personality and sport and psych

Question 1

Hollanders (1971) Model of Personality four key compenets

Answer 1

psychological core, typical repsonses, role-related bahaviours and social environment.

Question 2

what is the psychological core of hollanders model of personality

Answer 2

internal and core personality characteristics. your INNER self, basic values, beliefes and self esteem.

Question 3

typical responses of hollanders model of personality

Answer 3

learned methods of dealing with the environment (ie traits). This is a valid indicator of the psychological core.

Question 4

role related responses of hollanders model of personality

Answer 4

behaviours that change in response to environmental situations. NOT a valid indicator of the psychological core.

Question 5

social environment part of the model of personality

Answer 5

all the other three exist within and are affected by the social environment.

Question 6

three approaches to the study of personality

Answer 6

trait, situational and interactionist

Question 7

trait approach

Answer 7

B=f(p). a relative stable disposition to behave in a certain way; traits are the fundamental units of personality - how you generally act or behave. the way we automatically learn to respond to things.

Question 8

situational approach

Answer 8

B = f (E)
personality and behaviour is determined largely by the social environment. Draws from social learning theory (Bandura) =, which explains behaviour in terms of observational learning (modelling) and social reinforcement (feedback).

Question 9

interactionist approach

Answer 9

B = f (pxE) situation and person are co-determinants of personality and behaviour.

Question 10

2 commonly used theoretical frameworks.

Answer 10

trait and interaction

Question 11

how is trait used as a measurement of personality

Answer 11

questionnaires (multiple traits)

Question 12

are there sport trait framework questionaires ?

Answer 12

no

Question 13

4 ways you can use interaction framework as a measurement of personality.

Answer 13

state and trait measures, situation - specific measures and sport-specific measures and using psychological measures

Question 14

state and trait measures example

Answer 14

state/trait anxiety inventory (speilberger et al., 1970)

Question 15

situation-specific measures example

Answer 15

exam/test anxiety

Question 16

sport specific measures examples

Answer 16

SCAT and CSAI-2 (martens et al, 1977)

Question 17

how you could use psychological measures for personality.

Answer 17

guidelines for safe, systematic and ethical use of psych measures of personality (dos and donts)

Question 18

3 things the research revealed on personality in sport.

Answer 18

trait measures of personality have produced inconsistent results.
trait measures alone have limited value for sport personality researchers.
studies using an interactionist framework have been more useful.

Question 19

Why has this research been found like this.

Answer 19

because of the key factor = these studies consider BOTH states and traits.