Sports and Excercise Psychology Flashcards

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What is Sport and Exercise Psychology?

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Sport and exercise psychology is an interdisciplinary scientific and applied field that embraces the integration of sport science and psychological knowledge

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What is Positive psychology?

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Positive psychology focuses on understanding processes that enable people and groups to thrive

Improve performance/exercise enhancement, well-being, and positive psychological growth

(Myth: Only athletes or exercisers with serious mental problems need a sport or exercise psychologist.)

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What are the Three approaches of Positive Psychology?

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  1. Emotional:
  • Joy, happiness, enjoyment, satisfaction
  1. Cognitive:
  • Positive thoughts can influence mood, motivation, and performance
  1. Behavioural
  • Enhancing self-regulation strategies
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List some Sport and Exercise Psychology Topics.

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What are environmental factors and situational factors influencing performance?

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  • Coaching/leaders
  • Teammates
  • Opponents
  • Referees
  • Organization
  • Fans
  • Significant others
  • Playing conditions
  • Equipment
  • Weather
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What are person factors influencing performance?

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  • Physical skills and abilities
  • Personality
  • Cognitive dispositions
  • Physical self-concept
  • Identity (athlete)/self
  • Emotion regulation
  • Cognitive skills
  • Personal expectations
  • Appraisals
  • Coping skills
  • Psychological needs
  • Confidence
  • Mental toughness?
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What is Evidence Based Practice (EBP)?

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  • EBP uses best available research to inform clinical decision-making and service delivery
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What are Educational Orientations in S&E-P?

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Focus:

  • Enhancing performance and well-being through education on psychological principles and techniques.

Goal:

  • Educating athletes and individuals on mental skills to optimize performance.

Methods:

  • Workshops, seminars, and programs teaching skills like goal-setting and imagery.
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What are Clinical/Counselling Orientations in S&E-P?

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Focus:

  • Addressing psychological issues and mental health concerns.

Goal:

  • Assessing, diagnosing, and treating disorders that hinder performance.

Methods:

  • Individual counseling, group therapy, and interventions for anxiety, depression, and other disorders.
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What is the Importance of Evidence-Based Practice (EBP)?

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Evidence-Based Practice (EBP) Importance:

  1. Effectiveness: Relies on scientifically validated methods.
  2. Quality of Care: Ensures the delivery of effective treatments or interventions.
  3. Accountability: Enhances transparency and accountability in healthcare.
  4. Resource Allocation: Optimizes resource allocation by investing in proven-effective interventions.
  5. Continuous Improvement: Encourages ongoing evaluation and adaptation of practices based on new evidence.
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What is Qualtitative Data?

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  • Captures participant’s perspective in a particular
    setting
  • Detailed information and level of understanding not
    found in quantitative research
    – Words
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What is Quantitative Data?

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Quantifies the amount of a particular variable(s)

  • Testing theories by examining relationships among variables
  • Numbers (measurement)
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What is Empirical evidence?

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Knowledge gathered through research which allows for the confirmation, modification, or rejection of theories

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Theories Allow us to __________ and
____________ behaviours or events

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explain and predict

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What is a Research hypotheses?

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Educated guesses about the nature of the relationships among scientific constructs given specific conditions

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What is a Theory?

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Specific relationships across a number of scientific constructs and attempts to explain phenomena across a number of different times, contexts, and people

– Theories allow us to explain and predict behaviours or events

– We can examine the same situation through multiple ‘lenses’ (e.g., we can use multiple theories to explain the behaviours)

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What are Scientific constructs?

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  • Terms created for a scientific purpose to distinguish from related but distinct ideas
  • Danger of confusing everyday language with scientific constructs (e.g., aggression)
  • May not be directly measured
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What is a Variable?

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A scientific construct that can be assigned a specific value to be counted

Example

Christine wants to exercise, but experiences body anxiety in public

Body anxiety in public = needs to be defined as a variable (e.g. social physical anxiety)

Specific measurement (e.g. social physique anxiety scale) is then used to measure the construc

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What are Independent Variables (IV)?

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The variable or “part of the experiment” the researcher manipulates

  • The “cause” of the change in the dependent variable (DV) score
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What are Dependent Variables?
(DV; Outcome variable)

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Phenomenon of interest expected to change because of the manipulation of the IV

  • The “effect” of the independent variable (IV)