Psychological influences

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  • Created on: 09-03-21 20:19
what is the definition of personality?
a unique psychological make up individual personality profiles can affect how a player should approach training & competitions
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what is trait theory?
individuals are born with innate traits that can attempt to predict behaviour in comparison of an athlete whilst performing a sport & their personality
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what is the social learning approach?
suggests that behaviour is learnt from others by socialisation.
observe-identify-reinforce-copy
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what is the interactionist perspective?
this theory combines both trait & social learning theory to predict behaviour in specific situations analysing how sportsmen can be influenced by genetic & enviromental influences.
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what is an attitude?
a valued aimed at an attitude object 'what do you think about something'
formed by associating with others (socialisation) or conditioned by success and reinforcing behaviour
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what are the components of attitudes?
the triadic model
the cognitive part
the affective part
the behavioural part
changed by cognitive dissonance- when new info is given causing unease & motive change or persuasive communication.
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definition of arousal
a level of activation a degree of readiness to preform
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what is drive theory?
based on the assumption that arousal increases and so does performance, increasing in a linear fashion.
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what is the inverted u theory?
arousal starts increasing and performance improves to an optimum point, but performance is only improved to a certain point further increase can lead to a deterioration of performance.
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what is catastrophe theory?
increased arousal improves performance to an optimum point but then there is a dramatic reduction in performance.
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what is anxiety?
a negative reaction to stress, characterised by nerves, worry and apprehension activated by arousal
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what are the types of anxiety?
- cognitive
-somatic
-competitive trait
-competitive state
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what are the 3 ways to measure anxiety?
-observations
-self report assessment (****)
- physiological testing eg heart rate monitor
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what is aggression and what is hostile aggression?
aggression- any form of behaviour directed to harm/injure others
hostile aggression- intent to cause harm outside of the rules
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what is assertive behaviour?
act with no intention to harm/injure others, goal directed, no rules broken
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what is instinct theory of aggression?
aggression is innate, energy needs releasing
not reliable;
-aggression is leant and increases
-often not aggression shown on pitch
-no proof
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what is the frustration aggression hypothesis?
something triggers frustration as a drive to a goal, frustration always leads to aggression.
not reliable;
- not all frustration leads to aggression
- not all aggression caused by frustration
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what is the cue arousal theory?
a stimulus triggers aggression, frustration increases arousal but aggression will only occur with cues
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what is the social learning theory?
aggression is learnt, if actions are reinforced actions are learnt and copied.
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what is motivation?
what types of motivation?
the drive to succeed
intrinsic, extrinsic, tangible & intangible
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what is social facilitation?
a positive effect that the presence of spectators has on the way athletes perform
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what is social inhibition?
a negative effect that the presence of spectators has on the way athletes perform
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define weiner's model.
common reasons given by coaches/athletes to account for their success and faliures
-ability
-luck
-effort
- task difficulty
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what is learnt helpleness?
the belief that failure is inevitable
general and specific
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what is confidence?
the belief an individual has about their ability in sport
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what is self-efficacy
the self confidence in specific situations
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what is self-esteem?
feelings of self worth determined about how you feel
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definition of leadership
someone who has influenced in helping others achieve their goal
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what is a prescribed leader and a emergent leader?
prescribed- appointed by outside the group, with higher authority or status
emergent- appointed by inside the group, from existing group
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what are the types of leadership?
autocratic- leader makes decisions, dictates the group
democratic- decisions made by group consultation, adopts more sympathetic approach
laissez-faire style- leader does very little and leaves group to it
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what is the definition of stress?
a negative response of body to a threat causing anxiety
eustress is a positive response to threat
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what is cognitive stress?
physiological effects of stress including; negative thoughts & feelings, irrational thinking of inability to cope with demands
loss of concentration linked to attention narrowing
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what is somatic stress?
involves physical response of body to stress eg)n increase HR, sweating & butterflies
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what is cue utilisation?
the ability to process info directly linked to arousal levels. at high levels of stress & anxiety only limited amounts of info can be processed, this can lead to attention narrowing
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