PES3701 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - (3 DIFERENT ESSAYS INCLUDED)

PES3701 Assignment 3 (COMPLETE ANSWERS) 2025 - (3 DIFERENT ESSAYS INCLUDED) What is behaviour, generally and technically? Describe 3 sports examples. - Answer--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 - Answer-- 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 - Answer--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. - Answer--a stimulusresponse 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? - Answergenerally 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 - Answer--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 - Answer--it may be impossible or undesirable to return back to obtain a reversal -ex. when a golfer is shown a technique to hit a golfball over 200 yards, it is unlikely that the golfer is able to return to their original 150 yard swing