Sport Psychology Comprehensive Written
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Sport Psychology Organizations* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--International Society of
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Sport Psychology (ISSP)
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-The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and -Sport Psychology (SCAPPS)
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-Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)| | | | |
-American Psychological Association (APA), Div 47 (Exercise & Sport
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Psychology)
Cognitive Appraisal (Lazarus)* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The athlete interprets or
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appraises his/her surroundings (the situation).
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This appraisal involves what's called primary and secondary appraisal (terms used
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by Lazarus, 1966 and Lazarus and Folkman, 1984).
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The athlete would make a judgment/interpretation about whether the situation is
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|negative or positive and whether or not he/she should be concerned. They would
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|probably perceive it to be a threat if there is an imbalance between the demand
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(stressor) and the perceived coping abilities.
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In the model of Lazarus Cognitive appraisal, what is the secondary appraisal
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affected by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Goal level
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-Perceived importance |
-Perceived task difficulty | |
-Perceived coping skills | |
,Cognitive Appraisal Origination* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Much of work on
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cognitive appraisal has come from Lazarus' work on stress (1966) and Lazarus and
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Folkman's work on stress and coping (1984).
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"...while stress is an inevitable aspect of the human condition, it is coping that
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makes the big difference in adaptational outcome" (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984,
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p.6).
Using the Transactional Model of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) stress and
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subsequent coping can be viewed as a process. | | | | | | |
When in any given objective situation a person evaluates the potential threat
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through primary appraisal. | |
The situation is called 'objective' because most situations in life are objective until
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they are perceived, judged and interpreted, in addition all situations are potential
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stressors.
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Primary appraisal is a person's judgment about the significance of an event.
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It may be viewed as positive, exciting, controllable, or stressful, challenging, not
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controllable or completely irrelevant. | | |
If the situation is viewed to be relevant and needs some sort of reaction from the
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Attribution Theory* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theory that we explain
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someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition
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cognitive appraisal* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-refers to the personal interpretation
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of a situation that ultimately influences the extent to which the situation is
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perceived as stressful. | |
,Bruce Ogilvie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of Applied Sport Psychology
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Norman Triplett - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-First person to do an experiment in
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sport psychology
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Colemann Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of American Sport Psychology
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Applied Sport Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Helping athletes and coaches
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to learn how to control the way that they think, feel and act in order to help
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them reach their potential in sport.
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Mental Skills Consultant Roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Teaching performance
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enhancement techniques |
-Researching the reasons why athletes behave as they do
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-Teaching students to become sport psychology consultant
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Sport Psychologist Roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Teaching performance
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enhancement techniques |
-Researching the reasons why athletes behave as they do
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-Doing clinical or counseling work with athletes
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AASP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Association for Applied Sport Psychology
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, Psychodynamic Model (Freud) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systemized study and
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theory of psychological forces that underlie human behavior, emphasizing the
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inter play between unconscious and conscious motivation and the functions.
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Behavioral Model (Pavlov, Skinner, Watson, Thorndike) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
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conceptualization of psychological disorders in terms of overt behavior patterns
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produced by learning and the influence of reinforcement contingencies.
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Treatment techniques, including systematic desensitization and modeling, focus
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on modifying ineffective or maladaptive patterns.
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Cognitive Model (Beck) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-describes how people's
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perceptions of, or spontaneous thoughts about, situations influence their
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emotional, behavioral (and often physiological) reactions. ... These distorted
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beliefs influence their processing of information, and give rise to their distorted
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thoughts.
The Humanistic Model (Rogers) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-s a perspective that
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emphasizes looking at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free
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will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization. Rather than concentrating on
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dysfunction, humanistic psychology strives to help people fulfill their potential
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and maximize their well-being.
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Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
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psychological approach that involves analyzing strategies used by successful
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individuals and applying them to reach a personal goal. It relates thoughts,
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language, and patterns of behavior learned through experience to specific
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outcomes.
Exam Questions With Correct Answers
Sport Psychology Organizations* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--International Society of
| | | | | | |
Sport Psychology (ISSP)
| | |
-The Canadian Society for Psychomotor Learning and -Sport Psychology (SCAPPS)
| | | | | | | | |
-Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)| | | | |
-American Psychological Association (APA), Div 47 (Exercise & Sport
| | | | | | | | |
Psychology)
Cognitive Appraisal (Lazarus)* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-The athlete interprets or
| | | | | | | | |
appraises his/her surroundings (the situation).
| | | |
This appraisal involves what's called primary and secondary appraisal (terms used
| | | | | | | | | |
by Lazarus, 1966 and Lazarus and Folkman, 1984).
