HHP 4040 (questions with complete
solutions) passed
Roles of a sports psychologist - correct answer ✔✔Teaching role, Research role, consulting role,
Speaking role
The first experiment in sports psychology - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Coleman
Griffith- The Psychology of Coaching (1926) & The Psychology of Athletics (1928)
Future and present trends in sports psychology - correct answer ✔✔Jobs, training, knowledge
seeking
Examples of drills we did in class for emotional awareness, emotional preparedness and
emotional bravado - correct answer ✔✔Music, buzzwords, images
Why I told the stories in class such as why I told the story for Willie Mays - correct answer
✔✔Confidence is a choice
The components of self-efficacy - correct answer ✔✔Verbal persuasion/self-talk, imaginal
experience, acting
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy - correct answer ✔✔Biases = interactions = performance;
Your biases become self-fulfilled
, Differences between low and high risk takers - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔- Internal: first-person= visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, olfactory
- External: third-person= TV screen, self/model
Why imagery works (theories) - correct 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 - correct 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)
-recovery from injury
Different types of anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Social anxiety, PTSD, OCD, phobias
Different anxiety theories - correct answer ✔✔Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT), Trait Anxiety,
Drive Theory, Inverted-U Theory,
How to reduce anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Breathe out and say your mantra a few times.
Relaxation is more powerful than anxiety
solutions) passed
Roles of a sports psychologist - correct answer ✔✔Teaching role, Research role, consulting role,
Speaking role
The first experiment in sports psychology - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔Coleman
Griffith- The Psychology of Coaching (1926) & The Psychology of Athletics (1928)
Future and present trends in sports psychology - correct answer ✔✔Jobs, training, knowledge
seeking
Examples of drills we did in class for emotional awareness, emotional preparedness and
emotional bravado - correct answer ✔✔Music, buzzwords, images
Why I told the stories in class such as why I told the story for Willie Mays - correct answer
✔✔Confidence is a choice
The components of self-efficacy - correct answer ✔✔Verbal persuasion/self-talk, imaginal
experience, acting
What is the self-fulfilling prophecy - correct answer ✔✔Biases = interactions = performance;
Your biases become self-fulfilled
, Differences between low and high risk takers - correct 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 - correct answer ✔✔- Internal: first-person= visual, auditory,
kinesthetic, olfactory
- External: third-person= TV screen, self/model
Why imagery works (theories) - correct 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 - correct 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)
-recovery from injury
Different types of anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Social anxiety, PTSD, OCD, phobias
Different anxiety theories - correct answer ✔✔Cognitive Behavioral Theory (CBT), Trait Anxiety,
Drive Theory, Inverted-U Theory,
How to reduce anxiety - correct answer ✔✔Breathe out and say your mantra a few times.
Relaxation is more powerful than anxiety
