Phsycological Flashcards

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Observational learning

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Social learning theory
Bandura
Learning from significant others
Attention-retention -motor production-motivation

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What is vygotskys theory

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Constructivism- social development theory
Setting tartlets - alone, with help,not yet
Building up learning in stages

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What is insight theory

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Gestaltist - problem solving
Using experience and understanding
Tell me ,I’ll forget….

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Operant conditioning

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Mice experiment
S-r bond can be affected by -
Based on trial and error
Shapes behaviours
Manipulates environment
Through positive and negative reinforcement

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5
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Where does selective attention occur

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Perceptual mechanism

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What happens at the translatory mechanism

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Decision making occurs based on past experience

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In the working memory what does the episodic buffer do

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Coordinates sight hearing and movement info from working memory
Linkups it into sequences to form the long term memory

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Features of short term sensory store

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All info held for a short time (0.25-1)
Huge capacity with separate stores
Perceptual mechanism - determines what is put into the short term memory

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Features of short term memory

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Incoming info
Is compared to that previously learnt
There is a limited capacity - in terms of quantity

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Feature of long term memory

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Capacity in infinite
Well practised and learnt info is held here
Recognised and compared to new

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Strats to improve LTM

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Mental practice
Association
Focus
Chunking
Repetition

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12
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2 features of scheme

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Recall - happened before action
Recognition - happened after action

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What is recall schema

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It is what happens before the action
Initial conditions - the info from the environment
Response specification - what you need to do

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What is recognition schema

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What happens after the skill
Sensory consequence - about the feel of the movement
Response outcome - feedback about results

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In personality what is trait theory

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B=f(p)
Traits are stable,
The consistent behaviours
They are inherited

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What is the interactionalist approach

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Trait and social learning
B=f(pxe)
Physcological core - doesn’t change
The typical response
Role related behaviour - unexpected

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What are the 3 components of attitude

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Affective - feelings and emotions
Behavioural - actions and habits
Cognative - beliefs and what you think

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How can you change an attitude

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Cognative dissonance
Persuasive communication

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What is cognative dissonance

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Putting pressure on one or more of the attitude components
Performer becomes uneasy and motivated to change

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Aggression :instinct theory

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When aggression is spontaneous and innate
Evolutionary and inherited
When under threat in sport we react

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Frustration aggression theory

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When a goal is blocked players become frustrated
Player may build up aggression and become worse
Or catharsis occurs

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Aggression :social learning theory

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Learn aggression from Role models
Aggressive behaviour can be reinforced

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Aggressive cue theory

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Caused by a learnt trigger
Can occur from previous experience
If cue is present in game then aggression may happen

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According to vealeys model confidence depends on

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Personality
Experience
Situation

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Banduras 4 factors that affect confidence

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Performance accomplishments
Vacarious experience
Verbal persuasion
Emotional arousal

26
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How can a coach promote confidence

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Allowing early success
Give encouragement
Point out when performer succeeded
Learn mental practice

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What is attribution

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A perception or reason for the outcome of an event

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Wieners model of attribution 4 features

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Ability
Task difficulty
Luck
Effort

29
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What is learnt helplessness

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When success is attributed to things that the performer cannot control (external unstable factors)
Believing that failure is inevitable

30
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What is self serving bias

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When failure occurs - attributing it to external unstable faster
When success occurs - attributing it internally and stable

31
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Chellauderais model

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Is all the factors that are effecting leadership
Must have a balance between :
-situation
-leader
-group

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What is evaluation apprehension

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The perceived fear of being judged

33
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In Zajoncs theory - who else can be present

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Co - actors
Competitive Co- actors
Social reinforcers
Audience

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In Zajoncs theory what affect does the presence of others have on the performer

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Will increase arousal levels
Causing dominant response or occur
If expert/simple/nach - facilitation
If novice/complex/naf - inhibition

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Outcome goal

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A goal set against the performance of others and based on result
Like beating opponents

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Task orientated goal

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Concerned with improvements of technique
Less splash into the water at dive

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Performance goal

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When an athlete sets a goal to better their own performance rather than comparing
Getting a PB

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Process goal

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Based on improving technique
To better performance so their are long term wins

39
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For group dynamics what characteristics must the team have

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A collective identity
Interaction
Communication
A shared goal

40
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What is social loafing

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Individual loos of motivation in a team due to lack of performance identity
Caused by lack of confidence/lack of motivation

41
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What is the ringlemen effect

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As group size increases group motivation decreases

42
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What is the equation for Steiner model

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Actual productivity = potential - losses due to faulty processes

43
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How can a coach promote motivation

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Attribute success internally
Offer rewards
Use role models
Pointing out healthy benefits

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NACH characteristics

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Need to achieve
Confident
Aren’t afraid of failure
Loves competition
Welcomes feedback

45
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NAF characteristics

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Need to avoid failure
Do not like feedback
Don’t like competition
Give up easily
Take the easy option

46
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Equation for achievement motivation

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Drive for success - fear of failure

47
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Prescribed vs emergent leader

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Prescribed is appointed from outside of the group
Emergent - appointed from within group

48
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Temporal anticipation

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Predicting when something will happen

49
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Spatial anticipation

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Predicting where/what is going to happen