Sports Psych Ch 24 Practice
Which of the following statements is true?
Emphasizing winning does not automatically have a good or bad influence on building good sporting behavior.
The definition of good sporting behavior put forth by Shields and Bredemeier emphasizes which of these statements?
Ethical standards will take precedence over strategic gain when these are in conflict
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
Good sporting behavior should be defined in very general terms.
An athlete who does the right thing when faced with a moral dilemma possesses what virtue?
Integrity
Which of the following is among the strategies for developing resiliency in youth?
a and b -Focus on individual strengths rather than weaknesses. -Link the program with the community.
Recent research by Moria Stuart indicates that children aged 10 to 12 had concerns about
a and c -the fairness of adult actions -negative game behaviors
Which of the following statements is FALSE?
a and c -Developing good sporting behavior through competitive sport involvement automatically transfers to nonphysical activity. -Physical educators and coaches should teach religious values to help build moral development.
Which of the following strategies is useful for enhancing moral development and good sporting behavior?
a and c -Discuss moral dilemmas. -Reward good sporting behaviors and punish bad sporting behaviors.
Tennis great Chris Evert felt that good sporting behavior meant
acting in a classy and dignified way
According to Shields and Bredemeier, morality in sport includes
all of these
A newly developed measure of sportspersonship by Bolter and Weiss allows
athletes to assess behaviors of their coaches
In a summary of 20 years of research on moral development, Bredemeier and Shields found that
athletes' game reasoning differs from reasoning used in everyday life
Which of the following is NOT part of social learning?
attributions
It has been proposed that sport participation can serve as an alternative to gang behavior by providing
b and c -exposure to positive role models -increased self-esteem
Physical education expert Eric Larson thinks that extracurricular activities can have a positive influence on youth development because
b and c -sport efforts are directed toward a goal over time -sport requires youth to experience setbacks and overcome challenges
In a study investigating moral development in elementary school children and the Fair Play for Kids activities, it was found that..
both Fair Play groups had higher moral development than the control group
According to Arnold's work, in order for character to be developed through sport and physical activity,
character development needs to be a mind-set of physical activity leaders
Consider an athlete who takes illegal performance-enhancing drugs and argues her actions are okay because everyone does it. At what stage of moral development is she?
eye for an eye
The process of experience and growth by which an individual develops the capacity to morally reason is the definition of
moral development
The decision process whereby the rightness or wrongness of a course of action is determined is the definition of
moral reasoning
The highest level (level 5) of moral reasoning is characterized by
taking into account what is best for all involved
Character development is most facilitated by building a
task-oriented climate
Geibenk and McKenzie studied the use of social learning in a physical education setting, finding that
the use of modeling and reinforcement reduced the bad sporting behaviors of fifth-grade boys
