SPMT 304 Exam QUESTIONS/ANSWERS (VERIFIED
AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2024/2025
What is an important take-home lesson from the case study about Philip Humber? -
✔✔To only focus on the controllable elements of performance.
The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component
of evaluation? - ✔✔Qualitative antecedents of performance.
A performer who is using an effective LOC is only focused on evaluating elements of
performance that are - ✔✔controllable
What is the key to effective, performance-enhancing Self-Evaluation? - ✔✔Focus on
the causes of performance, not the performance itself.
What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford? - ✔✔That caring
about quantitative statistics can cause you to under perform.
Creating Your Own Reality - ✔✔How do you view yourself and events around you?
What is your Yogiesque lens? How much do you believe in that lens?
Free Will - ✔✔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 - ✔✔assuming that successful people or role models are
psychologically different from the rest of us. Whether that means "better" or "worse"
Hebbian Learning - ✔✔the more a nerve cell is activated, the more
neurotransmission is optimized to keep up with the "flood" of signals.
Thinking patterns, therefore, are a product of repetition
The Motorboat & Water Skier Metaphor - ✔✔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 - ✔✔"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 - ✔✔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.
The Waterfall Effect - ✔✔When watching a pattern of motion or color for a while, the
brain will stick with that pattern even after it has stopped or been changed.
AND WELL DETAILED ANSWERS) LATEST UPDATE
2024/2025
What is an important take-home lesson from the case study about Philip Humber? -
✔✔To only focus on the controllable elements of performance.
The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component
of evaluation? - ✔✔Qualitative antecedents of performance.
A performer who is using an effective LOC is only focused on evaluating elements of
performance that are - ✔✔controllable
What is the key to effective, performance-enhancing Self-Evaluation? - ✔✔Focus on
the causes of performance, not the performance itself.
What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford? - ✔✔That caring
about quantitative statistics can cause you to under perform.
Creating Your Own Reality - ✔✔How do you view yourself and events around you?
What is your Yogiesque lens? How much do you believe in that lens?
Free Will - ✔✔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 - ✔✔assuming that successful people or role models are
psychologically different from the rest of us. Whether that means "better" or "worse"
Hebbian Learning - ✔✔the more a nerve cell is activated, the more
neurotransmission is optimized to keep up with the "flood" of signals.
Thinking patterns, therefore, are a product of repetition
The Motorboat & Water Skier Metaphor - ✔✔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 - ✔✔"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 - ✔✔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.
The Waterfall Effect - ✔✔When watching a pattern of motion or color for a while, the
brain will stick with that pattern even after it has stopped or been changed.
