A football player has set a goal of scoring two touchdowns in next week's game. What type of goal has he set?
A) Unachievable goal
B) Process goal
C)
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D) Outcome goal
outcome goal
As one of the three basic human psychological needs, which of the following best describes "autonomy" in interscholastic athletics?
A) Being connected to others on the team
B) Being the perceived source of one's own behavior
C) Being perceived as a leader
D) Knowing how the behavior of others affects your performance
B) Being the perceived source of one's own behavior
Setting process goals, the how I am going to do it part of goal-setting, increases the probability of achieving the outcome goal because of the direct influence they have on positive behaviors.
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Which of the following are good goal-setting strategies? (Select all that apply)
A) Write goals down
B) Set only outcome goals
C) Set daily goals both for practice and competition
D) Set many goals at one time
E) Set short-term, intermediate-term and long-term goals
A, C, E
Research has shown that students who have high confidence are more likely to try hard, choose challenging tasks, experience positive emotions, and be less anxious in training and competition.
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true
The most influential source of self-confidence is:
A) A teacher/coach's encouragement
B) Vicarious experience
C) Past performance
D) None of the above
C) Past performance
A teacher/coach provides feedback and encouragement during a time-out. This is an attempt to build self-confidence by using which source of self-confidence?
A) Physiological state
B) Imaginable experiences
C) Past performance
D) Verbal persuasion
E) Emotional state
D) Verbal persuasion
Which of the following phrases describes the concept of vicarious experience as a source of confidence:
A) "If she can do it, I can do it."
B) "Success breeds success."
C) "If you think you can, you can."
D) "If you can see it, you can be it.
A) "If she can do it, I can do it."
The secret to improving concentration is to assist your students in ensuring that their thoughts and actions are specific and relevant to the task at hand.
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true
Which of the following statements best describes the relationship between arousal and performance?
-As arousal increases from sleepiness to alertness there is a progressive increase in performance.
-Performance progressively increases as arousal increases to a point and then as arousal continues to increase performance decreases.
-As arousal increases from sleepiness to alertness there is a progressive decrease in performance.
-Performance progressively decreases as arousal increases to a point and then as arousal continues to increase performance increases.
Performance progressively increases as arousal increases to a point and then as arousal continues to increase performance decreases.
Which of the following are effective concentration skills to teach students? (select all that apply).
A) Develop pre-performance routines
B) Develop a routine for when a mistake occurs
C) Develop trigger words to stay in the moment and focus
D) Develop relaxation strategies
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To help students reach their ideal performance state, a teacher/coach should:
A) Have students engage in a self-awareness assessment to understand the characteristics of their athletic task and themselves personality, ability, anxiety level), then guide them to either increase or decrease their arousal to optimize performance.
B) Teach the students the relationship between arousal and performance and strategies for increasing their arousal in order to optimize performance.
C) Provide the students with a variety of strategies to increase or decrease their arousal level and have them choose the strategy that they like the most.
D) None of the above.
Have students engage in a self-awareness assessment to understand the characteristics of their athletic task and themselves personality, ability, anxiety level), then guide them to either increase or decrease their arousal to optimize performance. [Show Less]