Sport and Personality Flashcards
What are the three common myths of personality?
- A distinct elite athlete personality exists
- People choose physical activities and remain in these activities based on their personality
- Athletes in contact sports consistently score high on aggression measures
What are the three common myths of personality?
- A distinct elite athlete personality exists
- People choose physical activities and remain in these activities based on their personality
- Athletes in contact sports consistently score high on aggression measures
What is personality?
Overall organization of psychological characteristics that differentiate us from others
Describe Digman’s Five Factor Model.
It is made up of the following:
Openness to experience
Conscientiousness
Extroversion
Agreeableness
Neuroticism
Describe the Psycho-dynamic approach. (FREUD)
All behaviour is connected and is driven by unconscious forces.
Is psychodynamic still relevant today?
It has little application today, used in sports journalism to describe behaviour
Describe the Humanistic psychology.
Maslow’s needs in order of importance:
Physiological
Safety
Social
Esteem
Describe Cognitive-behavioural.
People are influenced by self-efficacy (belief in ones abilities)
Social learning involves observational learning
Watching the behaviour of an athlete can influence a person’s future behaviour
Describe the Interactionist approach.
understand how traits and dispositions affect behaviour depending on the context.
What are the differences between the Projective and Objective Tests?
Projective tests involves asking open-ended questions to illicit a subjective perspective
Objective tests are highly standardized and involves little interpretation
How did the Athletics Motivation Inventory (AMI) correlate with the on-ice play of hockey players?
it was a low correlation
What is a test that measures trait anxiety and is a sport specific measure?
The Sport Competition Anxiety test
What is the measure that looks at the effective states of athletes?
Profile of Mood States.
How do high risk athletes compare to low risk athletes?
High risk athletes were high on emotional stability, conscientiousness and energy
What are the two different types of perfectionism? Describe them.
Maladaptive - involves unrealistic, high standards, inappropriate levels of expectation and high self criticism
Adaptive - Realistic goal setting, judging success through personal improvement and effort, self effort and achievement striving
