HHP 4040 EXAM STUDY SET
Roles of a sports psycholgist - Answer Teaching role, Research role, Consulting role,
Speaking role
The first experiment in sports psychology - Answer Norman Tripplet- cyclists that rode
with others actually did better than those who rode solo
The founding father of sports psychology and what he wrote - Answer Coleman Griffith-
The Psychology of Coaching (1926) & The Psychology of Athletics (1928)
Future and present trends in sports psychology - Answer Jobs, training, knowledge
seeking
Examples of drills we did in class for emotional awareness, emotional preparedness and
emotional bravado - Answer Music, buzzwords, images
Why I told the stories in class such as why I told the story for Willie Mays - Answer
Confidence is a choice
The components of self-efficacy - Answer Verbal persuasion/self-talk, imaginal
experience, acting
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy - Answer Biases = interactions = performance; Your
biases become self-fulfilled
Differences between low and high risk takers - Answer -Low risk taker: high seratonin,
content, no need for more
-High risk taker: low seratonin, craves to fill their brain with thrill and adrenaline
Different types of imagery - Answer - Internal: first-person= visual, auditory, kinesthetic,
olfactory
- External: third-person= TV screen, self/model
Why imagery works (theories) - Answer - PsychoNeuroMuscular Theory: "if I picture
myself skiing but do not move, every muscle I would use is still firing," neuropathways
get grooved during muscle memory
- Symbolic Learning Theory: cognitive code, how to do sequence
How imagery enhances performance - Answer -produces optimal arousal level
-focuses your attention "Bubble Boy" (in his own bubble & nothing affect him)
-motivational (see yourself at the podium)
-confidence (acting correctly & performing brilliantly)
Roles of a sports psycholgist - Answer Teaching role, Research role, Consulting role,
Speaking role
The first experiment in sports psychology - Answer Norman Tripplet- cyclists that rode
with others actually did better than those who rode solo
The founding father of sports psychology and what he wrote - Answer Coleman Griffith-
The Psychology of Coaching (1926) & The Psychology of Athletics (1928)
Future and present trends in sports psychology - Answer Jobs, training, knowledge
seeking
Examples of drills we did in class for emotional awareness, emotional preparedness and
emotional bravado - Answer Music, buzzwords, images
Why I told the stories in class such as why I told the story for Willie Mays - Answer
Confidence is a choice
The components of self-efficacy - Answer Verbal persuasion/self-talk, imaginal
experience, acting
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy - Answer Biases = interactions = performance; Your
biases become self-fulfilled
Differences between low and high risk takers - Answer -Low risk taker: high seratonin,
content, no need for more
-High risk taker: low seratonin, craves to fill their brain with thrill and adrenaline
Different types of imagery - Answer - Internal: first-person= visual, auditory, kinesthetic,
olfactory
- External: third-person= TV screen, self/model
Why imagery works (theories) - Answer - PsychoNeuroMuscular Theory: "if I picture
myself skiing but do not move, every muscle I would use is still firing," neuropathways
get grooved during muscle memory
- Symbolic Learning Theory: cognitive code, how to do sequence
How imagery enhances performance - Answer -produces optimal arousal level
-focuses your attention "Bubble Boy" (in his own bubble & nothing affect him)
-motivational (see yourself at the podium)
-confidence (acting correctly & performing brilliantly)
