Psychology Test (Semester 1 Year 1) Flashcards

1
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4 C’s of sport and exercise psychology?

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Confidence
Commitment
Controlling emotions
Concentration

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2
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Three roles of sport and exercise psychologists?

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Researcher
Teacher
Consultant

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1893-1920 period of sport and exercise psychology?

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The early years

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1921-1938 period of sport and exercise psychology?

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The development of labs and psychological testing

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5
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1939-1965 period of sport and exercise psychology?

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Prep for the future

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1966-1977 period of sport and exercise psychology?

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Establishment of academic sport psychology

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1978-1999 period of sport and exercise psychology?

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Multidisciplinary science and practice in sport and exercise psychology

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2000-present period of sport and exercise psychology?

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Contemporary sport and exercise psychology

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9
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Characteristics of a values and mental toughness profiler?

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Categories/areas
Comments/examples of why and how much an individual needs to improve
Rating of 1-10 of improvement need

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10
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2 personality definitions?

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  1. ) Personality is the dynamic organisation within the individual of those psychosocial symptoms that determine his/her unique adjustments to his/her environment.
  2. ) Personality is the sum total of an individual’s characteristics which make him/her unique
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11
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(Martens) Structure of personality model?

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Typical responses are influenced by our psychological core

Role-related behaviour is influenced by our social environment

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12
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3 major approaches to understanding personality?

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Trait approach
Situational approach
Interactional approach

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13
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What is the trait approach to understanding personality?

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Assumes personality traits are stable and consistent across different situations, suggests traits predispose someone to act in a certain way.

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14
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What is the situational approach to understanding personality?

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Argues behaviour is determined predominantly by the situation/environment.

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What is the interactional approach to understanding personality?

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Argues behaviour is determined by both the person’s traits and the situation as well as the interaction.

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16
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What is the most common approach to understanding personality?

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Interactional approach

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17
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Acronym for the big 5 model?

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OCEAN

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18
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What is the role of the big 5 model?

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To act as a predictor of physical activity

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19
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What are the 5 categories in the big 5 model?

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Openness
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
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20
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(Howard) What categories from the big 5 model with physical activity are moderated by exercise intensity?

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Neuroticism
Extroversion
Concientiousness

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21
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What 4 factors are known to moderate personality and physical activity?

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Gender
Age
Country
Culture

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22
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(Rhodes & Dickau) What affects your intentions with physical activity?

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Consientiousness

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23
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(Ajzen) What does the theory of planned behaviour suggest?

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Attitude, subjective norm, and perceived behavioural control shape individual behavioural intentions.
Behavioural intention is assumed to be the most proximal determinant of human social behaviour.

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24
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Whose work found that looking at both the person and the situation could explain twice as much behaviour as traits alone?

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Bowers

25
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Self-confidence definition?

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The belief that you can successfully perform a desired behaviour.

26
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What is depositional self-confidence?

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The degree of certainty individuals usually have about their ability to succeed.

27
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What is state like self-confidence?

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The belief of certainty that individuals have at a particular moment about their ability to succeed.

28
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What is optimal confidence?

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Being so convinced that you will achieve your goals that you strive hard to do so.

29
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What are the results of a lack of confidence?

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Creates anxiety, breaks concentration, and causes indecisiveness.

30
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What are the results of overconfidence?

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Causes you to prepare less than you need in order to perform.

31
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4 components of Vealey & Chase’s model of sport confidence? (2008)

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Types of sport confidence.
Sources of sport confidence.
Consequences of sport confidence.
Factors influencing sport confidence & performance.

32
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What does the component ‘Types of sport confidence’ suggest in Vealey & Chase’s model of sport confidence? (2008)

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Confidence is conceptualised multidimensionally.

33
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How many sources of sport confidence are there in Vealey and Chase’s model of sport confidence? What are they categorised under? (2008)

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9 sources categorised under:

  • Achievement
  • Self-regulation
  • Social climate
34
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What do consequences of sport confidence impact according to Vealey & Chase’s model of sport confidence?

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(ABC)
Affect
Behaviour
Cognitions

35
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How does organisational culture influence sport confidence in Vealey & Chase’s model of sport confidence? (2008)

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Through competition, motivational climate, coaching behaviour, etc.

36
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How do demographic/personality characteristics influence sport confidence in Vealey & Chase’s model of sport confidence? (2008)

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Through optimism, goal orientations, gender, race etc.

37
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What is self-efficacy?

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Situation specific confidence.

38
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What does self-efficacy affect?

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Choice of activity.
Degree of effort.
Level of persistence.

39
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Where does self-efficacy come from?

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Performance accomplishments.
Vicarious experience.
Verbal persuasion.
Emotional and physiological arousal.

40
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What is the most reliable predictor of self-efficacy?

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Performance accomplishments

41
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2 types of verbal persuasion?

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External.

Internal.

42
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4 components of subjective appraisal?

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Environmental conditions.
Levels of preparation.
Consequences of success and failure.
Opponents’ strengths and weaknesses.

43
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How do we form impressions of opponents? (Warr & Knapper)

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Present stimulus person information.
Stored stimulus person information.
Current context information.

44
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Impacts of first impressions?

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Shape interactions

45
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Process of expectancies?

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Attention, evaluation and memory

46
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Impacts of expectancies?

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Affects confidence and performance.

The way we perceive someone will influence how we explain their actions.

47
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What is cognitive restructuring?

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Aims to replace irrational or unhelpful thought patterns with more adaptive thoughts.

48
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What may differences in interpretation be due to?

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The manner in which performers approach situations.

49
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Why may there be differences in anxiety interpretation in different sports?

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A rugby player is more likely to find anxiety symptoms more facilitating than a golfer.

50
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Original proposal about the relationship between performance and arousal?

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Low arousal = low performance.
Medium arousal = optimal performance.
High arousal = low performance.

51
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When do task oriented individuals feel successful/competent?

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When they improve their skills.

52
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What are stability and locus of causality dimensions of?

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Attributions

53
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Symptoms of somatic anxiety?

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Increased muscle tension.
Profuse sweating.
Butterflies in stomach.

54
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What does the CSAI-2 measure?

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Cognitive anxiety.
Somatic anxiety.
Self-confidence.

55
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Another word for ‘vicarious experiences’?

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Modelling

56
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What is the basic premise of the Health Belief Model?

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Individuals will engage in preventative health behaviours depending on the individuals perception of the severity of past illnesses.

57
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How does the theory of planned behaviour extend the theory of reasoned action?

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By including the factor of perceived behavioural control.

58
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What is an example of a scale for measuring team cohesion?

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Group environment questionnaire