SPMT 304 Exam 2 Review Questions with All Correct Answers

SPMT 304 Exam 2 Review Questions with All Correct Answers To impress your physician, the next time he or she taps on your knee with a little rubber hammer to check your reflexes, you should tell him or her that you are using what kind of information processing? A. Open Loop B. Flexor Loop C. Single Loop D. Closed Loop E. Double Loop - Answer-D. Closed Loop Under pressure, why is it a good idea to think like a squirrel? A. Because squirrels are well prepared to run across a high wire. B. Because squirrels are good at using the right part of their cerebral cortex. C. Because squirrels rarely fail (e.g. they rarely fall off a high wire). D. Because squirrels take their time to "get it right" when walking across a high wire. E. Because squirrels don't think. - Answer-E. Because squirrels don't think. Which of the following is NOT a descriptor of the Trusting Mindset? A. Having a quiet mind. B. Focusing on great mechanics. C. Going on your gut instinct. D. Being free of evaluation. E. Being creative or artistic. - Answer-B. Focusing on great mechanics. The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component of evaluation? A. Qualitative antecedents of performance. B. Individual variability. C. Trends in performance that are only evident over longer periods of time. D. Data for BOTH successes and failures. E. Linear relationships between performance components. - Answer-A. Qualitative antecedents of performance. What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford? A. That caring about quantitative statistics can cause you to under perform. B. That not caring enough about statistics can cause you to under perform. C. That caring about qualitative statistics can cause you to under perform. D. That drops in performance can be rectified with a little extra work on your mechanics. E. That not logging in a lot of time scouting opponents can open the door for them to out perform you. - Answer-A. That caring about quantitative statistics can cause you to under perform. What is an important take-home lesson from the case study about Philip Humber? A. That the greatest athletes approach their sport as if they are an artist. B. The Trusting Mindset is easier to tap when you use Qualitative Evaluation. C. That the ability to "mess around" is NOT the same as "goofing off". D. That LSD and training don't mix. E. That the best keep track of trends in their performance over time. F. To only focus on the controllable elements of performance. G. That the next .400 hitter will be someone who rarely gives away a pitch. - Answer-F. To only focus on the controllable elements of performance. A performer who is using an effective LOC is only focused on evaluating elements of performance that are _______________. A. external and thus not skewed by bias. B. internal C. controllable D. quantitative E. easily measurable - Answer-C. controllable What is Catastrophizing? A. Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst." B. Using Mental Imagery to practice or prepare for worst-case scenarios C. Feeling that you are going to fail. D. Feeling that the world is coming to an end (either literally or figuratively). E. Compounding a Physical Mistake by reacting to it with a Mental Mistake. - Answer-A. Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst." Dependent Confidence: A. Can be improved through the use of outlets like social media. B. Is achieved by ignoring other people's opinions of you C. Increases inconsistency D. Prevents mistakes or failures from lowering your confidence. E. Has a 1-to-1 relationship with coachability. - Answer-C. increases inconsistency