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SPMT 304 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
What is Catastrophizing?
a. Compounding a Physical Mistake by reacting to it with a Mental Mistake
b. Feeling that you are going to fail
c. Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst"
d. Using Mental Imagery to practice or prepare for worst-case scenarios
e. Feeling that the world is coming to an end (either literally or figuratively) - Answer✔c. Using
Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst"
Real, sustainable Self-Confidence comes from:
a. Comparison to Others
b. Making a Choice
c. Great Strategy
d. Having Success
e. Talent - Answer✔b. Making a Choice
What is Overconfidence?
a. A form of poor sportsmanship, i.e. running up the score on an inferior opponent
b. A form of arrogance, i.e. believing that you are better than other people in life because of
your athletic skill
c. There is no such thing
d. Being cocky
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e. Losing to an inferior opponent because you had too much confidence - Answer✔c. There is
no such thing
Dependent Confidence:
a. Is achieved by ignoring other peoples' opinions of you
b. Increases inconsistency
c. Can be improved through the use of outlets like social media
d. Prevents mistakes or failures from lowering your confidence
e. Has a 1-to-1 relationship with coachability - Answer✔b. Increases inconsistency
Which of the following is NOT an effective method for having Self-Confidence?
a. Playing with your Eyes
b. Do-ciding
c. Using Self-Talk
d. Focusing on Opponents' Faults
e. Taking action - Answer✔d. Focusing on Opponents' Faults
The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component of
evaluation?
a. Linear relationships between performance components
b. Trends in performance that are only evident over periods of time
c. Individual variability
d. Qualitative antecedents of performance
e. Data for BOTH successes and failures - Answer✔d. Qualitative antecedents of performance
What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford?
a. That drops in performance can be rectified with a little extra work on your mechanics
b. That caring about quantitative statistics can cause you to underperform
c. That not caring enough about statistics can cause you to under perform
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SPMT 304 Exam 2 Questions And Answers
2025 Update.
What is Catastrophizing?
a. Compounding a Physical Mistake by reacting to it with a Mental Mistake
b. Feeling that you are going to fail
c. Using Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst"
d. Using Mental Imagery to practice or prepare for worst-case scenarios
e. Feeling that the world is coming to an end (either literally or figuratively) - Answer✔c. Using
Self-Talk that contains polar words like "nothing", "always", "impossible", or "worst"
Real, sustainable Self-Confidence comes from:
a. Comparison to Others
b. Making a Choice
c. Great Strategy
d. Having Success
e. Talent - Answer✔b. Making a Choice
What is Overconfidence?
a. A form of poor sportsmanship, i.e. running up the score on an inferior opponent
b. A form of arrogance, i.e. believing that you are better than other people in life because of
your athletic skill
c. There is no such thing
d. Being cocky
1
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e. Losing to an inferior opponent because you had too much confidence - Answer✔c. There is
no such thing
Dependent Confidence:
a. Is achieved by ignoring other peoples' opinions of you
b. Increases inconsistency
c. Can be improved through the use of outlets like social media
d. Prevents mistakes or failures from lowering your confidence
e. Has a 1-to-1 relationship with coachability - Answer✔b. Increases inconsistency
Which of the following is NOT an effective method for having Self-Confidence?
a. Playing with your Eyes
b. Do-ciding
c. Using Self-Talk
d. Focusing on Opponents' Faults
e. Taking action - Answer✔d. Focusing on Opponents' Faults
The "Moneyball" analytics movement in professional sport misses what key component of
evaluation?
a. Linear relationships between performance components
b. Trends in performance that are only evident over periods of time
c. Individual variability
d. Qualitative antecedents of performance
e. Data for BOTH successes and failures - Answer✔d. Qualitative antecedents of performance
What is an extremely valuable lesson to learn from Carney Lansford?
a. That drops in performance can be rectified with a little extra work on your mechanics
b. That caring about quantitative statistics can cause you to underperform
c. That not caring enough about statistics can cause you to under perform
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