Personality Profiling
- Created by: skye_tanner
- Created on: 15-06-16 19:50
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- Personality Profiling
- definition
- a system which classifies an individual into a particular personality type
- Advantages
- can be used to match an athlete with the correct sport / position, which may lead to encouraged participation
- example: extroverted people maybe more likely to succeed in team sports - encourage participation
- understanding your personality profile will improve motivation
- knowing that your personality is perfectly suited to distance running may encourage you to try and persevere
- can help to control arousal / anxiety
- if you know you have high trait anxiety then you can employ anxiety management techniques to help improve performance
- research has shown there are some links between personality and performance in sport
- profiles of mood states shows links between personality trait of optimism and increased success in sport
- can be used to match an athlete with the correct sport / position, which may lead to encouraged participation
- Disadvantage
- stereotyping - extroverted personality type is pushed into team sports when they would actually be better at distance running
- invalidity - profiling results are often inaccurate and invalid and can't be generalised to the entire population
- subjectivity - results are often interpreted differently by different people
- modification - may unconsciously modify their behaviour to match their profile
- reliability - results are often too vague and unreliable
- proof - link not fully supported
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