THEORIES

Question 1

What is TRAIT THEORY? [4]

Answer 1

Eysenck suggests personality is innate, therefore predictable and stable (genetically determined)

Type A: highly competitive, inpatient, high stress, intolerant

Type B: not competitive, patient, tolerant, low stress

Question 2

What is Social Learning Theory? (P) [4]

Answer 2

Personality is built through learning/copying/observing others - “significant others”

But dismissed roles of genes

Question 3

What is the interactionist theory for personality? [4]

Answer 3

Combination of innate and environment

HOLLANDER believed in CIRCLE of 3 cores :
1-Phycological
2-typical responses
3-role related behaviour

B= f(PxE)

Question 4

What is the credulous theory? [4]

Answer 4

Believes there’s a connection between personality and participation in sport

ICEBERG PROFILE

Question 5

What is Somatic arousal?

Answer 5

E.g. Increase in HR

SWEATING

Question 6

What is cognitive arousal?

Answer 6

E.g. Worry

Apprehension

Question 7

What is drive theory? [4]

Answer 7

Quality of performance is proportional to increase in arousal

Increase in arousal = more likely to get a dominant response

Question 8

What is Inverted U Theory? [4]

Answer 8

As arousal increases so does performance up to a certain point

Optimum Quality of performance = moderate level of arousal - beyond this point performance drops

Optimum arousal = best concentration

Question 9

What is Catastrophe theory? [4]

Answer 9

Dramatic decline in performance

Caused by interaction of somatic and cognitive anxiety

Question 10

What is aggression?

Answer 10

Intent to harm outside the rules of the game