Test 1.2 Flashcards
What is a personality trait
A relatively stable characteristics or quality that may represent a portion of ones personality
True or false
Personality trait is assumed to be normally distributed within population
True
On the iceberg profile what is above population average
Vigor
Which tool is used to tank athletes from zero to five range of traits
SportsPro tool
What is a concern for perfection
Concerns are over making mistakes, excessive, unrealistic standards of performance, high doubt, high distress and feeling of not meeting the standard
What is strivings for perfection
Challenging but realistic standards of success, task orientation, self discipline
What is maladpative approach to perfection
Understood as being rooted in perfectionistic concerns and is associated with experiencing anger while playing and negative body image
Athletes with _____ take high risk
Alexithylma
What type of athletes are higher on extraverion, openness, experience seeking
Iditasport athletes
What is a small positive effect on personality
- Extroversion(Type A personality) -preference for sociality and high activity
- conscientious
What are conscientious people like
Purposeful and self-disciplined
What has a slight negative effect on personality
Neuroticism- low emotional stability and high distress/aniexty
True or false
There is no relationship between personality and sport performance
False
There is a relationship but it’s weak
Has any specific personality profile been found to discriminate between athletes and non athletes or exercisers and non-execrisers
No
What do most common approaches today adopt for applied perspective
A interactional or phenomenological perspective
