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SPORTS PSYCH CHAPTER 14 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
According to recent research on the "hot hand" in basketball, if a coach
needed to choose a player to take the last critical shot, he should choose
Ans: c. the player with the hot hand who is also generally a good shooter
According to Rosenthal and Jacobson's study on teachers' expectancies
and students' performances, Ans: a. children identified as "late
bloomers" exhibited the greatest gains in IQ
Coaching efficacy is composed of all of the following areas except Ans:
b. playing experience
Collective efficacy refers to Ans: a. each individual's perception of the
efficacy of the team as a whole
McAuley and colleagues conducted a study investigating efficacy and
adherence for 60- to 80-year-old exercisers over a 12-month period. The
participants were asked periodically about their efficacy-related
adherence (belief that they would be able to adhere to the exercise
program for the upcoming 3 months). When did these exercisers exhibit
the LOWEST level of efficacy-related adherence? Ans: b. at the end of
the 12-month program
Research indicates that high-ability golfers relied on _______ for efficacy
information whereas lower ability golfers relied on _______ for efficacy
information. Ans: b. handicap; previous practice
The four-step process concerning the formation of a coach's expectations
and the effects of those expectations on the coach's and athlete's
behavior signifies that Ans: a. coaches should continually reevaluate an
athlete's ability throughout the season
b. coaches should carefully monitor their quantity and quality of
reinforcement and instructional feedback
SPORTS PSYCH CHAPTER 14 QUESTIONS
WITH DETAILED VERIFIED ANSWERS
According to recent research on the "hot hand" in basketball, if a coach
needed to choose a player to take the last critical shot, he should choose
Ans: c. the player with the hot hand who is also generally a good shooter
According to Rosenthal and Jacobson's study on teachers' expectancies
and students' performances, Ans: a. children identified as "late
bloomers" exhibited the greatest gains in IQ
Coaching efficacy is composed of all of the following areas except Ans:
b. playing experience
Collective efficacy refers to Ans: a. each individual's perception of the
efficacy of the team as a whole
McAuley and colleagues conducted a study investigating efficacy and
adherence for 60- to 80-year-old exercisers over a 12-month period. The
participants were asked periodically about their efficacy-related
adherence (belief that they would be able to adhere to the exercise
program for the upcoming 3 months). When did these exercisers exhibit
the LOWEST level of efficacy-related adherence? Ans: b. at the end of
the 12-month program
Research indicates that high-ability golfers relied on _______ for efficacy
information whereas lower ability golfers relied on _______ for efficacy
information. Ans: b. handicap; previous practice
The four-step process concerning the formation of a coach's expectations
and the effects of those expectations on the coach's and athlete's
behavior signifies that Ans: a. coaches should continually reevaluate an
athlete's ability throughout the season
b. coaches should carefully monitor their quantity and quality of
reinforcement and instructional feedback
