SPMT 304 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS

SPMT 304 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS 100% PASS Catastrophizing - ANSWER -Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst". Overconfidence - ANSWER -There is no such thing as NOT an effective method for having Self-Confidence - ANSWER -Focusing on opponent's faults Dependent Confidence - ANSWER -Increases inconsistency. Real, sustainable Self-Confidence comes from: - ANSWER -making a choice Under pressure, why is it a good idea to think like a squirrel? - ANSWER -Because squirrel's don't think Trusting Mindset - ANSWER -Having a quiet mind. Being creative or artistic. Going on your gut instinct. Focusing on great mechanics. Being free of evaluation. OMUA - ANSWER -Someone who cares about their performance too much. John Aspland teaches us that: - ANSWER -Great performers treat tests like a game. 2 | P a g e Created by ©EmilyCharlene 2025. All rights reserved. What is an important take-home lesson from the case study about Philip Humber? - ANSWER -To only focus on the controllable elements of performance. The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component of evaluation? - ANSWER -Qualitative antecedents of performance. A performer who is using an effective LOC is only focused on evaluating elements of performance that are - ANSWER -controllable What is the key to effective, performance-enhancing Self-Evaluation? - ANSWER -Focus on the causes of performance, not the performance itself. What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford? - ANSWER -That caring about quantitative statistics can cause you to under perform. Creating Your Own Reality - ANSWER -How do you view yourself and events around you? What is your Yogiesque lens? How much do you believe in that lens? Free Will - ANSWER -we humans can choose how we think. Your future depends on the decisions you make today, tomorrow, and the day after that. Ex: When you let your bad day control your mindset, you've put your brain on water skis. Your thinking— happiness and enjoyment included—is at the whim of what's going on. False God Syndrome - ANSWER -assuming that successful people or role models are psychologically different from the rest of us. Whether that means "better" or "worse" Hebbian Learning - ANSWER -the more a nerve cell is activated, the more neurotransmission is optimized to keep up with the "flood" of signals. 3 | P a g e Created by ©EmilyCharlene 2025. All rights reserved. Thinking patterns, therefore, are a product of repetition The Motorboat & Water Skier Metaphor - ANSWER -When the boat turns right or left, the skier inevitably follows. If the boat goes straight ahead, the skier is in no position to go right or left. And while the skier is the performer, it is the driver of the boat who is controlling the performance. Overconfidence - ANSWER -"Confidence is the result of years of hard work and focused performance," who would put in all that effort unless they believed they'd come out on top? Gestalt Psychology - ANSWER -the whole is greater than the sum of its parts "a structured whole does not depend on its specific constituents;" Ex: Our mind fills in the blanks based on experience