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Affect ✔Correct Answer-Emotions
Behavior ✔Correct Answer-Actions
Cognitions ✔Correct Answer-Thoughts
Imagery ✔Correct Answer-Intervention technique that helps people view themselves as
successfully participating in physical activity or as winning
Attentional Focus ✔Correct Answer-
Mindfulness ✔Correct Answer-Maintain a focus on the present moment in an open,
nonjudgmental way, engage fully in a present activity without being caught up in worries about
the future or regrets about the past, often taught through the practice of meditation
Questionnaire ✔Correct Answer-Psychological Inventories
Observation ✔Correct Answer-Behavior checklist or coding
Early sport specialization is suggested for ✔Correct Answer-Mostly artistic and acrobatic
sports
Diverse skill development, higher performance levels, and well-developed decision-making skills
are examples of ✔Correct Answer-Helpful effects of specializing in sports at the right time
Which of the following statements about early diversification is true?
1. Overuse injuries are a common negative result of early diversification
2. Early diversification should begin at 16 years of age
3. Athlete development is hindered by early diversification ✔Correct Answer-1. Early
diversification results in a longer sport career
2. Early diversification can also be termed sport sampling
Negative consequences of specializing in a single sport too early include all of the following:
1. Obsession to win
2. Lack of social skills
3. Lack of time for other life activities
4. High pressure to excel
,except: ✔Correct Answer-Financial burdens from tournament fees, expensive gear, and travel
Intrinsic Motivation ✔Correct Answer-A desire to perform a behavior for its own sake
Extrinsic Motivation ✔Correct Answer-A desire to perform a behavior to receive promised
rewards or avoid threatened punishment
Amotivation ✔Correct Answer-Absence of motivation
Autonomous Extrinsic Motivation ✔Correct Answer-The combined effects of identified and
integrated regulation, which are more autonomous and more closely associated with intrinsic
motivation than controlled extrinsic motivation
"I'm an athlete"
"I value what I learn in sport"
"it teaches me self-discipline"
"what I get from sport is important to me"
Research by Joan Vickers from the University of Calgary deals with what topic? ✔Correct
Answer-A training technique called the quiet eye, which can help athletes in pressure situations
Which statement best describes Dr. Vickers' quiet eye technique? ✔Correct Answer-Take a
one-second look at the desired object before proceeding
Self-Talk ✔Correct Answer-Intervention technique that involves many different strategies for
talking to oneself; the purpose is to motivate the person or keep focused on a particular task
Goal setting ✔Correct Answer-Intervention technique that involves setting short and long-
term goals and then monitoring these goals regularly so that one can make modifications to
help in their achievement
The CMPC noted that Kyra seemed to be directing her attention and focus on her
_______________________, rather than on staying in the present moment ✔Correct Answer-
Negative past experiences
The CMPC deduced that Kyra, feeling the pressure and stress to be the person who wins for the
team, had ______, as seen by the decline of her performance ✔Correct Answer-Choked
The CMPC also noted that Kyra was not allowing her shot to flow freely via automatic
processing; rather, she was paralyzed by ___________________ ✔Correct Answer-Conscious
processing
, Which of the following intervention strategies do you think the coach and CMPC chose to help
improve Kyra's confidence level? ✔Correct Answer-1. Create verbal cues or triggers to recall
the desired imagery
2. Direct attention outward not inward while shooting
3. Create positive mental blueprint that includes physical sensations and feelings
4. Practice mindfulness to help clear out her mental interference
5. Acknowledge that choking happens
Arousal Number ✔Correct Answer-1-9, generally best performance comes from a moderate
level of physiological arousal (4-6), can be subjective
Chronological age means that everyone of a certain age will be physically and mentally the same
✔Correct Answer-False
When working with children, use a lot of jargon so that you can be as specific as you can
✔Correct Answer-False
Implementing mental skills training with young athletes should be fun, short, and ever evolving
with physical, social, and mental maturation ✔Correct Answer-True
Young athletes have the same stressors as adults ✔Correct Answer-False
Just like you would with adults, you need to be aware of burnout and help all athletes with
coping strategies ✔Correct Answer-True
Imagery is a good tool when helping to explain a concept to a young athlete ✔Correct
Answer-True
Although high-performance young athletes may have acquired physical skills, they many not
have the experience to cope with the pressure of sport ✔Correct Answer-True
All young people can benefit from mental skills training as long as they are delivered in a way
that's tailored to their developmental level ✔Correct Answer-True
Steve Nash's pre-performance routine ✔Correct Answer-One or two shot rehearsals, dribble
three times, deep breath, shoot
Michael Phelps' pre-performance routine ✔Correct Answer-Stretch and backslap
Serena Williams' pre-performance routine ✔Correct Answer-Five bounces before each serve
self-fulfilling prophecy ✔Correct Answer-An expectation that causes you to act in ways that
make that expectation come true- a belief that leads to its own fulfillment