Sports Psychology Exam 1 UPDATED
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What sports psychology is and what roles a sport psychologist could be in - CORRECT
ANSWER Scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport and exercise activities
and the practical application of that knowledge.
Clinical sport psychologist and Educational sport psychologists, conducting research,
teaching, consulting
Understand the foundation of sports psychology as a field - CORRECT
ANSWER Motivation,violence,leadership,group dynamics,exercise and psychological
well-being,thoughts and feelings of athletes,use of imagery in performance enhancement,
competition, self-confidence, impact of injuries on psychological factors
What scientific research/experiments are and what benefits are associated with them -
CORRECT ANSWER using systematic approach, standardizing conditions, control,
empirical support, critical evaluation. Advantages: reliable unbiased and it can determine
causal relationships between variable
Know about stress and anxiety and how to manage it - CORRECT ANSWER stress: an
imbalance between demands and a person's ability to respond to those demands when failure
to meet demands has important consequences
Anxiety: negative emotional state,feelings of worry,nervousness associated with activation or
arousal of the body
How to manage it: build your confidence, don't focus on mistakes
The inverted U- hypnoses - CORRECT ANSWER to account for the effects of arousal
on performance of all tasks
Know about perfectionism, and how its related to anxiety - CORRECT
ANSWER setting high standards,feeling concern over mistakes, and being highly
organized, its related to anxiety because when people set high standards for themselves they
tend to get in their head a lot and cause them to stress
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS
What sports psychology is and what roles a sport psychologist could be in - CORRECT
ANSWER Scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport and exercise activities
and the practical application of that knowledge.
Clinical sport psychologist and Educational sport psychologists, conducting research,
teaching, consulting
Understand the foundation of sports psychology as a field - CORRECT
ANSWER Motivation,violence,leadership,group dynamics,exercise and psychological
well-being,thoughts and feelings of athletes,use of imagery in performance enhancement,
competition, self-confidence, impact of injuries on psychological factors
What scientific research/experiments are and what benefits are associated with them -
CORRECT ANSWER using systematic approach, standardizing conditions, control,
empirical support, critical evaluation. Advantages: reliable unbiased and it can determine
causal relationships between variable
Know about stress and anxiety and how to manage it - CORRECT ANSWER stress: an
imbalance between demands and a person's ability to respond to those demands when failure
to meet demands has important consequences
Anxiety: negative emotional state,feelings of worry,nervousness associated with activation or
arousal of the body
How to manage it: build your confidence, don't focus on mistakes
The inverted U- hypnoses - CORRECT ANSWER to account for the effects of arousal
on performance of all tasks
Know about perfectionism, and how its related to anxiety - CORRECT
ANSWER setting high standards,feeling concern over mistakes, and being highly
organized, its related to anxiety because when people set high standards for themselves they
tend to get in their head a lot and cause them to stress
