PES3701 ASSIGNMENT 1 QUIZ ANSWERS 2024

What is behaviour, generally and technically? Describe 3 sports examples. - ANS -- anything a person says or does -any muscular, glandular, or electrical activity of an organism. Examples; riding a bike, paddling a rowboat, climbing a rope. Define Behavioural Assessment - ANS --identifying and describing a behaviour, identifying the causes of the behaviour, constructing a treatment strategy to modify the behaviour, and assessing the treatment outcome What is Meant by Internal Validity? Illustrate with a Sport Example - ANS --a finding is said to be internally valid if the independent variable caused the changes in the dependant variable -ex. when using a reversal replication (ABAB) design, the improvement of the dependent variable only occurs during the treatment phase, not during baseline Define unconditioned reflex. Give two examples of an unconditioned reflex. - ANS --a stimulus-response sequence in which a stimulus elicits a response without prior learning or conditioning -an object in an infant's hand elicits grasping, inhaling pepper elicits sneezing How do people use general terms such as intelligence, attitude and personality? - ANS -generally used to refer to causes of behaviour. "I'm going to ace this assignment because of my high intelligence." 4 General Topics Discussed by a Sport Psychologist in the First Session - ANS -- confidentiality -their background -what sports psychology is -misconceptions about sports psychology Identify a Limitation of the Reversal Replication Design, and Illustrate it with a Sport Example - ANS --it may be impossible or undesirable to return back to obtain a reversal -ex. when a golfer is shown a technique to hit a golf-ball over 200 yards, it is unlikely that the golfer is able to return to their original 150 yard swing Define conditioned reflex, and describe the example of a conditioned reflex illustrated in the case of Susan, the figure skater at the beginning of Chapter 4. - ANS --a stimulus- response sequence in which a stimulus elicits a response because the stimulus was paired with a different stimulus that elicited that response -ex. the conditioned reflex in the case of Susan was the fear that was paired with the take-off position of the difficult jump.