Sport and Exercise Psychology Flashcards

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ABCs of physical activity

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Affect, behavior, cognition

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Affect

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What we feel like emotionally - moods and emotions
Passive

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Behavior

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What we do → actions and inactions

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4
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Cognition

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What we think
Active

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5
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Why can exercise psychologists work with surgeons?

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They can talk about performing under pressure

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6
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Motivation

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A complex set of internal and external forces that influence how we behave

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7
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Self-determination theory

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Motivation exists in a continuum

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8
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Extrinsic

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Behavior done for rewards or to avoid punishment

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Intrinsic

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Behavior done simply because it elicits pleasure and satisfaction

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Intrinsic motivation, controlled intrinsic motivation, amotivation, autonomous extrinsic motivation (ORDER LOW TO HIGH)

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LOW
amotivation
Controlled
Autonomous
Intrinsic
HIGH

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11
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Four fuels of motivation..

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CARE
Competence
Autonomy
Relatedness
Enjoyment

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12
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Enjoyment

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Positive subjective experiences

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Flow state

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Total absorption in a task
(Comes from enjoyement)

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14
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Competence

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Confidence to effectively engage in a personally valued task

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Autonomy

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The feeling that one has control over oneself and one’s actions

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16
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Is complete autonomy suggested.¿

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No, we need rules and limits

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17
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Relatedness

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The feeling that we are connected to those around us, experiencing a sense of belonging

18
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Arousal

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State of bodily energy and the degree of activation

19
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The felt arousal scale can be used to report arousal states but is subjective. what things can be objectively measure to determine a high activation state

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Increased heart rate, higher body temp, faster breathing

20
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Inverted U-Model of arousal

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There is an optimal level of arousal for performance, often moderate. Too ,u h it too little arousal decreases performance

21
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How does the presence of others any sports setting affect arousal

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Increases it

22
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In exercise, family/social support and parent modeling can serve as predictors for what

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Behavioral adaption and maintenance

23
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Cohesion

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Tendency to stick together and remain united for a common goal

24
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Social loafing

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Decrease in an individual performance due to the belief that one’s role is identifiable or important, or due to thinking that everyone else will pick up the slack

25
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What are two things that can go wrong with cohesion

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Social loafing and extreme cohesion

26
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Extreme cohesion

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Being too focused on performing and being “better than”

27
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Mental skills training strategies

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Imagery, attentional focus, mindfulness

28
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What method of mental skills training involves creating a mental blueprint

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Imagery

29
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Is it possible for imagery to be detrimental?

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Yes, when you imagine yourself doing it wrong or failing

30
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Why does imagery work?

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The brain fires in a similar way to performing the actual task, so it primes you to perform that action physically

31
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Association

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Intentional focus helps us to know how and when to focus on the body

32
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Dissociation

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Knowing how and when to distract ourselves

33
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Association is easier on arousal state is ——- whereas association is easier when arousal state is ——

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High;low

34
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Conscious processing

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When are focus gets too narrow and we focus on every single step of the way

35
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What is one of the most important things when it comes to mindfulness

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Being non-judge mental

36
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What method is most often used to teach mindfulness

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Meditation

37
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Burnout

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Feelings of mental, emotional, physical exhaustion

38
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Psychological measures

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Bio feedback and brain scans

39
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Biochemical measures

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Blood and urine analysis of stress hormones

40
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Research methods for sport and exercise psychology

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Questionnaires, interviews, direct observation, psychological measures, biochemical measures, content analysis