sport psych midterm 2 Flashcards
equity
providing everyone with the resourcese they need in order to succeed along with everyone else instead of giving the exact same resources when everyone has different needs
cultural competence
means having cultural awareness, knoweldge and skills
cultural awareness
understanding your own culture and its effects on you
cultural knowledge
understanding other peoples cultures and how it effects them
cultural skills
ability to communicate appropriately with other cultures
barriers of disability
-individual (the disability)
- social (lack of understanding about how to adapt games)
- environmental (ex. no ramps)
benefits of diversity
- increase in the number of participants to consider
- greater number of options for action
- enhances decision making
strategies for diversifying sport
- cultural awareness
- culturally competent communication
- culturally competent interventions (halal food adjustments)
Steiner’s + Dawsons model of team productivity
- believed that when people form a team, some productivity is lost (prof does not believe this because they did not look at what can be gained)
why might there be an increase in motivation of an individual on a team
- not wanting to let the team down
- not wanting to lose playing time
- happy to be a part of the team
- motivation for advancement
- personal success comingfrom team success
why might there be a decrease in motivation of an individual on a team
- opportunity to hide
- perception of being non-essential
- micheal jordon phenomena
- no team buy in
2 ways to increase individual motivation for team play
- communicate athletes role on the team
- build team cohesion
Cope et. al. 12 sports team roles
comedian
spark plug
enforcer
distracter
cancer
malingerer
social convenor
mentor
informal leader - non verbal
informal leader - verbal
team player
star player
prof’s team philosophy
everyone brings something to the table
everyone leaves something at the door
cohesion due to attraction to the team
cohesion due to the individual desires to be a part of the group
cohesion due to the means control
cohesion due to the benefits that come along with being a part of the group
task cohesion
degree to which members of a gorup work together to achieve a common goal
social cohesion
degree to which members work together and like each other
disadvantages of high task cohesion in group
they are so task oriented that they put zero focus on the personal aspects of cohesion
disadvantages of high task cohesion as an individual
takes away from the enjoyment of the sport
disadvantages to high social cohesion in a group
wastes time and no one gives proper constructive criticism because they are too scared to hurt feelings
disadvantages to high social cohesion as an individual
feeling isolated or never reaches their goals or improves
ways to build social cohesion
- use social media to communicate
- duscuss non-sports topics
- team projects
- give specific time ofr them to get to know each other
ways to build task cohesion
- seminars on sport specific issues
- have players identify what they bring to the table
- help athletes know their roles
how are leaders chosen
- appointed
- emergent
approaches to studying leadership
- task approach
-behavioural approach - situational approach
- interactional approach
the trait appraoch to leadership
- looks at whether a specific personality trait is what makes a good leader (results are that no specific trait makes a good leader)