

22
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A general physiological and psychological activation varying on a continuum from deep sleep to intense exercise is the definition of…

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Arousal

23
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What would not help reduce the occurrence of social loafing

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Sacking the manager

24
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Which between the theory of reasoned action and the theory of planned behaviour is superior in accounting for exercise behaviour

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TPB

25
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Each member perception of the closeness, bonding, degree of unity as totality is an explanation of?

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Group Integration

26
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“For me engaging in regular exercise in the next 2 weeks is very difficult”. Which dimension of perceived behaviour control might this be?

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Self-efficacy

27
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Smith (2013) found what in his examination of the relationship between transformation leadership, intrateam communication and cohesion?

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Training to develop specific leadership behaviours may be an intervention to improve task cohesion

28
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According to Weiner’s model, effort is an example of?

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Unstable and Internal locus of causality

29
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Which addition to the theory of reasoned action independently predicts health behaviour?

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Perceived behavioural control

30
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Transformational leadership is what the coach does and an athlete’s perceptions of vision, support and challenge are a direct consequence of coach behaviours. This statement describes which theory of leadership?

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Meta-cognitive model of vision, support and challenge

31
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Research showing that imagery generates and strengthens a mental blueprint of the required action provides support for

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Symbolic Learning Theory

32
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Use of a sign by a stairwell is most associated with which intervention framework?

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Behaviour modification

33
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When faced with stressful stimuli, low efficacious individuals tend to..

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Give up, attribute failure internally and experience greater anxiety

34
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Which leader behaviour would be predicted to result in vision?

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Expressing belief in others that they can achieve this vision

35
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A leader that welcomes input and facilitates group discussion and decision-making has adopted what type of style?

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Democratic

36
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What is a component of multidimensional self confidence

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Ability to achieve

37
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To understand someone’s motivation we must understand what success and failure mean to them, this describes which theory?

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Achievement Goal Theory

38
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What did Neil (2007) find in his comparison of elite and non-elite rugby players’ experience of state anxiety ?

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There was no difference in somatic anxiety intensity but the elite group interpreted their somatic anxiety as more facilitative

39
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Self monitoring increases exercise but can make it feel like work. This may occur as measurement undermines…

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Doing of an activity for its inherent satisfaction rather than for some separable consequence

40
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“Your heart pounding like a hammer, your mouth is dry as a desert and your stomach knotted with nerves” is an example of:

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Somatic Anxiety

41
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According to the temporal patterning of competitive state anxiety, in the days prior to competition…

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Cognitive anxiety is elevated but stable

42
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At low and high levels of arousal, performance will be lowered compared to moderate levels of arousal is an assumption of which theory?

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Inverted U Theory

43
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In nearly all studies exploring the relationship between self-confidence and athletic performance

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Self-confidence has a positive relationship with success

44
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Belief that adherence to an 8 week exercise intervention will result in the desired outcome is…

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Outcome Expectancy

45
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The belief in ones ability to successfully perform a task in a specific situation is?

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Self-efficacy

46
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Which theory predicts a linear relationship between arousal and performance?

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Drive Theory

47
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They are not afraid to take chances and take control of games to their advantage. Which stage of self-confience might this describe?

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Affects game strategies

48
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How does coach transformational behaviour manifest itself?

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By creating a coaching environment that nurtures creative, proactive and innovative thinking

49
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Hysteresis will occur under conditions of..

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High Cognitive Anxiety

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