APK 3400 EXAM 3 QUESTIONS &
ANSWERS (RATED A+)
What level(s) of task difficulty correspond with the most frequent self talk? -
ANSWERModerate difficulty task
What types of self talk enhance motor performance? What kind has mixed results? -
ANSWERInstructional and Motivational. Valence is mixed
What is the significance of valence self talk? - ANSWERcan enhance or harm
performance depending on the person (unpleasant can help or hurt and same with
pleasant)
What types of feedback are good for an elite athlete? - ANSWERHigh Precision
Low Frequency
Postponed Timing (allows for processing)
Autonomy is best
What is the Linear Cycle of Teambuilding? - ANSWERForming --> Storming -->
Norming --> Performing
What is consistent/superior performance developed through extensive/deliberate
practice in a performance domain? - ANSWERexpertise
What 5 things does Deliberate Practice improve? - ANSWERPhysical Attributes
(strength, body comp)
Technical Skills
Tactical Planning Skills
Perceptual Cognitive Skills
Emotional Awareness/IQ
What are the 4 Modes of Instruction in practice? - ANSWERImplicit
Explicit
Guided Discovery (athlete creates own solution)
Prescriptive (specific skill acquisition for sport/action)
Differentiate Implicit and Explicit instruction. - ANSWERImplicit: Rule free acquisition,
errorless learning, discovery, analogy
(Guided Discovery)
Explicit: concrete, detailed, rules based instruction
(Prescriptive)
, What are the optimal modalities of instruction? - ANSWERImplicit and Guided
Discovery
What is reinvestment? - ANSWERprocess of relying on explicit based rules,
associative attention, fall back on step by step actions rather than automatically
(explicit/prescriptive is susceptible to this)
What are the two types of information delivery? - ANSWERVerbal Instruction and
Demonstration
What type of instruction do high level athletes learn well/quickly from? -
ANSWERDemonstration
What is contextual interference? - ANSWERDegree of complexity that alters
(disrupts?) training
Differentiate Blocked and Random Practice. - ANSWERBlocked- running same
skill/step of process over and over
Random- different part of action emphasized per rep, running different plays
What are the 3 components of Feedback? - ANSWERPrecision (detail of info)
Frequency (regularity of feedback)
Timing (how soon after performance)
What is the Cyclical Cycle of Teambuilding? - ANSWERBirth -> Childhood ->
Adolescence -> Adulthood -> Death
What is the greatest significance of self talk? - ANSWERSelf talk influences (to some
degree) all major factors having an effect on performance
Define Mental Imagery - ANSWERImagining an experience of a sports performance
Understand the different characteristics of Imagery:
Modality, Perspective, Agency, Deliberation - ANSWERModality: Sensory (visual
most common)
Perspective: Vantage (viewpoint, 1st/3rd person)
Agency: Who is performing (you vs opponent)
Deliberation: Scripted vs unscripted events in mind
What does PETTLEP stand for? - ANSWERPhysical
Environment
Task
Timing
Learning
Emotion
Perspective
What are the 4 components of Group Structure? - ANSWERGroup Role (Required
behaviors/Expectations)
ANSWERS (RATED A+)
What level(s) of task difficulty correspond with the most frequent self talk? -
ANSWERModerate difficulty task
What types of self talk enhance motor performance? What kind has mixed results? -
ANSWERInstructional and Motivational. Valence is mixed
What is the significance of valence self talk? - ANSWERcan enhance or harm
performance depending on the person (unpleasant can help or hurt and same with
pleasant)
What types of feedback are good for an elite athlete? - ANSWERHigh Precision
Low Frequency
Postponed Timing (allows for processing)
Autonomy is best
What is the Linear Cycle of Teambuilding? - ANSWERForming --> Storming -->
Norming --> Performing
What is consistent/superior performance developed through extensive/deliberate
practice in a performance domain? - ANSWERexpertise
What 5 things does Deliberate Practice improve? - ANSWERPhysical Attributes
(strength, body comp)
Technical Skills
Tactical Planning Skills
Perceptual Cognitive Skills
Emotional Awareness/IQ
What are the 4 Modes of Instruction in practice? - ANSWERImplicit
Explicit
Guided Discovery (athlete creates own solution)
Prescriptive (specific skill acquisition for sport/action)
Differentiate Implicit and Explicit instruction. - ANSWERImplicit: Rule free acquisition,
errorless learning, discovery, analogy
(Guided Discovery)
Explicit: concrete, detailed, rules based instruction
(Prescriptive)
, What are the optimal modalities of instruction? - ANSWERImplicit and Guided
Discovery
What is reinvestment? - ANSWERprocess of relying on explicit based rules,
associative attention, fall back on step by step actions rather than automatically
(explicit/prescriptive is susceptible to this)
What are the two types of information delivery? - ANSWERVerbal Instruction and
Demonstration
What type of instruction do high level athletes learn well/quickly from? -
ANSWERDemonstration
What is contextual interference? - ANSWERDegree of complexity that alters
(disrupts?) training
Differentiate Blocked and Random Practice. - ANSWERBlocked- running same
skill/step of process over and over
Random- different part of action emphasized per rep, running different plays
What are the 3 components of Feedback? - ANSWERPrecision (detail of info)
Frequency (regularity of feedback)
Timing (how soon after performance)
What is the Cyclical Cycle of Teambuilding? - ANSWERBirth -> Childhood ->
Adolescence -> Adulthood -> Death
What is the greatest significance of self talk? - ANSWERSelf talk influences (to some
degree) all major factors having an effect on performance
Define Mental Imagery - ANSWERImagining an experience of a sports performance
Understand the different characteristics of Imagery:
Modality, Perspective, Agency, Deliberation - ANSWERModality: Sensory (visual
most common)
Perspective: Vantage (viewpoint, 1st/3rd person)
Agency: Who is performing (you vs opponent)
Deliberation: Scripted vs unscripted events in mind
What does PETTLEP stand for? - ANSWERPhysical
Environment
Task
Timing
Learning
Emotion
Perspective
What are the 4 components of Group Structure? - ANSWERGroup Role (Required
behaviors/Expectations)
