Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology Exam
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Course Introduction
Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology introduces students to the fundamental principles that underpin psychological aspects of athletic performance and physical activity. The course explores key theoretical frameworks related to motivation, confidence, anxiety, and group dynamics, examining how psychological factors influence both individual and team outcomes in sport and exercise settings. Emphasis is placed on practical strategies for enhancing mental fitness, optimizing performance, managing stress, and promoting lifelong engagement in physical activity, while considering the unique roles and challenges faced by athletes, coaches, and fitness professionals. Through case studies and applied exercises, students gain insights into evidence-based interventions and the ethical considerations relevant to the field.
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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) The specific legislative rules for the use of the term "psychologist" vary across provinces and territories.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q2) A sport psychology consultant who is employed by a university and is involved in a study that examines aggression differences between male and female rugby players is an example of which type of career role?
A) counselling
B) research
C) teaching
D) consulting
E) clinical intervention
Answer: B
Q3) SCAPPS had a strong influence on development on research and development and sport and exercise psychology in the 70's and 80's but has little influence in Canada.
A)True
B)False
Answer: False
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Chapter 2: Personality in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Describe the four elements in the 4C mental toughness model developed by Clough and colleagues (2002).
Answer: Known as the 4C model, it was proposed that mental tough people who encountered negative experiences.
(a) appraised the situation as a challenge to be overcome and as part of personal development and growth, (b) believe they had personal control over the experiences, (c) are confidence they can overcome these experiences, and (d) have a strong commitment to achieving personal goals.
Q2) Perfectionism has multiple dimensions that involve both the self and expectations of others.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
Q3) Tailoring physical activity based on personality has received convincing research support.
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) Imagine that you are an exercise class leader in a residential complex for older adults. What could you do to promote social support for exercise for your clients?
Answer: Social support may be promoted through a variety of means including: encouraging acceptance of exercise class members, taking time to allow class members to get to know one another to promote quality friendships, encouraging a buddy system or engaging in activities which require the support or interaction between class members and, encouraging spouses to enroll together.
Q3) Past performance is the best predictor of self-efficacy.
A)True
B)False
Answer: True
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Chapter 4: Stress, Emotion, and Coping in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Research on gender differences in coping in sport has indicated that men and women appear to cope differently.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Which of the following conclusions best reflects researchers' current understanding of how personality influences coping?
A) Athletes with high optimism are more likely to use task-oriented coping.
B) Athletes with high optimism are also more likely to use disengagement-oriented coping.
C) Athletes with high socially prescribed perfectionism are more likely to use task-oriented coping.
D) Athletes with high pessimism are more likely to use task-oriented coping.
Q3) When approaching a major swim competition, Kristina and Mike both become irritable and anxious about the event. Kristina seems open to talking about her stress and seeking support from coach and her teammates, but Mike doesn't talk to others and instead he seems to withdraw from others and keep to himself. Based on the gender socialization hypothesis, what is a possible reason why Mike and Kristina cope differently in the days leading up to a competition? Be sure to define the gender socialization hypothesis in your answer.
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Chapter 5: Anxiety in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) Which theory suggests that the ideal range of competitive state anxiety required for optimal performance from members of any sport team is likely to differ among the players?
A) Self-presentation theory
B) Multidimensional Anxiety theory
C) Zone of Optimal Functioning theory
D) Catastrophe theory
E) Self-determination theory
Q2) Describe the temporal patterning of the intensity of both cognitive and somatic anxiety in competitive settings.
Q3) Research evidence has shown that social physique anxiety can be associated with both greater exercise behaviour and less exercise behaviour.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Anxiety is a negative emotion and therefore, negatively impacts performance. A)True
B)False
Q5) Identify five categories of personal sources of anxiety.
Q6) List and briefly explain three dimensions of an anxiety response.
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Chapter 6: Aggression and Moral Behaviour in Sport
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Q1) The number of times competitors meet may have an impact on the amount of aggressive behaviour demonstrated in these matches.
A)True
B)False
Q2) A rugby program that teaches athletes how to deal with frustration, annoyance, and attack, as well as technical skills, is using which method to curb aggression?
A) educational interventions
B) behaviour modification
C) changing the sport environment
D) punishment and encouragement
E) all of the above
Q3) The difference between an aggressive and an assertive action is that the latter behaviour includes the intent to harm another human being.
A)True
B)False
Q4) Hazing is not strongly influenced by team norms.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 7: Sport Psychology Interventions
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Q1) A sport psychology consultant who is helping a volleyball player learn how to set goals and how to concentrate better is using which phase of psychological skills training?
A) education
B) practice
C) acquisition
D) awareness
Q2) A middle distance runner who intends to win the race is demonstrating which type of goal?
A) process
B) product
C) performance
D) outcome
Q3) Which is the most common procedure for measuring attention as a limited resource?
A) attention cueing
B) dual-task performance
C) temporal occlusion
D) focus assessment
Q4) Explain why goal setting is effective.
