Applied Sport Psychology
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Course Introduction
Applied Sport Psychology explores the psychological principles and techniques that can enhance athletic performance, well-being, and personal growth. The course examines topics such as motivation, confidence, focus, anxiety management, team dynamics, and leadership within sporting contexts. Students will learn how to apply evidence-based strategies to support athletes, coaches, and teams, fostering mental resilience and optimizing both individual and collective outcomes. Emphasis is placed on practical interventions, ethical considerations, and real-world case studies to prepare students for roles in sport, coaching, and performance consultation.
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Sport and Exercise Psychology A Canadian Perspective 3rd Edition by Peter Crocker
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Chapter 1: Introducing Sport and Exercise Psychology
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Q1) Sport psychology consultants who refuse to provide information about an athlete's mental health to a coach is upholding which principles of the Canadian Psychological Association's Ethics Code?
A) respect for a dignity of the person
B) integrity in relationships
C) responsibility to society
D) responsible caring
Answer: A
Q2) Which Canadian was widely recognized as the world expert on team cohesion and group dynamics in sport and exercise?
A) Dr. Albert Carron
B) Dr. Terry Orlick
C) Dr. Cal Botterill
D) Dr. Rick Alderman
E) Dr. Len Wankel
Answer: A
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Chapter 2: Personality in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Which psychologist argues that behaviour followed by a reward would increase the probability of a reoccurrence of the behaviour?
A) Hans Eysenck
B) Carl Rogers
C) Sigmund Freud
D) Albert Bandura
E) B.F. Skinner
Answer: E
Q2) Researchers have shown that more conscientious individuals have larger plans to exercise than their less conscientious counterparts.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Mental toughness consists simply of being more focused than other athletes.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 3: Motivation and Behavioural Change
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Q1) Based on the Theory of Planned Behaviour, describe how attitudes are formed and list the most common exercise attitudes.
Answer: Attitude is the function of the individual's behavioural beliefs that performing the behaviour will lead to certain consequences and her/his evaluation of the consequences. The most common beliefs are that exercise enhances fitness and health, improves physical appearance, is fun and enjoyable, and promotes social interactions.
Q2) How might the determinants of commitment be different for exercise than for sport participation?
Answer: It is unlikely that the determinants of commitment would be different in exercise settings from sport settings. Scanlan and colleagues identify five factors which influence sport commitment (i.e., enjoyment, involvement alternatives, personal investment, social constraints, and involvement opportunities). Enjoyment, personal investment, social constraints, and involvement opportunities are positive predictors of commitment to sport (and exercise) whereas the greater the opportunity to engage in other activities, the lower the sport/exercise commitment.
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Chapter 4: Stress, Emotion, and Coping in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) A university athlete who experiences anxiety over the thought of losing to a rival is experiencing which type of psychological experience as a result of the cognitive appraisal process?
A) harm/loss
B) threat
C) challenge
D) none of the above
Q2) A football player who does not know how she will perform in the championship game will likely experience which type of emotion according to Lazarus' core relational themes?
A) anger
B) fright
C) guilt
D) shame
E) anxiety
Q3) Describe the distinction between cognitive appraisals that represent the various forms of stress, including (a) harm/loss, (b) threat, and (c) challenge; and provide one example of each type for each of (i) sport and (ii) exercise.
Q4) Distinguish between micro- and macro-levels of coping.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Jordan is the quarterback on his football team. The fourth quarter of the game is just starting, and he is experiencing a great deal of anxiety - they are down by 7 points and they have to win this game to secure a place in the play-offs. He gets off to a bad starthe can't seem to find his receivers down the field - instead he is focused on the defensive linemen - they seem extremely large and strong. Which of the following attentional problems seems to be occurring?
A) Jordan has an inability to process adequate information.
B) Jordan is attending to cues based on their threat.
C) Jordan is attending to cues based on their task-relevance.
D) Jordan cannot develop adequate plans for execution.
E) All of the above are true statements.
Q2) Explain how social physique anxiety is related to exercise behaviour.
Q3) List the five predictions the catastrophe theory makes about the combined influences of cognitive state anxiety and physiological arousal on athletic performance.
Q4) Competitive experience is a more sensitive indicator than age or skill level to determine differences in athletes experience of anxiety.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 6: Aggression and Moral Behaviour in Sport
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Q1) Define aggressive behaviour by stating the four key points:
Q2) List three situational factors that influence aggression.
Q3) Which of the following is a consequence of aggression?
A) individual's role
B) group norms
C) collective efficacy
D) group cohesion
E) injury
Q4) A rugby player who has been tackled high and hard and punches his opponent in retaliation would be subscribing to which theory of aggression?
A) Social Learning
B) Moral Disengagement
C) Frustration-Aggression
D) Psychodynamic
E) Physiological
Q5) You have been approached by the National Hockey League (NHL) to help them reduce aggressiveness in their sport. Explain to the NHL, the strategies that you will adopt.
Q6) Identify and explain Kohlberg's three levels of moral judgment.
Q7) Identify and briefly explain any four theories regarding aggressive behaviour.
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Chapter 7: Sport Psychology Interventions
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Q1) Describe what the relationship should be between the sport psychology consultant and the athlete.
Q2) An athlete imagining winning an Olympic gold medal is an example of cognitive specific imagery.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Which one of the following is an attention control strategy?
A) simulation training
B) verbal distraction
C) attention inhibition
D) performance substitution
Q4) The dimension of self-talk that is concerned with the extent to which athletes interpret their self-talk to be motivating is self-determination.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Briefly describe three techniques an athlete can use to reduce arousal.
