Learning, Motivation & Social Interaction
1. Define what is meant by applied sport psychology and when it might be used.
Chapter 2
2. What are the important points to remember when demonstrating a new skill for learners?
3. What is a schema and how does variable practice contribute to their development?
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4. Define the four basic consequences created by the presentation or removal of positive or aversive stimuli,
5. What are the direct and undesirable side effects of punishment? Explain why some highly punitive coaches
are successful in eliciting high levels of athletic performance.
6. What are some of the key principles in implementing a performance feedback program? How are these
related to the positive approach to coaching?
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7 Define and give an example of self-efficacy and indicate why it is supposed to effect motivation.
8. Define task- verses ego-involved athletes and indicate how they differ in the way they judge their
competence and perceive success in sport?
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9. Identify and briefly define the four steps in the expectation-performance process.
10. Describe the stereotypes in the sport setting associated with ethnicity. Explain how such stereotypes may
affect selected groups of athletes.
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11. Explain the main principles behind the trait, behavioral and situational leadership theories.
12. Think of an effective coach or leader from you past and specify what traits or behaviors made him or her so
effective.
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13. Define cohesiveness. List & Explain 3 environmental factors associated with team cohesion?
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14. What factors interfere with effective communication processes in sport?
15. As a coach or sport psychologist what would you do to intervene if interpersonal conflict arose among team
members that resulted to disruption of group cohesion and team harmony?
Sample Solution
Learning, Motivation & Social Interaction
Applied sport and exercise psychology involves extending theory and research into the field to educate coaches, athletes, parents, exercisers, fitness professionals, and athletic trainers about the psychological aspects of their sport or activity. A primary goal of professionals in applied sport and exercise psychological is to facilitate optimal involvement, performance, and enjoyment in sport and exercise. Schema theory involves Generalized Motor Programs, Recall Memory, and Recognition Memory, and discusses how the brain uses them to learn and improve. Schema theory predicted that variables performance would enhance the development of the schema. This would accurately enhance a performers ability to select a certain movement from what he/she has learned.
