Sport/Exercise Psychology - the scientific study of people's behaviors to sport and exercise
Research Role - researching and holding experiments
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Teaching Role - teaching sport/exercise psychology at university level
Consulting Role - working with sports and exercise teams/groups to enhance and promote participation
Social Facilitation Theory - an audience can enhance a performers performance if the skill is well learned. it can hurt the preformance if the skill is new or foreign
Study - investigator's observations and assessment without changing the environment themselves
Experiment - investigator manipulates variables and observes them
Behavioral Orientation - presence or absence of environmental factors.
Psychophysiological Orientation - the physiological processes of the brain and it's influence on physical activity
Social-Psychological Orientation - behavior determined by interaction between the [social] environment and the personal self [personality]
Cognitive-Behavioral Orientation - cognitive thought of oneself, determines behavior alone
Psychological Core (Components of Personality) - deepest component that includes your attitudes, beliefs, values and motives (usually doesnt change)
Typical Responses (Components of Personality) - ways we learn adjust or respond to our environment
Role- Related Behavior (Components of Personality) - how you act based on your social situation or environment
Psychodynamic Approach (5 Viewpoints of Personality) - emphasis on unconscious determinants/instinctive drives and how they conflict with the conscious personality (moral conscious) holistic view
Trait Approach (5 Viewpoints of Personality) - suggests that traits are enduring and consistent throughout any situation. traits make people act a certain way, regardless the situation (Cattell, Allport, Eysenck)
Situation Approach (5 Viewpoints of Personality) - behavior is determined by the situation or environment (mischel, Bandura)
Interactional Approach (5 Viewpoints of Personality) - behavior is determined by the person's psychological traits and the particular situation
Phenomenological Approach (5 Viewpoints of Personality) - the understanding and interpretation of one's self and their environment, as well as the situation itself
Trait Measures (Measuring Personality) - individuals typical style of behaving
State Measures (Measuring Personality) - the situation's effect on an individual's behavior
Situation-Specific Measures (Measuring Personality) - personality and specific situation
Sport-Specific Measures (Measuring Personality) - specific situations related to sport and exercise, which assess precompetitive anxiety
Motivation - the direction and intensity of one's effort
Motivation can be. . . - trait, external influence or explanation for our behavior
Intrinsic Motivation - involves an inner drive to be competent and self determining to master a task
Extrinisic Motivation - is derived from external sources
Trait-Centered View - personality drives your motivation
Situation-Centered View - environment drives your motivation
Interactional View - a combination of trait and environment
Achievement Motivation - drive for task success, ability to persist in the face of failure, and experience pride in accomplishments
Achievement Motivation influences. . . - choice of activity, effort to pursue goals, intensity of effort and persistence [Show Less]