| | | | | | | |
The athlete would make a judgment/interpretation about whether the situation is
| | | | | | | | | |
|negative or positive and whether or not he/she should be concerned. They would
| | | | | | | | | | | |
|probably perceive it to be a threat if there is an imbalance between the demand
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
(stressor) and the perceived coping abilities.
| | | | |
In the model of Lazarus Cognitive appraisal, what is the secondary appraisal
| | | | | | | | | | | |
affected by? - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Goal level
| | | | |
-Perceived importance |
-Perceived task difficulty | |
-Perceived coping skills | |
,Cognitive Appraisal Origination* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Much of work on
| | | | | | | | |
cognitive appraisal has come from Lazarus' work on stress (1966) and Lazarus and
| | | | | | | | | | | |
Folkman's work on stress and coping (1984).
| | | | | | |
"...while stress is an inevitable aspect of the human condition, it is coping that
| | | | | | | | | | | | | |
makes the big difference in adaptational outcome" (Lazarus & Folkman, 1984,
| | | | | | | | | | |
p.6).
Using the Transactional Model of Lazarus and Folkman (1984) stress and
| | | | | | | | | | |
subsequent coping can be viewed as a process. | | | | | | |
When in any given objective situation a person evaluates the potential threat
| | | | | | | | | | | |
through primary appraisal. | |
The situation is called 'objective' because most situations in life are objective until
| | | | | | | | | | | |
they are perceived, judged and interpreted, in addition all situations are potential
| | | | | | | | | | | |
stressors.
|
Primary appraisal is a person's judgment about the significance of an event.
| | | | | | | | | | |
It may be viewed as positive, exciting, controllable, or stressful, challenging, not
| | | | | | | | | | | |
controllable or completely irrelevant. | | |
If the situation is viewed to be relevant and needs some sort of reaction from the
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
|indi
Attribution Theory* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-the theory that we explain
| | | | | | | | |
someone's behavior by crediting either the situation or the person's disposition
| | | | | | | | | |
cognitive appraisal* - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-refers to the personal interpretation
| | | | | | | | |
of a situation that ultimately influences the extent to which the situation is
| | | | | | | | | | | | |
perceived as stressful. | |
,Bruce Ogilvie - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of Applied Sport Psychology
| | | | | | | |
Norman Triplett - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-First person to do an experiment in
| | | | | | | | | | |
sport psychology
|
Colemann Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Father of American Sport Psychology
| | | | | | | |
Applied Sport Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Helping athletes and coaches
| | | | | | | | |
to learn how to control the way that they think, feel and act in order to help
| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
them reach their potential in sport.
| | | | |
Mental Skills Consultant Roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Teaching performance
| | | | | | | |
enhancement techniques |
-Researching the reasons why athletes behave as they do
| | | | | | | |
-Teaching students to become sport psychology consultant
| | | | | |
Sport Psychologist Roles - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔--Teaching performance
| | | | | | |
enhancement techniques |
-Researching the reasons why athletes behave as they do
| | | | | | | |
-Doing clinical or counseling work with athletes
| | | | | |
AASP - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-Association for Applied Sport Psychology
| | | | | | |
, Psychodynamic Model (Freud) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-systemized study and
| | | | | | | |
theory of psychological forces that underlie human behavior, emphasizing the
| | | | | | | | | |
inter play between unconscious and conscious motivation and the functions.
| | | | | | | | |
Behavioral Model (Pavlov, Skinner, Watson, Thorndike) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
| | | | | | | | |
conceptualization of psychological disorders in terms of overt behavior patterns
| | | | | | | | | |
produced by learning and the influence of reinforcement contingencies.
| | | | | | | | |
Treatment techniques, including systematic desensitization and modeling, focus
| | | | | | | |
on modifying ineffective or maladaptive patterns.
| | | | |
Cognitive Model (Beck) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-describes how people's
| | | | | | | |
perceptions of, or spontaneous thoughts about, situations influence their
| | | | | | | | |
emotional, behavioral (and often physiological) reactions. ... These distorted
| | | | | | | | |
beliefs influence their processing of information, and give rise to their distorted
| | | | | | | | | | | |
thoughts.
The Humanistic Model (Rogers) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-s a perspective that
| | | | | | | | | |
emphasizes looking at the whole individual and stresses concepts such as free
| | | | | | | | | | | |
will, self-efficacy, and self-actualization. Rather than concentrating on
| | | | | | | |
dysfunction, humanistic psychology strives to help people fulfill their potential
| | | | | | | | | |
and maximize their well-being.
| | |
Neuro-Linguistic Programming (NLP) Model - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-a
| | | | | | |
psychological approach that involves analyzing strategies used by successful
| | | | | | | | |
individuals and applying them to reach a personal goal. It relates thoughts,
| | | | | | | | | | | |
language, and patterns of behavior learned through experience to specific
| | | | | | | | | |
outcomes.
