Sports Psychology Exam 1 UPDATED
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sports Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the effect of psychological
and emotional factors on sport and exercise performance. The effect of sport and exercise on
your mood.
Norman Triplett - CORRECT ANSWER social psychologist, University of Indiana
(not a sport psychologist)
Social Facilitation - CORRECT ANSWER we perform better when people are
watching
Coleman Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER Father of sport psychology, taught physical
education at UI, first sports psychology lab, Chicago Cubs, NOT a psychologist
Bruce Ogilvie - CORRECT ANSWER Father of applied sports psychology
Pierre de Coubertine - CORRECT ANSWER Introduced sports psychology as a new
discipline of sports science, coined term sports psychology
Puni - CORRECT ANSWER gets credit as first in USSR disputed father of sports
psychology in USSR, applied focus
Roudik - CORRECT ANSWER first sports psychology lab in USSR, research focus
Professional Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER Association for Advancement of
Applied Sports Psychology (AAASP), Division 47 of American Psychology Association
(APA)
, Sports Psychology Journals - CORRECT ANSWER Journal of Applied Sports
Psychology (JASP)
Certification/Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER AASP certified consultant, licensure as
psychologist (PhD), master in sports psychology
Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER one on one, applied,
emotional issues
Educational Sports Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER teaching, college classes, help
to train coaches, talks with parents
Research Sport Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER works on college campuses
Multicultural Issues - CORRECT ANSWER diversity and inclusiveness, race thinking
and racist thinking, cultural competence, enculturation (born into culture), acculturation
(understanding what it means to be a certain race or culture AND that everyone has the same
culture as you)
Multicultural Training Models - CORRECT ANSWER universalistic model (all sport
psychologists trained in cultural sensitivity), awareness of difficulties, knowledge of different
cultures, learn skills through role play, supervised clinical training
cultural compatibility model- match background of sports psychologist with client (problem:
lack of people to match client)
Sexual Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER quid pro quo harassment, hostile
environment harassment
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER all the consistent ways in which the behavior of
one person differs from that of others in a social situation
ACTUAL QUESTIONS AND CORRECT
ANSWERS
Sports Psychology - CORRECT ANSWER The study of the effect of psychological
and emotional factors on sport and exercise performance. The effect of sport and exercise on
your mood.
Norman Triplett - CORRECT ANSWER social psychologist, University of Indiana
(not a sport psychologist)
Social Facilitation - CORRECT ANSWER we perform better when people are
watching
Coleman Griffith - CORRECT ANSWER Father of sport psychology, taught physical
education at UI, first sports psychology lab, Chicago Cubs, NOT a psychologist
Bruce Ogilvie - CORRECT ANSWER Father of applied sports psychology
Pierre de Coubertine - CORRECT ANSWER Introduced sports psychology as a new
discipline of sports science, coined term sports psychology
Puni - CORRECT ANSWER gets credit as first in USSR disputed father of sports
psychology in USSR, applied focus
Roudik - CORRECT ANSWER first sports psychology lab in USSR, research focus
Professional Organizations - CORRECT ANSWER Association for Advancement of
Applied Sports Psychology (AAASP), Division 47 of American Psychology Association
(APA)
, Sports Psychology Journals - CORRECT ANSWER Journal of Applied Sports
Psychology (JASP)
Certification/Licensure - CORRECT ANSWER AASP certified consultant, licensure as
psychologist (PhD), master in sports psychology
Clinical/Counseling Sport Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER one on one, applied,
emotional issues
Educational Sports Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER teaching, college classes, help
to train coaches, talks with parents
Research Sport Psychologist - CORRECT ANSWER works on college campuses
Multicultural Issues - CORRECT ANSWER diversity and inclusiveness, race thinking
and racist thinking, cultural competence, enculturation (born into culture), acculturation
(understanding what it means to be a certain race or culture AND that everyone has the same
culture as you)
Multicultural Training Models - CORRECT ANSWER universalistic model (all sport
psychologists trained in cultural sensitivity), awareness of difficulties, knowledge of different
cultures, learn skills through role play, supervised clinical training
cultural compatibility model- match background of sports psychologist with client (problem:
lack of people to match client)
Sexual Harassment - CORRECT ANSWER quid pro quo harassment, hostile
environment harassment
Personality - CORRECT ANSWER all the consistent ways in which the behavior of
one person differs from that of others in a social situation
