HHP 4040 FINAL: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY QUESTIONS
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Zen - Answers - Phil Jackson is known as the _____ coach of basketball
Savor - Answers - In the drill when you eat a starburst candy, it was so that you _____
the moment
Shutting off the analytical mind - Answers - The drill "go upside down" had to do with
Peyton Manning - Answers - The drill, flow with your concentration style, I gave two
examples, one was Steve McNair and the other was
Creativity - Answers - The chapter, Do the Twain, has to deal with
Attention - Answers - Another term for concentration
Choking - Answers - Defined as an athlete's poor performance under pressure
Associative - Answers - ______ attentional strategy is when a runner monitors their
breathing rate
Internal - Answers - A narrow focus as well as an _____ focus can lead to choking
Situational - Answers - ______ awareness is when the athlete sizes up what is going on
around them
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Morning
4. Performing - Answers - The order (linear perspective) that a team forms in
Ringlemann - Answers - ______ effect relates to trying less hard when on a team such
as in a rope pulling team. It was discovered 100 years ago
Loafing - Answers - Social ______ is when you try less hard on a team because you
believe your efforts don't matter
Asch's - Answers - ______ experiment dealt with the pressure of norms and related and
was done in the 1950's
Sticks - Answers - The Asch experiment used _____ to see if people would conform
, Norm - Answers - ______ is a pattern of behavior or belief that can be formal or informal
Democratic - Answers - ______ leaders ask athletes for input into decision making, and
are athlete centered
Autocratic - Answers - ______ leaders uses independent decision making strategies
and are win oriented
Chelladurai - Answers - Developed the multidimensional model of sport leadership
Preferred - Answers - The three types of leader behavior are required, actual, and
_____ behavior
False - Answers - Athlete in US differ from Great Britain in the leadership performance
True - Answers - As people get older they prefer an autocratic coach
True - Answers - Females prefer a different style coach than males
- Answers - A transformational leader takes a visionary position to inspire others
False - Answers - John Wooden does 20% of his time scolding players
Intrinsic, extrinsic - Answers - ________ motivation relates to striving for self-
competence and mastery whereas ______ motivation relates to medals for increasing
motivation
Cognitive - Answers - ______ evaluation theory is the name of the theory which
describes how medals and rewards can affect intrinsic motivation
Sir Edmund Halley - Answers - Mentored Isaac Newton
Kirk Douglas - Answers - Was the actor described in the chapter "catapult with charity"
Bill Clinton - Answers - Was the president on the David Letterman show described in
the chapter "Leap above Boredom"
Derek Redmond - Answers - Had his hamstring snap during the 1992 Olympic Games
but he committed to finishing the race
Barack Obama - Answers - Was the president who established a grass roots campaign
in the chapter "Drive to the Goal"
Joy - Answers - One of the chapters is titled "Find your _____ spot"
WITH VERIFIED ANSWERS
Zen - Answers - Phil Jackson is known as the _____ coach of basketball
Savor - Answers - In the drill when you eat a starburst candy, it was so that you _____
the moment
Shutting off the analytical mind - Answers - The drill "go upside down" had to do with
Peyton Manning - Answers - The drill, flow with your concentration style, I gave two
examples, one was Steve McNair and the other was
Creativity - Answers - The chapter, Do the Twain, has to deal with
Attention - Answers - Another term for concentration
Choking - Answers - Defined as an athlete's poor performance under pressure
Associative - Answers - ______ attentional strategy is when a runner monitors their
breathing rate
Internal - Answers - A narrow focus as well as an _____ focus can lead to choking
Situational - Answers - ______ awareness is when the athlete sizes up what is going on
around them
1. Forming
2. Storming
3. Morning
4. Performing - Answers - The order (linear perspective) that a team forms in
Ringlemann - Answers - ______ effect relates to trying less hard when on a team such
as in a rope pulling team. It was discovered 100 years ago
Loafing - Answers - Social ______ is when you try less hard on a team because you
believe your efforts don't matter
Asch's - Answers - ______ experiment dealt with the pressure of norms and related and
was done in the 1950's
Sticks - Answers - The Asch experiment used _____ to see if people would conform
, Norm - Answers - ______ is a pattern of behavior or belief that can be formal or informal
Democratic - Answers - ______ leaders ask athletes for input into decision making, and
are athlete centered
Autocratic - Answers - ______ leaders uses independent decision making strategies
and are win oriented
Chelladurai - Answers - Developed the multidimensional model of sport leadership
Preferred - Answers - The three types of leader behavior are required, actual, and
_____ behavior
False - Answers - Athlete in US differ from Great Britain in the leadership performance
True - Answers - As people get older they prefer an autocratic coach
True - Answers - Females prefer a different style coach than males
- Answers - A transformational leader takes a visionary position to inspire others
False - Answers - John Wooden does 20% of his time scolding players
Intrinsic, extrinsic - Answers - ________ motivation relates to striving for self-
competence and mastery whereas ______ motivation relates to medals for increasing
motivation
Cognitive - Answers - ______ evaluation theory is the name of the theory which
describes how medals and rewards can affect intrinsic motivation
Sir Edmund Halley - Answers - Mentored Isaac Newton
Kirk Douglas - Answers - Was the actor described in the chapter "catapult with charity"
Bill Clinton - Answers - Was the president on the David Letterman show described in
the chapter "Leap above Boredom"
Derek Redmond - Answers - Had his hamstring snap during the 1992 Olympic Games
but he committed to finishing the race
Barack Obama - Answers - Was the president who established a grass roots campaign
in the chapter "Drive to the Goal"
Joy - Answers - One of the chapters is titled "Find your _____ spot"
