Sports Pyschology

Question 1

Personality

Answer 1

Characteristics of a person that makes them do what they do.

Question 2

Anxiety

Answer 2

A negative emotional state that is closely associated with arousal. It is experiencing apprehension and being aware of high arousal linked to our fears and worries

Question 3

State anxiety

Answer 3

Anxiety that is felt in a particular situation.

Question 4

Stable personality traits

Answer 4

A personality characteristic of someone who does not swing form one emotion to another, but is usually consistent in their emotional behaviour.

Question 5

Unstable personality trait

Answer 5

A personality characteristic of someone who is highly anxious and has unpredictable emotions.

Question 6

Extrovert

Answer 6

A personality characteristic or trait of a person who seeks social sit and likes excitement but lacks concentration.

Question 7

Introvert

Answer 7

A personality characteristic or trait of a persons who does not seek social situations and likes peace and quiet, but is good at concentrating.

Question 8

Arousal

Answer 8

The energised state or the readiness for action that motivates us to behave in a particular way.

Question 9

Self-actualisation

Answer 9

The individuals desire to explore and understand tyre world so that they can grow personally and reach their potential

Question 10

Attitude

Answer 10

How we act to certain stimuli.

Question 11

Social norms

Answer 11

Behaviours that are deemed ‘normal’ within a culture and are created through a process called socialisation.

Question 12

Culture

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Members are g a community learning certain behaviours that are shared among those within the community of people or our society.

Question 13

Stereotype

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A belief held by a collection of people about traits shared by certain categories of person.

Question 14

Motivation

Answer 14

The internal mechanism and external stimuli which arousal and direct our behaviour

Question 15

Drive

Answer 15

Directed, motivation or energised behaviour that an individual had towards achieving a certain goal.

Question 16

Drive reduction

Answer 16

An individual may be motivated to complete a task, which can be seen as a drive. When that drive is perceived as being fulfilled, then the drive is reduced.

Question 17

Interactionist approach

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Combines traits and learned behaviours together to show and explain how people are/ act

Question 18

Nurture

Answer 18

Characteristic learnt/ influenced by the environment.

Question 19

Nature

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Traits that have been inherited

Question 20

Psychological core

Answer 20

The real you remains constant and stable

Question 21

Role related behaviours

Answer 21

Dynamic and changeable, change quickly into a specific role

Question 22

Typical response

Answer 22

Response in most situations that can be modified or learned

Question 23

Social learning perspective

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All behaviour is learned learning through the environment

Question 24

Trait

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An inherited characteristic

Question 25

Trait perspective

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personality is made up of a range of secondary traits inherited from parents

Question 26

Type A

Answer 26

Competitive 
Fast working 
High stress levels 
Likes control 
High success drive

Question 27

Type B

Answer 27

Not competitive 
Low stress levels 
Slow working 
Low success Desire 
Doesn’t like control