PSY 366 MIDTERM QUESTIONS & ANSWERS
What is true for the "formative years" for sport psychology in North America? - Answers
-Sport psychology began to emerge as a discipline separate from motor learning or
exercise physiology. Most prior research was conducted in a lab.
Which professional sport psychology organization is the oldest? - Answers -
International Society of Sport Psychology
What professional organization does the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology most
closely associated with? - Answers -Association of Applied Sport Psychology
What stands in the way of accreditation of academic sport psychology programs? -
Answers -Costs the university money, raises the issue of who is qualified, and reduces
academic freedom for current programs.
Which professional organization emerged in the 1990s as the dominant association for
the advancement of applied sport psychology as well as research in North America and
perhaps the world? - Answers -The Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport
Psychology
Which form of motivation is associated with the greatest degree of self-determination? -
Answers -Intrinsic motivation
What are the components of Vealey's multidimensional model of sport confidence? -
Answers -Sources & types of sport confidence, affect, behavior and cognition.
What is Self-determination theory? - Answers -To the extent that social factors do not
allow for the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, they will result in diminished
motivation, impaired psychological development, alienation, and perhaps poor
performance.
How can competence motivation be enhanced? - Answers -Increase intrinsic
motivation, playing experience, perceived control.
What is Collective Self-Efficacy? - Answers -Groups as well as individuals can exhibit
high self-efficacy
According to research, what are task goal orientation and high moral functioning linked
to? - Answers -High levels of sportspersonship.
What are adaptive motivational patterns associated with? - Answers -Task goal
orientation, positive perceptions and behaviors, and the opportunity to participate in
challenging tasks to demonstrate persistence and effort.
, What do task-oriented athletes do? - Answers -Endorse mastery strategies and focus
upon self-referenced criteria for determining success.
What is ego-orientation? - Answers -The perceived ability is conceptualized as a
function of how well I perform a task compared to how others perform the same task
(social comparison).
What is the best combination of goal orientation and motivational climate? - Answers -
High task orientation, high ego-orientation, mastery climate.
What are the top 5 reasons children give for participation in sport? - Answers -
Challenge and excitement of participation and competition, friendships and team
atmosphere, have fun and enjoy participation.
Can a mastery motivational climate created by the coach influence or change a
personality disposition such as goal orientation? - Answers -No
What underlying psychological reason do kids withdrawal from participating in youth
sports? - Answers -Anxiety associated with too much emphasis upon winning
Why is winning so important to many youth sport coaches? - Answers -They may
possess an ego goal orientation towards sport participation
According to the developmental model of sport participation, what stages of sport
development should youth sport athletes pass through? - Answers -Sampling,
specialization, investment.
What is cognitive interference? (Chapter 6) - Answers -Any random thought or event
that would tend to break an athlete's concentration.
What is an information processing model of human behavior consistent with? (Ch 6) -
Answers -Cognitive Psychology
What does the capacity model of attention take into consideration? (Ch 6) - Answers -
Information processing requirement of a task may be modified by learning, individual
differences, and available information processing space.
When does the difficulty of information processing increase? (Ch 6) - Answers -As
information conveyed or transmitted increases.
According to Cue Utilization Theory, what is the effect of arousal upon attention? (Ch 6)
- Answers -It will be to cause it to become narrow.
What is a predisposition to perceive certain environmental situations as threatening and
to respond to these situations with increased state anxiety? - Answers -Trait anxiety.
What is true for the "formative years" for sport psychology in North America? - Answers
-Sport psychology began to emerge as a discipline separate from motor learning or
exercise physiology. Most prior research was conducted in a lab.
Which professional sport psychology organization is the oldest? - Answers -
International Society of Sport Psychology
What professional organization does the Journal of Applied Sport Psychology most
closely associated with? - Answers -Association of Applied Sport Psychology
What stands in the way of accreditation of academic sport psychology programs? -
Answers -Costs the university money, raises the issue of who is qualified, and reduces
academic freedom for current programs.
Which professional organization emerged in the 1990s as the dominant association for
the advancement of applied sport psychology as well as research in North America and
perhaps the world? - Answers -The Association for the Advancement of Applied Sport
Psychology
Which form of motivation is associated with the greatest degree of self-determination? -
Answers -Intrinsic motivation
What are the components of Vealey's multidimensional model of sport confidence? -
Answers -Sources & types of sport confidence, affect, behavior and cognition.
What is Self-determination theory? - Answers -To the extent that social factors do not
allow for the satisfaction of basic psychological needs, they will result in diminished
motivation, impaired psychological development, alienation, and perhaps poor
performance.
How can competence motivation be enhanced? - Answers -Increase intrinsic
motivation, playing experience, perceived control.
What is Collective Self-Efficacy? - Answers -Groups as well as individuals can exhibit
high self-efficacy
According to research, what are task goal orientation and high moral functioning linked
to? - Answers -High levels of sportspersonship.
What are adaptive motivational patterns associated with? - Answers -Task goal
orientation, positive perceptions and behaviors, and the opportunity to participate in
challenging tasks to demonstrate persistence and effort.
, What do task-oriented athletes do? - Answers -Endorse mastery strategies and focus
upon self-referenced criteria for determining success.
What is ego-orientation? - Answers -The perceived ability is conceptualized as a
function of how well I perform a task compared to how others perform the same task
(social comparison).
What is the best combination of goal orientation and motivational climate? - Answers -
High task orientation, high ego-orientation, mastery climate.
What are the top 5 reasons children give for participation in sport? - Answers -
Challenge and excitement of participation and competition, friendships and team
atmosphere, have fun and enjoy participation.
Can a mastery motivational climate created by the coach influence or change a
personality disposition such as goal orientation? - Answers -No
What underlying psychological reason do kids withdrawal from participating in youth
sports? - Answers -Anxiety associated with too much emphasis upon winning
Why is winning so important to many youth sport coaches? - Answers -They may
possess an ego goal orientation towards sport participation
According to the developmental model of sport participation, what stages of sport
development should youth sport athletes pass through? - Answers -Sampling,
specialization, investment.
What is cognitive interference? (Chapter 6) - Answers -Any random thought or event
that would tend to break an athlete's concentration.
What is an information processing model of human behavior consistent with? (Ch 6) -
Answers -Cognitive Psychology
What does the capacity model of attention take into consideration? (Ch 6) - Answers -
Information processing requirement of a task may be modified by learning, individual
differences, and available information processing space.
When does the difficulty of information processing increase? (Ch 6) - Answers -As
information conveyed or transmitted increases.
According to Cue Utilization Theory, what is the effect of arousal upon attention? (Ch 6)
- Answers -It will be to cause it to become narrow.
What is a predisposition to perceive certain environmental situations as threatening and
to respond to these situations with increased state anxiety? - Answers -Trait anxiety.
