Sports Psychology Final

The 4 types of athletic identity issues are Volatile Identity, Assumed Identity, Identity Mismatch and Former Identity.

Taylor has irritable with her teammates before practices and at school. It is possible she is feeling:

Goal disposition to view perceived ability as a function of effort and improvement.

In 100 Humans: Pain vs. Pleasure, prolonged psychological and physical torture had a negative impact on memory.

Goal disposition that views ability as a function of outperforming others as opposed to self-improvement.

Event + _________ = Outcome

How/what we think about ourselves (physically, emotionally, spiritually, ect) is called:

Cognitive State Anxiety is when your hands/knees shake before a big game.

SMART Goals:

This neurochemical helps stress, fear, and pain become more manageable.

This part of the body connects your nerve system to your brain and helps with involuntary functions (like breathing).

Antecedents means:

This body part is massive with low surface area, deals with voluntary movements and interprets sensory data.

Which of the following personality tests were not discussed in the unit?

This lobe of the brain is in the back section of your head - it is one of the first processors of visual information.

Becca thinks football players are bad at math. The only football players she knows are the two in her math class.

In "Big Man Can't Shoot", a statistician told the NFL -

This neurochemical tricks our mind into thinking bad or neutral things are good (a "good burn" after a hard workout, $$)

Jack (Jackie) Ryan was a member of which professional basketball group?

AKA the Little Brain, this part of the body coordinates physical movements and helps with parts of language and memory