Exercise Sport Psych Quiz 3

Due to the risk of burnout it is critical, for the maintenance of a sense of commitment to their sport and to their goals, that coaches

emphasize the love of the game

The most consistent responses across team, individual, and personal goals setting to goal commitment was an authoritarian coaching style

false

Each of the following was a collaborative method employed by coaches in setting team goals for competition EXCEPT

having players set the goals with no input form the coach

Motivation concerns each of these EXCEPT

lethargy

Inconsistent findings for the effects of goal setting in sport and exercise have resulted from each of the following methodological flaws EXCEPT

measurement of personal goals

According to Weinberg et al., athletes identified three of their most important goals as being the answers provided. Which of the options was NOT identified by athletes as one of their three most important goals?

receiving praise

In regards to basic psychological needs, attachment research conducted with infants relates most to which of the following aspects of Self-determination theory

relatedness

Self-determination theory investigates people's innate psychological needs that are the basis for their

self-motivation and personality integration

Introjected regulation is best exemplified by

the athlete who competes to display their superiority overt their competition

Intrinsic motivation is exemplified by each of the following EXCEPT

competing to beat others

The literature has found that which of the following goal-setting strategies leads to higher levels of task performance

specific, challenging goals

When sport psychologists work in applied settings, which of the following is a suggestion made by Weinberg et al.

that goals be written down

Integrated regulation is best exemplified by

the athlete who has accepted the team's goals, as they are congruent with their own values and beliefs

According to Weinber et al., coaches tended to set objectively measurable team and individual goals but mostly subjective goals for themselves

true

The most consistent reason given for coaches setting individual, team, and personal coaching goals was to provide focus and direction

true

Which of the following is NOT true of participants utilized in the study by Weinberg et al.

All were male

Self-determination theory is an approach to human motivation and personality that

both of the answers provided

All of the following diminish intrinsic motivation EXCEPT

choice

Self-regulation involves people taking in social values and outside circumstances and

transforming them into personal values and self-motivation

Identified regulation is best exemplified by

the hard working high school student who may not enjoy all of their work but who studies to gain acceptance into the university of their choice despite of this