APK 3400 STUDY GUIDE – MODULE 1 | COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS |
EXAM REVIEW 2026
define Sport Psychology Professional and what the findings they are concerned with - correct
answer ✔✔-Individuals who work in the field of sports psychology who come from all different
training backgrounds; some are legally licensed as mental health professionals, some as
psychologists, and others trained in field of kinesiology and sports science
-concerned with psychological factors that influence sport performance and/or sport
participation
What are the three main training paths that Sport Psychology Professionals may take - correct
answer ✔✔1) Teaching (often at universities/colleges in exercise science department, education
department, or psychology department)
2) Research (to advance field; conducted primarily at universities, report findings in journals,
conferences; goal is for research to translate to practice)
3) Consulting (mostly part-time [teacher/researcher + consultant, or clinical/counseling
psychologists + consultant] but can be full-time [USOC, major sports teams/leagues, military];
actively deliver applied sport psychology
what characteristic of the field allows individuals with no training to deliver Sport Psychology? -
correct answer ✔✔no license offered in any state to practice as a sport psychology professional
Case Study - correct answer ✔✔collecting data on a specific athlete or team; analyze data based
on performance after intervention (TD, points, goals); limited causation and no controlled
manipulation
Randomized Control Trial (Experiment) - correct answer ✔✔randomly assign participants to an
experimental or control group; high degree of control of extraneous variables, provides ability
to identify causation; limitation: oversimplifies problems
EXAM REVIEW 2026
define Sport Psychology Professional and what the findings they are concerned with - correct
answer ✔✔-Individuals who work in the field of sports psychology who come from all different
training backgrounds; some are legally licensed as mental health professionals, some as
psychologists, and others trained in field of kinesiology and sports science
-concerned with psychological factors that influence sport performance and/or sport
participation
What are the three main training paths that Sport Psychology Professionals may take - correct
answer ✔✔1) Teaching (often at universities/colleges in exercise science department, education
department, or psychology department)
2) Research (to advance field; conducted primarily at universities, report findings in journals,
conferences; goal is for research to translate to practice)
3) Consulting (mostly part-time [teacher/researcher + consultant, or clinical/counseling
psychologists + consultant] but can be full-time [USOC, major sports teams/leagues, military];
actively deliver applied sport psychology
what characteristic of the field allows individuals with no training to deliver Sport Psychology? -
correct answer ✔✔no license offered in any state to practice as a sport psychology professional
Case Study - correct answer ✔✔collecting data on a specific athlete or team; analyze data based
on performance after intervention (TD, points, goals); limited causation and no controlled
manipulation
Randomized Control Trial (Experiment) - correct answer ✔✔randomly assign participants to an
experimental or control group; high degree of control of extraneous variables, provides ability
to identify causation; limitation: oversimplifies problems