Q6) Why is it important to encourage athletes to use positive self-talk?
Q7) Explain why goal setting is effective.
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Chapter 8: Leadership in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Fiedler differentiated between two broad types of leadership style: task-oriented and relationship-oriented leadership.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Illustrate the Multidimensional Model of Leadership (MML) as proposed by Chelladurai (2007), and propose examples for each set of characteristics identified in the model.
Q3) Which of the following feature in Chelladurai's (1990) multidimensional model of leadership?
A) required leader behaviour
B) preferred leader behaviour
C) actual leader behaviour
D) all of the above
E) B and C
Q4) In a study by Jackson and colleagues (2011) when coaches and athletes were found to display similar levels of extraversion this was associated with improved relationship quality.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 9: Group Cohesion in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Why is cohesion often reported to be the most important small group variable?
Q2) Which style of sport leadership assessed through the LSS is best suited for developing cohesion?
Q3) Social cohesion refers to the orientation toward achieving the group's objectives.
A)True
B)False
Q4) The term assembly effect refers to variations in group behaviour that are a function of the particular combinations of individual in a group.
A)True
B)False
Q5) An exercise leader whose enthusiasm increases the group's cohesion, which then increases how hard the member's work, is demonstrating cohesion as a ________.
A) strategy
B) mediator
C) confounder
D) moderator
E) secondary outcome
Q6) Why is it important to understand group behaviour in the sport setting?
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Chapter 10: Youth Involvement and Positive Development in Sport
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Q1) Which one of the following is considered to be an external developmental asset?
A) commitment to learning
B) positive values
C) social competencies
D) support
E) positive identity
Q2) Which one of the following is considered to be an internal developmental asset?
A) empowerment
B) constructive use of time
C) boundaries and expectations
D) support
E) commitment to learning
Q3) Which of the following is not one of the revised 4 C's of positive youth development for sport?
A) competence
B) confidence
C) connection
D) caring
E) character
Q4) Describe the three objectives of youth sport.
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Chapter 11: Coaching Psychology
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Q1) Which one of the following countries does not have a government-based national coaching organization for training volunteer and professional coaches?
A) Canada
B) Australia
C) United Kingdom
D) United States
E) none of the above
Q2) An expert coach who believes that her curling team could win gold at the Olympics by excelling in mental, physical, tactical, and technical aspects of training is exhibiting
A) a vision
B) a mission statement
C) co-orientation
D) complementarity
Q3) Canada, Australia, and the U.K. all have a government-based national coaching organizations, while the United States does not.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Explain the five coaching principles of youth-sport coaches.
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Chapter 12: Aging and Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity
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Q1) Which one of the following represents a difference between Masters runners and their non-active counterparts?
A) lower consumption of alcohol
B) better sleep patterns
C) higher self-esteem
D) fewer physical problems
E) all of the above
Q2) The likelihood that participation rates will decline as age increases is an example of which type of determinant of physical activity?
A) social and cultural factors
B) physical and environmental factors
C) demographic and biological factors
D) behavioural attributes
E) emotional factors
Q3) Older adults may be limiting their involvement in physical activity because of internalized negative stereotypes about their group.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Distinguish between compensation theory and selective maintenance theory.
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Chapter 13: Physical Activity and Mental Health
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Q1) In terms of the value of utilizing exercise in the treatment of mental health problems, which statement would you support?
A) It is unlikely that physical activity can treat mental health problems.
B) The potential benefit outweighs the risk that it would be unsuccessful.
C) The potential risk of increased activity outweighs the potential benefit on mental health.
D) Mental and physical health improvements do not occur simultaneously.
Q2) According to one meta-analytic review on exercise and anxiety covered in the textbook, the effect size for exercise versus no treatment control conditions was
A) nonsignificant
B) small
C) medium
D) large
Q3) Which of the following biochemicals has been termed the "brain's own morphine?"
A) pyrogens
B) dopamine
C) endorphin
D) serotonin
Q4) Discuss the prevalence of mental health problems in Canada and internationally.
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Chapter 14: Body Image in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) You are hired as a program coordinator for body image in high school. Working with the counsellors and teachers, you develop a program based on theory, research, and practice. Based on Yager and colleagues (2013), you can expect your program to A) be successful for males and females.
B) improve body image for females but not males.
C) improve body image for younger but not older adolescents.
D) A and C
Q2) Low body dissatisfaction scores suggests people are satisfied and happy with their bodies.
A)True
B)False
Q3) Males and females are equally likely to present with body and muscle dysmorphia.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Bulimia nervosa is characterized by recurrent binge eating and purging through self-induced vomiting, laxative use, and excessive exercise.
A)True
B)False
Q5) What is the definition of normative discontent?
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Chapter 15: Physical Activity Interventions
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Q1) Physical activity counselling is provided by trained health-care professionals who help individuals incorporate physical activity into their lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Exercise intervention research
A) is based only on theory.
B) is not based on theory.
C) can be based on theory or may not be based on theory.
D) is based on developing relationships among constructs.
Q3) According to the Transtheoretical model, when an individual is in the pre-contemplation stage of behavioural change they
A) do not intend to make a behavioural change.
B) intend to make a change within six months.
C) intend to make a change within the next month.
D) plan on maintaining a new behaviour.
Q4) You have just been hired as the strength training coach for a high school soccer team. You have designed a fantastic training program for the athletes. What strategies would you use to help them actually complete the training program?
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