Sport psychology exam questions

Question 1

What are the characteristics of effective team decision making

Answer 1

flexibility, quickness, accuracy, resilience and risk taking

Question 2

how are the characteristics of effective team decision making achieved

Answer 2

through processing information, assessing the situation and reasoning and monitoring

Question 3

what are SMMs

Answer 3

shared mental models
shared knowledge held by each member of a sports team about he upcoming actions is similar to the other members
can be training through experience, trained through exposing an experts declarative and procedural knowledge

Question 4

define cohesion

Answer 4

a dynamic process which is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in the pursuit of its objectives (Carron et al 1998)

Question 5

what are the 2 types of cohesion

Answer 5

task cohesion - the group sicking together to achieve common goals

social cohesion - refers to the interpersonal attraction amongst members

Question 6

How can cohesion be developed

Answer 6

cox (1992)

players should see themselves as being equal
setting team goals
address cliques

Question 7

define social identity

Answer 7

the part of the individual self which derives from their membership of a social group together with the value and emotional significance of that membership