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Chapter 8: Leadership in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) A typical prototype of the athlete leader does not include ________.
A) higher skilled
B) veteran
C) extrinsically motivated
D) well-liked
E) centrally located
Q2) Chelladurai and Saleh (1980) developed a measure of leadership called the A) Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS).
B) Multidimensional Measure of Leadership (MML).
C) Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ).
D) Democratic Leadership Scale (DLQ).
E) Required Leadership Scale (RLS).
Q3) According to Fiedler (1967) a leader exhibits high situational control when
A) the leader operates in a context in which the quality of the relationships with his/her followers is good.
B) the tasks and goals being pursued are clearly structured.
C) the leader possesses clear authority and power.
D) all of the above
E) none of the above
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Chapter 9: Group Cohesion in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) What is the dynamic process that is reflected in the tendency for a group to stick together and remain united in the pursuit of its instrumental objectives and/or for the satisfaction of the members' affective needs known as?
A) group dynamics
B) assembly effect
C) cohesion
D) team building
E) collective efficacy
Q2) If you wanted to increase the cohesiveness of a soccer team, you might consider
A) keeping the number of members on the team low.
B) only allowing friends to join.
C) have the coach become friends with the players.
D) encourage members to have personal goals.
E) both B and C
Q3) Which specific leadership behaviours measures from transformational leadership are associated with higher levels of cohesion in sport teams?
Q4) Distinguish between the terms group dynamics and assembly effect.
Q5) Describe the conceptual model of group cohesion.
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) Positive outcomes occur automatically through youth sport involvement.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Contrast deliberate play and deliberate practice and each one's relationship to early specialization.
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) Numerous studies have empirically shown a cause-effect relationship between youth-sport participation and developmental outcomes.
A)True
B)False
Q5) Describe the 5 C's framework of positive youth development and how it has been adapted to sport research.
Q6) Describe the three objectives of youth sport.
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Chapter 11: Coaching Psychology
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Q1) Choosing your team based on your coaching philosophy would fall under which category of the coaching model?
A) creating a vision
B) creating a mission statement
C) organization
D) setting goals
E) establishing a long term plan
Q2) Given Charlene's extensive background in basketball, she was assigned to coach the women's varsity team at the high school she currently teaches at. The coaching stream that best suits Charlene is ________.
A) Competition Stream
B) Elite Stream
C) High Performance Stream
D) Community Sport Stream
E) Intermediate Stream
Q3) The Positive Coaching Alliance's mission is to improve the quality and exposure of coaching at all levels around the world.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 12: Aging and Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity
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Q1) "Reconceptualizing your self-image to remove the value associated with a domain, thereby reducing the impact of negative performance" is known as ________.
A) implicit priming
B) explicit priming
C) self-handicapping
D) disidentification
E) stereotype threat
Q2) Baker, Horton, Pearce, and Deakin's study of elite ________ suggests that skilled motor performance declines much less with age than performance in sports such as running and swimming.
A) rowers
B) archers
C) cyclists
D) golfers
E) gymnasts
Q3) Why might seniors hold negative stereotypes about their own social group (i.e., about themselves)?
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) While less is known about the relationship between sedentary behaviour and mental health it appears reasonable to suggest that interventions should try to both reduce sedentary behaviour and increase physical activity.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Deci and Ryan (2000) have proposed that the basic needs for competence, autonomy, and relatedness must be satisfied across the lifespan for an individual to experience well-being.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The burden of mental illness and addiction in Ontario has been estimated as more than ________ times the burden of all cancers?
A) 1.3
B) 1.5
C) 1.7
D) 2
Q4) Mental illness and mental health are at opposite ends of a continuum.
A)True
B)False
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Chapter 14: Body Image in Sport and Exercise
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Q1) As a researcher interested in the association between body image and mental health, you want to get an accurate assessment of the different dimensions of body image. List the body image dimensions and provide one example of a measure that you could use for each dimension.
Q2) As a physical activity expert, you are looking further understand the role that sociocultural factors have on body image. What theoretical perspective could you adopt to investigate this question?
A) social cognitive theory
B) tripartite influence model
C) A and B
D) neither of the above
Q3) Jax takes many selfies and then chooses the best one to post as his messenger profile photo. He is displaying a tendency to favourably ________.
A) self-monitor
B) self-promote
C) self-present
D) self-manage
Q4) What is the definition of normative discontent?
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Chapter 15: Physical Activity Interventions
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Q1) Mass media campaigns are interventions that attempt to reach select individuals through public forums.
A)True
B)False
Q2) Physical activity counselling is provided by trained health-care professionals who help individuals incorporate physical activity into their lifestyle.
A)True
B)False
Q3) The main advantage of computer technology as a way to deliver exercise information is that
A) it is very personal.
B) people need to have knowledge of how to use computers.
C) large numbers of people can be reached with minimal cost.
D) people most have access to a computer.
Q4) Exercise involvement usually increases with age.
A)True
B)False
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