Sport Psych Flashcards
Practicing the power clean by doing the first pull and transition separately, combining them, then practice in the second pull separately and combining the three, then practice in the catch separately before combining all components is known as:
Progressive part training
An athlete is told to squat to a specific death without further direction. This is known as:
Discovery
P171
An athlete has the least control over which of the following?
Outcome goals
For the power clean, and athlete practices the first pull, then add the transition and practices both together, then the second pull, and finally adds the catch. Only the first pull is practiced in isolation. This is known as:
Repetitive part Training
P170
Which of the following can lead to reduce performance during practice but enhanced performance long term?
Random practice and variable practice
P170-171
Which of the following may be the best psychological predictor of performance?
Self efficacy
P167
Which of the following practice structure is best for challenging task with low interrelatedness of the subcomponents?
Part practice
P170
Instructing an athlete on the overall movement goal and important prompts, without specific instruction for task completion is known as:
Guided discovery
P171
When training the power clean, an athlete separately practice is the first pull, the transition, then the second pull, and finally the catch, before performing the full power clean. This is known as:
Pure part training
P170
Breaking down task into sub components with clear breaks between each is known as:
Segmentation
P170
What is not a source of self efficacy?
Focusing on proper attentional cues
P167
What is not a benefit of goalsetting?
Providing a framework for positive and negative punishment
P168
What may be harmful to expert performers:
Instructional self talk
P167
Optimal goalsetting depends on which of the following?
Knowledge of physiological performance parameters, sport specific metabolic pathways, sports nutrition requirements, and of psychological performance parameters
P169
Pursuing progressively challenging task with defined performance criteria is known as:
Goal setting
P168
Which type of motivation revolves around a desire to protect ones ego and self-esteem?
Motive to avoid failure
What feedback timing impairs learning but enhances immediate performance
Feedback provided concurrent to the task
A weightlifting athlete watching last year’s championship lifters footage is an example of
Observational learning
A coach tells an athlete to squat to depth and “split-the-floor,” but provides no further instruction. This is an example of:
Guided discovery
Fear of consequences of failure may lead to which of the following?
Psychological inefficiency
The following theory posits that arousal’s effect on performance depends on the individual’s interpretation of arousal?
Reversal theory
Which theory proposes that optimal performance occurs in a small range of arousal level depending on multiple psychological factors?
Individual zones of optimal functioning
Which of the following proposes a linear relationship between arousal and performance?
Drive theory
Asking an athlete how they believe they are doing is a component of:
Self-controlled practice
Arousal is characterized by which of the following?
Arousal is always present on a broad continuum
Progressive muscular relaxation is characterized by which of the following?
Maximally tensing and consciously relaxing a muscle
Which of the following is an example of selective attention?
A soccer goalie ignoring the crowd and other players when blocking a penalty shot
What are the most useful goals for a specific practice session?
Process goals
Which of the following methodologies would be appropriate for an apprehensive boxer returning to competition after suffering a knockout blow in a previous event?
Systematic desensitization
Which of the following feedback timings impairs learning but enhances immediate performance?
Feedback provided concurrent to the task
Focus on the task with less focus on the details of movement characterizes which of the following?
Associative stage
Which of the following feedback timings would be most beneficial to the overall learning process?
Feedback provided at the end of practice
An athlete’s desire to perform to his or her potential is an example of
achievement motivation
How does an athlete’s optimal level of arousal change with limited skill and ability to perform the activity?
It decreases
