Extrovers RAS system (recticular activity system) is shows to reduce the effect of external stimnuli so they have low levels of arousal, therfore extroverts seek more external stimulation to achieve a higher internal arousal = more outgoing
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Explain introverts behaviour?
Introverts have high levels of arousal naturally so do not seek more external stimulation and therfore tend to be shy and reserved avoiding social situations
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Outline bandura's social learning theory?
This theory suggests all behaviour is learned through out environmenttal experience and that inheritied factors do not influence behaviour
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How does social learning theory occur?
This takes place via imitating others and being reinforcement
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What does poms stand for and what is is?
Profile of mood states, it is a questionaire which aims to measure and give you a T SCORE in specific moods
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What are the catorgrise in POMS and what is is measured in?
Depression, Vigour, Fatigue, Anger, Confusion, Tention, T scores is what its measured in
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How would an Unsucsessful perfomers poms differ to a sucsessful perfomer?
Unsucsessful performers will have T scores much more consistent however Sucsessful perfomers will have much lower T scores in all catorgires accept Anger and vigour
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Name and describe hollanders layers of interactionist approach?
Psychological core consists of you innate traits, Typical responses change depending on your environment and role related is you personality changing depending on who your with, if youre competing and circumstances your in
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Define attitude?
This is someones personality towards a paticular situation, they are fpmed via experience and can be postive/negative
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Define prejudice?
This is a pre judgment of someome evaluation a situation before recieving adequate information it can both in favor and not in favour of an athlete
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How may someone be a victim of prejudice in relation to sport?
A coach/ authoritve figure may form a negative prejudgment of someone and cause the to opt out in pp in training sessions
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State limitations of the Triadic model of attitude?
This model may not be generlised to everyone as the beliefs an individual has about physical fitness does not guarantee they will commit to an excersise programme, social situational factors will also influence behaviour
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Define cognitive dissonance?
This is the belief that someone wants to pp in excersise but has CONFLICT with bad experiences so they avoid excersises
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What are the methods of changing attitudes?
Cognitive (providing new information to dispel an old thought) Affective (giving pp praise to change experience they had) Behavoural to ensue skills are simplifies = chances if sucsess)
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Brefly decribe the persuasive communication theory?
This is a thoeory which suggests a way of changing someones attitude/ element of someones attitude
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What factors effect the effectiveness of persuasive communication theory
The persuader (high status) The recipents mind set, The quality of the message given and the situation (more persuaders = more likely to change)
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Define motivation and what are the 2 types?
Motivation is the external and internal influences that direct our behaviot the two types are instrinsic and extrinsic
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What is arousal? why is it important?
Arousal is an energised state of readiness controlled by the RAS system, it is nessasary to perform at a high standard
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Briefly describle drive theory
Drive theory suggests there is a linear relationship between perfomance and arousal. It is the result of how well learned a skill is (habit) x drive. Therofore drive theory only occurs when skills are well learnt
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Evaluate drive theory?
helps exlain why begginers find it difficult to perform well under pressue as there dominat response may be less habitual and less skillfully learnt/ loss of motivation.doesnt explain why we put ourselfs into stressful situations and fail to perform
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Describe inverted U theory
As arousal increases so does performance until reaches its optimum. If activity involes fine skills , arousal must be low to optimise perfomance
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Describe catastrophe theory
As arousal increases so does performance until reaches its optimum where there is a rapid drop in perfomance
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Explain introverts behaviour?
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Introverts have high levels of arousal naturally so do not seek more external stimulation and therfore tend to be shy and reserved avoiding social situations
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