APK 3400 Exam 3 Questions & Answers
2024/2025
What level(s) of task difficulty correspond with the most frequent self talk? - ANSWERSModerate
difficulty task
What types of self talk enhance motor performance? What kind has mixed results? -
ANSWERSInstructional and Motivational. Valence is mixed
What is the significance of valence self talk? - ANSWERScan enhance or harm performance depending on
the person (unpleasant can help or hurt and same with pleasant)
What is the greatest significance of self talk? - ANSWERSSelf talk influences (to some degree) all major
factors having an effect on performance
Define Mental Imagery - ANSWERSImagining an experience of a sports performance
Understand the different characteristics of Imagery:
Modality, Perspective, Agency, Deliberation - ANSWERSModality: Sensory (visual most common)
Perspective: Vantage (viewpoint, 1st/3rd person)
Agency: Who is performing (you vs opponent)
Deliberation: Scripted vs unscripted events in mind
What does PETTLEP stand for? - ANSWERSPhysical
Environment
Task
Timing
Learning
, Emotion
Perspective
What is consistent/superior performance developed through extensive/deliberate practice in a
performance domain? - ANSWERSexpertise
What 5 things does Deliberate Practice improve? - ANSWERSPhysical Attributes (strength, body comp)
Technical Skills
Tactical Planning Skills
Perceptual Cognitive Skills
Emotional Awareness/IQ
What are the 4 Modes of Instruction in practice? - ANSWERSImplicit
Explicit
Guided Discovery (athlete creates own solution)
Prescriptive (specific skill acquisition for sport/action)
Differentiate Implicit and Explicit instruction. - ANSWERSImplicit: Rule free acquisition, errorless learning,
discovery, analogy
(Guided Discovery)
Explicit: concrete, detailed, rules based instruction
(Prescriptive)
What are the optimal modalities of instruction? - ANSWERSImplicit and Guided Discovery
What is reinvestment? - ANSWERSprocess of relying on explicit based rules, associative attention, fall
back on step by step actions rather than automatically (explicit/prescriptive is susceptible to this)
What are the two types of information delivery? - ANSWERSVerbal Instruction and Demonstration
2024/2025
What level(s) of task difficulty correspond with the most frequent self talk? - ANSWERSModerate
difficulty task
What types of self talk enhance motor performance? What kind has mixed results? -
ANSWERSInstructional and Motivational. Valence is mixed
What is the significance of valence self talk? - ANSWERScan enhance or harm performance depending on
the person (unpleasant can help or hurt and same with pleasant)
What is the greatest significance of self talk? - ANSWERSSelf talk influences (to some degree) all major
factors having an effect on performance
Define Mental Imagery - ANSWERSImagining an experience of a sports performance
Understand the different characteristics of Imagery:
Modality, Perspective, Agency, Deliberation - ANSWERSModality: Sensory (visual most common)
Perspective: Vantage (viewpoint, 1st/3rd person)
Agency: Who is performing (you vs opponent)
Deliberation: Scripted vs unscripted events in mind
What does PETTLEP stand for? - ANSWERSPhysical
Environment
Task
Timing
Learning
, Emotion
Perspective
What is consistent/superior performance developed through extensive/deliberate practice in a
performance domain? - ANSWERSexpertise
What 5 things does Deliberate Practice improve? - ANSWERSPhysical Attributes (strength, body comp)
Technical Skills
Tactical Planning Skills
Perceptual Cognitive Skills
Emotional Awareness/IQ
What are the 4 Modes of Instruction in practice? - ANSWERSImplicit
Explicit
Guided Discovery (athlete creates own solution)
Prescriptive (specific skill acquisition for sport/action)
Differentiate Implicit and Explicit instruction. - ANSWERSImplicit: Rule free acquisition, errorless learning,
discovery, analogy
(Guided Discovery)
Explicit: concrete, detailed, rules based instruction
(Prescriptive)
What are the optimal modalities of instruction? - ANSWERSImplicit and Guided Discovery
What is reinvestment? - ANSWERSprocess of relying on explicit based rules, associative attention, fall
back on step by step actions rather than automatically (explicit/prescriptive is susceptible to this)
What are the two types of information delivery? - ANSWERSVerbal Instruction and Demonstration
