SPMT 304 Exam 3 Review
Why "Butterflies Are a Good Thing" - correct answer ✔Your butterflies/ pre-
game jitters help your performance. You do not need to learn how to get rid of
them, but learn to live with them and use them to your advantage.
Arousal vs. Anxiety - correct answer ✔They are not the same thing, you
have simply been conditioned to treat them as equals. You should not treat
nerves as a bad thing (anxiety) but to realize they will help you and treat them
as arousal
Self-Intimidation - correct answer ✔Physicking yourself out before
performance by saying you aren't good enough or others or better. You
undermine your confidence by creating an irrational fear of yourself.
Practicing Pressure - correct answer ✔Helps you get used to the feeling of
pressure when performing.
Progressive Relaxation - correct answer ✔In progressive muscle relaxation
you tense a certain muscle group as you breath in and relax as you breath
out. It helps relieve tension
Thoracic Breathing - correct answer ✔Thoracic (chest) breathing takes place
by expanding and contracting the chest only which allows the middle lobes of
the lungs to fully activate.
Diaphragmatic Breathing - correct answer ✔Diaphragmatic (abdominal /
belly) breathing is the process of taking deep breaths to allow air to flow into
the lowest and largest part of the lungs (slow and deep breaths).
, Growth Mindset - correct answer ✔Growth mindset allows for growth (hence
the name) and development of one's thinking. Usually people who have this
mindset are constantly learning (and enjoying it) and believe they will never
achieve "perfection" but enjoy the process of growing (successful).
Fixed Mindset - correct answer ✔Fixed mindset means that people tend to
fix (once again, the name) their intelligence which means they limit
themselves and their learning. Usually they believe their current state to be
their permanent state (if they are not good at something then they never will
be) and won't learn just to learn (usually not very successful).
The Ability to "Mess Around" - correct answer ✔Basically having fun with
your job, mess around with new techniques or styles, ability to try new things
Performance Philosophies: What are they? - correct answer ✔A consistent
overall approach to what you do and why you do it. The framework for
handling ups and downs that come from being passionate and trying to be
great at something. Guiding principle for what it takes to perform to your
complete potential (snaps you back into the performance mindset).
Performance Philosophies: How are they effective? - correct answer ✔An
effective philosophy of performance should be simple and unambiguous. A
performance philosophy must be specific to you.
Positive Thinking - correct answer ✔Positive thinking tends to be goal-
oriented and puts performers into the training mindset. What you tell yourself
to try and be positive. For example "I am a good surgeon, I'm doing a great
operation, yes I am".
Positive Action - correct answer ✔Positive action is actually doing it. Rather
than thinking about how great the act will be you just act. For example (back
Why "Butterflies Are a Good Thing" - correct answer ✔Your butterflies/ pre-
game jitters help your performance. You do not need to learn how to get rid of
them, but learn to live with them and use them to your advantage.
Arousal vs. Anxiety - correct answer ✔They are not the same thing, you
have simply been conditioned to treat them as equals. You should not treat
nerves as a bad thing (anxiety) but to realize they will help you and treat them
as arousal
Self-Intimidation - correct answer ✔Physicking yourself out before
performance by saying you aren't good enough or others or better. You
undermine your confidence by creating an irrational fear of yourself.
Practicing Pressure - correct answer ✔Helps you get used to the feeling of
pressure when performing.
Progressive Relaxation - correct answer ✔In progressive muscle relaxation
you tense a certain muscle group as you breath in and relax as you breath
out. It helps relieve tension
Thoracic Breathing - correct answer ✔Thoracic (chest) breathing takes place
by expanding and contracting the chest only which allows the middle lobes of
the lungs to fully activate.
Diaphragmatic Breathing - correct answer ✔Diaphragmatic (abdominal /
belly) breathing is the process of taking deep breaths to allow air to flow into
the lowest and largest part of the lungs (slow and deep breaths).
, Growth Mindset - correct answer ✔Growth mindset allows for growth (hence
the name) and development of one's thinking. Usually people who have this
mindset are constantly learning (and enjoying it) and believe they will never
achieve "perfection" but enjoy the process of growing (successful).
Fixed Mindset - correct answer ✔Fixed mindset means that people tend to
fix (once again, the name) their intelligence which means they limit
themselves and their learning. Usually they believe their current state to be
their permanent state (if they are not good at something then they never will
be) and won't learn just to learn (usually not very successful).
The Ability to "Mess Around" - correct answer ✔Basically having fun with
your job, mess around with new techniques or styles, ability to try new things
Performance Philosophies: What are they? - correct answer ✔A consistent
overall approach to what you do and why you do it. The framework for
handling ups and downs that come from being passionate and trying to be
great at something. Guiding principle for what it takes to perform to your
complete potential (snaps you back into the performance mindset).
Performance Philosophies: How are they effective? - correct answer ✔An
effective philosophy of performance should be simple and unambiguous. A
performance philosophy must be specific to you.
Positive Thinking - correct answer ✔Positive thinking tends to be goal-
oriented and puts performers into the training mindset. What you tell yourself
to try and be positive. For example "I am a good surgeon, I'm doing a great
operation, yes I am".
Positive Action - correct answer ✔Positive action is actually doing it. Rather
than thinking about how great the act will be you just act. For example (back
