Personality and sport behaviour

Question 1

What is trait?

Answer 1

Its ingrated into the person, its natural

Question 2

What is state?

Answer 2

All depends on the situations

Question 3

What did Merrit and Tharp(2013) study?

Answer 3

277 parkour and free runners,

Neurotcism postitvely correlated with risk-taking behaviour.

Conscientiousness negativley correlated with risk-taking.

Question 4

What did Kaiseler, Polman and Nicholls (2012) study?

Answer 4

482 athelets

Neuroticsm asociated higher stress intesnty and lower control.

Agreeableness associated with lower stress intensity.

Consciencetiousness associated with higher stress control.

Question 5

What is an interactional approach?( 3 answers)

Answer 5

1. Person
2. Situation
3. Person * Situation

Question 6

What is personality?

Answer 6

It is the dynamic organization within the individual of those psychophysical systems that determine his charcterstics.

Question 7

What are the big 5?

Answer 7

1. Neuroticism vs emotional stability
2. Extracersion vs introversion
3. Openess
4. Agreeableness
5. Consciencetiouness

Question 8

What personality factors did GOULD et al (2002) identify in olympic champions?(5)

Answer 8

1. Hard working
2. Confidence
3. coachability
4. mental toughness
5. ability to cope with and control anxiety

Question 9

What is Perfectionism?

Answer 9

Personality dispostion conssiting of striving for exceedingly high standards accompanied by harsh self critism.