CMPC CORE MAIN QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS SET
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✔✔group cohesion personal factors - ✔✔individual demographic attributes, cognitions
and motives, and behavior
✔✔group cohesion team factors - ✔✔task characteristics (individual vs. team sports),
group productivity norms, desire for group success, group roles, group position, and
team stability
✔✔group cohesion assessments - ✔✔Sport Cohesion Questionnaire; Multidimensional
Sport Cohesion Instrument; Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ); Sociograms
✔✔direction of group cohesion causality - ✔✔cohesion > performance > cohesion
✔✔principles underlying team-building program - ✔✔team structure, team environment,
team processes
✔✔team structure - ✔✔role clarity, leadership, conformity to standards
✔✔team environment - ✔✔togetherness, distinctiveness
✔✔team processes - ✔✔sacrifices, goals and objectives, cooperation
✔✔how to communicate effectively (DESC) - ✔✔describe the situation, express
feelings, specify changes you want to take place, not the consequences (what to expect
if agreement not reached)
✔✔what members can do to increase group cohesion - ✔✔- get to know members of
group
- help members whenever possible
- give group members positive reinforcement
- be responsible
, - communicate honestly and openly with coach/leader
- resolve conflicts immediately
- give 100% effort at all times
✔✔contingency model of leadership - ✔✔effectiveness of leadership depends on
leader's style interacting with the group and favorableness of the situation
✔✔Chelladurai's multidimensional model of sport leadership - ✔✔leadership
effectiveness depends on characteristics of athletes and constraints of situation
✔✔Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) - ✔✔measures leadership behaviors, athletes'
preferences for specific behaviors, athletes' perceptions of their coaches' behaviors,
and coaches' perceptions of their own behaviors
✔✔leadership styles - ✔✔autocratic, autocratic-consultative, consultative-individual,
consultative-group, group
✔✔phases of psychological skills training - ✔✔education (understanding how important
it is to acquire PST and how skills affect performance), acquisition (focus on strategies
and techniques for learning various psychological skills), practice (automate skills
through over-learning and systematically integrate skills into performance)
✔✔Kirschenbaum's 5 stage model of self-regulation - ✔✔problem identification;
commitment; execution; environmental management; generalization
✔✔foundation skills - ✔✔volition, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence
✔✔performance skills - ✔✔optimal physical and mental arousal, attention
✔✔facilitative skills - ✔✔interpersonal skills, lifestyle management
✔✔somatic anxiety reduction techniques - ✔✔progressive relaxation, breath control,
biofeedback
✔✔cognitive anxiety reduction techniques - ✔✔relaxation response (quiet place,
comfortable position, mental device/cue, passive attitude); autogenic training (produce
warmth and heaviness)
✔✔cognitive-affective stress management training - ✔✔muscular relaxation, cognitive
restructuring, self-instruction
✔✔stress inoculation training - ✔✔teaches skills for coping with psychological stressors
through productive thoughts, mental images, and self-statements
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✔✔group cohesion personal factors - ✔✔individual demographic attributes, cognitions
and motives, and behavior
✔✔group cohesion team factors - ✔✔task characteristics (individual vs. team sports),
group productivity norms, desire for group success, group roles, group position, and
team stability
✔✔group cohesion assessments - ✔✔Sport Cohesion Questionnaire; Multidimensional
Sport Cohesion Instrument; Group Environment Questionnaire (GEQ); Sociograms
✔✔direction of group cohesion causality - ✔✔cohesion > performance > cohesion
✔✔principles underlying team-building program - ✔✔team structure, team environment,
team processes
✔✔team structure - ✔✔role clarity, leadership, conformity to standards
✔✔team environment - ✔✔togetherness, distinctiveness
✔✔team processes - ✔✔sacrifices, goals and objectives, cooperation
✔✔how to communicate effectively (DESC) - ✔✔describe the situation, express
feelings, specify changes you want to take place, not the consequences (what to expect
if agreement not reached)
✔✔what members can do to increase group cohesion - ✔✔- get to know members of
group
- help members whenever possible
- give group members positive reinforcement
- be responsible
, - communicate honestly and openly with coach/leader
- resolve conflicts immediately
- give 100% effort at all times
✔✔contingency model of leadership - ✔✔effectiveness of leadership depends on
leader's style interacting with the group and favorableness of the situation
✔✔Chelladurai's multidimensional model of sport leadership - ✔✔leadership
effectiveness depends on characteristics of athletes and constraints of situation
✔✔Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS) - ✔✔measures leadership behaviors, athletes'
preferences for specific behaviors, athletes' perceptions of their coaches' behaviors,
and coaches' perceptions of their own behaviors
✔✔leadership styles - ✔✔autocratic, autocratic-consultative, consultative-individual,
consultative-group, group
✔✔phases of psychological skills training - ✔✔education (understanding how important
it is to acquire PST and how skills affect performance), acquisition (focus on strategies
and techniques for learning various psychological skills), practice (automate skills
through over-learning and systematically integrate skills into performance)
✔✔Kirschenbaum's 5 stage model of self-regulation - ✔✔problem identification;
commitment; execution; environmental management; generalization
✔✔foundation skills - ✔✔volition, self-awareness, self-esteem, self-confidence
✔✔performance skills - ✔✔optimal physical and mental arousal, attention
✔✔facilitative skills - ✔✔interpersonal skills, lifestyle management
✔✔somatic anxiety reduction techniques - ✔✔progressive relaxation, breath control,
biofeedback
✔✔cognitive anxiety reduction techniques - ✔✔relaxation response (quiet place,
comfortable position, mental device/cue, passive attitude); autogenic training (produce
warmth and heaviness)
✔✔cognitive-affective stress management training - ✔✔muscular relaxation, cognitive
restructuring, self-instruction
✔✔stress inoculation training - ✔✔teaches skills for coping with psychological stressors
through productive thoughts, mental images, and self-statements
