Personality

Question 1

What is personality ?

Answer 1

The overall organization of psychological characteristics. Makes individuals differ from one another, affects how people act in given situations.

Question 2

What is disposition ?

Answer 2

Categorizing different types of people and situations in a broad way.

Question 3

What is an interactionist approach ?

Answer 3

An athletes behaviour being determined by the his/her personality plus their environment

Question 4

Define a trait

Answer 4

An individual characteristic of a person’s personality. Big five: neuroticism, extroversion, concientiouness, openness, agreeableness,

Question 5

Psychological states refer to momentary “ “ and “ “ that change depending on the “ “ and the “ “

Answer 5

Feelings
Thoughts
Situation
Time

Question 6

What big 5 personality traits are generally evident in elite athletes ?

Answer 6

Low in neuroticism
High in conscientiousness
High in a agreeableness

Question 7

Elite athletes often score “ “ in neuroticism and higher in “ “ than recreational athletes

Answer 7

Lower, Higher

Question 8

A more aggressive athlete tends to be ?

Answer 8

Low agreeableness
high neuroticism
low extraversion

Question 9

An athlete that copes with their emotions tends to be ?

Answer 9

High conscientiousness
High extraversion
low neuroticism

Question 10

Successful ellite athletes in sports with large audiences tend to be more

Answer 10

Extroverted

Question 11

Athletes in team sports when comparred to individual sports are often found to be

Answer 11

High in extraversion

Low in conscientiousness

Question 12

Athletes involved in high risk wehn compared to low risk sports are often

Answer 12

High in extraversion

Low in conscientiousness

Question 13

What is harmonious passion?

Answer 13

passion that is apart of identity and personal enjoyment

Question 14

What is obsessive passion ?

Answer 14

Rigid, uncontrolled urges

Question 15

Harmonious and obsessive passion are “ “ related to performance

Answer 15

positively

Question 16

What is competitiveness ?

Answer 16

engaging and striving for success in sport

Question 17

Perfectionism is a multidimensional personality disposition or trait that influences what three things?

Answer 17

thought, emotion and behaviour

Question 18

Perfectionism is characterized by ?

Answer 18

High performance standards, overly critical self-evaluation

Question 19

What is mental toughness?

Answer 19

involves being able to deal with anxiety while remaining focused on on competition demands. outward expression of inner commitment. positive adaptation of use of internal resources

Question 20

list several different characteristics of mental toughness

Answer 20

control 
competitiveness
concentration 
confidence commitment determination 
desire 
focus 
emotional intelligence 
persistence 
optimisms and resilience

Question 21

List the three broad categories of mental toughness within sport

Answer 21

1. Strong confidence and motivation
2. Managing competition pressure and maintaining stress
3. Being able to maintain or regain focus when distracted

Question 22

Explain the 4 C model of mental toughness

Answer 22

1. Challenge to overcome situations
2. Control over experiences
3. Confidence to overcome experiences
4. Commitment to achieve goals

Question 23

Requirements of being and staying mentally tough

Answer 23

enjoyment of the skill
psych skills and strategies
internal motivation
practice

Question 24

How to develop it in the first place ?

Answer 24

• be able to deal your stress and anxiety
• staying focussed- ability to block out distractions
• confidence
• mental planning
• motivation to hard work
• bouncing back
• conditioning and competition
• remaining positive
• clear expectations