ESS 3323 Quiz 2

Generally, what percentage of adults drop out of a supervised exercise program within the first few months?

50%

Although he no longer needs to attend, Juan continues to participate in the post-heart attack exercise program because he enjoys the friendships he developed with other program participants. Juan's participation reflects which psychological benefit of physical activity?

Affiliation

Which of the following persons or groups have been shown to benefit from sport or exercise psychology? A.) coaches in sport B.) disabled athletes C.) cardiac patients D.) youth athletes E.) All of the above

E. All of the above

Coach Geno Auriemma, the Head Coach for the UConn Women's Basketball Team, has been shown to possess a low helpful-caring and high prize-winning (I-S) taxonomy characteristic.

False

Extrinsic motivation is more conducive to sustained participation and engagement in physical activity than intrinsic motivation.

False

Positive self-talk guarantees positive performance outcomes.

False

Self-worth is a person's confidence is his or her ability to perform.

False

Sport psychology is generally thought of as a science that addresses the way groups of people interact, think and create within a society.

False

Stress, arousal and aggression are all "state" dimensions that have been shown to have positive influences on performance.

False

The Buckley Amendment is a law which allows coaches and administrators to have access to individual's records (e.g., psychological evaluation on individuals) that are otherwise deemed private.

False

The coach in sport should be responsible for treating fear of failure, bulimia, anorexia, drug and alcohol abuse with his/her athletes.

False

Trait anxiety is defined as an emotional response to a specific situation that results in feelings of fear, tension, or apprehension.

False

An individual who has a high level of arousal may demonstrate which of the following characteristics in his or her performance?

Lack of flexibility in movement responses

An ultimate Frisbee team that sets their goal of winning the Northeast Regional Tournament is engaging in which type of goal setting?

Outcome

A runner who regularly participates in 5K road races strives to set a new personal best time each race, even if only by 1 second. This runner is engaging in which type of goal-setting?

Performance

___ anxiety is the individual's tendency to respond to environmental threats as threatening or nonthreatening.

Trait

At the end of 3 years only 30% of the individuals who began the exercise program will still engaged.

True

Athletes who possess high levels of trait anxiety tend to experience high levels of state anxiety when facing competition.

True

Low self-efficacy is associated with exercise program dropout.

True

Mental blocking, broad and narrow focus were all shown in lecture to be forms of concentration and imagery associated with sport psychology.

True

Specific goals typically have a more powerful effect on performance than "do your best" goals.

True

Sport psychology and the results from evaluations were often used in the past to benefit the coach's best interest regardless of how it affected the athlete.

True

The first sport psychology laboratory was developed in the 1920's at the University of Illinois.

True

The goal of the sport or exercise psychologist would be to treat the recreational or sport participant to reduce psychological problems that have negatively effected health and conditioning.

True

The primary individual who should benefit from sport psychology should be the athlete rather than the coach or administrator.

True

Thought-stopping interrupts unwanted negative self-talk before it leads to negative feelings.

True

With respect to exercise adherence, higher dropout rates were associated with __________.

Type A behavior

The examples of modifying self-talk include all but one of the following:

arguing

The psychological benefits of physical activity include all but one of the following:

improvement in cardiovascular endurance

A double amputee who participates in adaptive skiing because he enjoys the freedom and thrill of the sport is _______ motivated.

instrinsically

Hardy individuals are characterized by all of the following traits EXCEPT

reliance on others to deflect anxiety

All of these hypotheses have been advanced to explain the mechanism of effect impacting psychological benefits of exercise EXCEPT ___________________.

theoretical hypothesis