Sports Psych Exam 2 with
correct question and answers
2025/2026
3 steps to systematic desensitization (graduated exposure therapy) - correct answers Relaxation
Anxiety Hierarchy
Pairing of relaxation with anxiety heiarchy
Activity of Locus of Control - correct answers It has slowed
§ Problems:
· Questions of interpretation od what locus control means
· Instances where powerful others orientation is adaptive
o Bobby Knight and Paul "Bear" Bryant has powerful others
, · Conceivable that a high chance orientation is essential to performance excellence
Affective in self concept - correct answers self esteem --> how we feel about the cognitive
descriptions we have mad about ourselves
Anxiety - correct answers sub aspect of arousal; the physiological subset involving fear,
apprehension, worry and discomfort, threat
Arousal - correct answers All-inclusive, broad range continuum of physiological and
psychological activation at any point in time. Not positive or negative term. connoting
physiological activation; Arousal in physiological in nature.
Aversive Procedures - correct answers is used to help a person give up a behavior or habit by
having them associate it with something unpleasant. It is most known for trading people with
addictive behaviors
backward chain - correct answers behaviors are mastered step by step in a backward direction
Ex: 3, 3&2, 3&2&1 used by Killian (swim) and O brein and Simek (golfers)
bad life events - correct answers factors are stable, global, internal
Behavioral in self concept - correct answers our tendencies to behave in ways consistent with
the cognitive and affective components
biofeedback training - correct answers - "instrumental conditioning of autonomic behaviors" an
operant technique that uses reward outcomes (feedback) to control autonomic responses such
as heart rate and muscle tension
No licenses so anyone can practice biofeedback
correct question and answers
2025/2026
3 steps to systematic desensitization (graduated exposure therapy) - correct answers Relaxation
Anxiety Hierarchy
Pairing of relaxation with anxiety heiarchy
Activity of Locus of Control - correct answers It has slowed
§ Problems:
· Questions of interpretation od what locus control means
· Instances where powerful others orientation is adaptive
o Bobby Knight and Paul "Bear" Bryant has powerful others
, · Conceivable that a high chance orientation is essential to performance excellence
Affective in self concept - correct answers self esteem --> how we feel about the cognitive
descriptions we have mad about ourselves
Anxiety - correct answers sub aspect of arousal; the physiological subset involving fear,
apprehension, worry and discomfort, threat
Arousal - correct answers All-inclusive, broad range continuum of physiological and
psychological activation at any point in time. Not positive or negative term. connoting
physiological activation; Arousal in physiological in nature.
Aversive Procedures - correct answers is used to help a person give up a behavior or habit by
having them associate it with something unpleasant. It is most known for trading people with
addictive behaviors
backward chain - correct answers behaviors are mastered step by step in a backward direction
Ex: 3, 3&2, 3&2&1 used by Killian (swim) and O brein and Simek (golfers)
bad life events - correct answers factors are stable, global, internal
Behavioral in self concept - correct answers our tendencies to behave in ways consistent with
the cognitive and affective components
biofeedback training - correct answers - "instrumental conditioning of autonomic behaviors" an
operant technique that uses reward outcomes (feedback) to control autonomic responses such
as heart rate and muscle tension
No licenses so anyone can practice biofeedback
