Yr13 Psychology Flashcards
Cognitive techniques to control stress
Visualisation
Mental rehersal
Self talk
Somatic techniques to control stress
Warm up
Breathing control
Progressive muscular relaxation
Characteristics of a team
Communication
Interaction
Shared goal or purpose
What is group cohesion
Tendency of a group to stay together and work together to achieve their goals
Task cohesion
Willingness of a team to work together and achieve their goals despite individual differences
Social cohesion
Tendency of a group to work together because they get on well
What is the ringlemann affect
Motivation decreasing as group size increases
What is social loafing
Motivation and effort decreasing when in a group, however can be overcome by monitoring performance
How to reduce coordination loses
Use drills
Make sure everyone knows their role
Performance goal
Judges performance based of their standards
Cognitive dissonance
Refers to the mental imbalance that an individual holds contradictory beliefs or attitudes, arises from a mismatch in three components
Cognitive (triadic model)
What a person believes to be true
Affective (triadic model of attitudes)
Emotional responses tied to those beliefs
Behavioural (triadic model of attitudes)
Intended actions influenced by those attitudes
Ways to change poor attitudes
Persuasive communication
Congnitive dissonance
Cognitive dissonance how it changes bad attitude
This is causing 1 of the three triads to be inconsistent with the others
E.g changing behavioural by using extrinsic rewards to boys who don’t like dance
Persuasive communication in changing bad attitude
The persuader
The message
The receiver
Learned helpnessness
Low achievers who believe failure is inevitable and have a sense of hopelessness with a specific situation
Term that overcomes learned helpnesses
Attribution retraining
Strategies to overcome learned helpnesses
Focus on process goals
Use of stress management techniques
Positive reinforcement