PYC4812 SPORT PSYCHOLOGY STUDY
GUIDE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND STEP BY STEP SOLUTIONS
◉ existentialism
Answer: a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the
existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent
determining their own development through acts of the will
◉ co-constitutionality
Answer: we can never be known apart from the world
◉ situated freedom
Answer: we are not completely free there are constraints, other
humans influence us, our choices, and outcomes - the physical
environment influences us, our choices, and outcomes
◉ normal anxiety
Answer: anxieties related to the human desire to develop and grow,
find meaning, develop self-awareness and understanding (healthy
anxiety)
, ◉ neurotic anxiety
Answer: refusal to accept responsibility for choices that need to be
made (unwilling to experience discomfort)
◉ how does existential psychology view anxiety?
Answer: think it should be sought out, not avoided
◉ authentic living
Answer: take responsibility for making choices based on self-derived
values (finding meaning for one's self) - what an individual is to
strive for
◉ inauthentic living
Answer: making choices based on what others deem valuable,
becoming overly rigid or dogmatic with beliefs (this is the only truth,
this is the only right way) - creates disharmony
◉ behavorist
Answer: acknowledge existence of thinking, but identify it as a
behavior
◉ cognitivist
Answer: thinking impacts behavior, therefore cannot be a behavior
itself
GUIDE 2026 COMPREHENSIVE QUESTIONS
AND STEP BY STEP SOLUTIONS
◉ existentialism
Answer: a philosophical theory or approach that emphasizes the
existence of the individual person as a free and responsible agent
determining their own development through acts of the will
◉ co-constitutionality
Answer: we can never be known apart from the world
◉ situated freedom
Answer: we are not completely free there are constraints, other
humans influence us, our choices, and outcomes - the physical
environment influences us, our choices, and outcomes
◉ normal anxiety
Answer: anxieties related to the human desire to develop and grow,
find meaning, develop self-awareness and understanding (healthy
anxiety)
, ◉ neurotic anxiety
Answer: refusal to accept responsibility for choices that need to be
made (unwilling to experience discomfort)
◉ how does existential psychology view anxiety?
Answer: think it should be sought out, not avoided
◉ authentic living
Answer: take responsibility for making choices based on self-derived
values (finding meaning for one's self) - what an individual is to
strive for
◉ inauthentic living
Answer: making choices based on what others deem valuable,
becoming overly rigid or dogmatic with beliefs (this is the only truth,
this is the only right way) - creates disharmony
◉ behavorist
Answer: acknowledge existence of thinking, but identify it as a
behavior
◉ cognitivist
Answer: thinking impacts behavior, therefore cannot be a behavior
itself
