Chapters 5 & 9

Which of the following is not one of the major goals of sports psychology?

Diagnosis personality disorders

All of the following are ways to promote intrinsic motivation except:

Praise after a game

You design a practice where the athlete steps from and jumps to boxes of varying height. What type of practice is this?

Variable practice

Which of the following is the major difference between bulimia nervosa and anorexia nervosa?

Purging

Which of the following symptoms of somatic anxiety is cardiovascular based?

Tachycardia

Which of the following terms describes positive stress?

Eustress

An athlete feels an overwhelming sense of anxiety before a game. She begins to breathe deeply from her belly, focusing only on her breath. A few minutes pass, and she finds herself calmer and her headspace restored.

Which of the following best describes the technique she used?

Diaphragmatic breathing

Which of the following is not promoted in a sport psychology program?

Attempting to become the best in the athlete’s sport or category

Pica is an eating disorder that is best characterized as which of the following?

Ingesting non-nutritive substances

Your athlete is taking a moment to rehearse performing a barbell back squat mentally. She envisions herself performing the eccentric and concentric portions, trying to experience the whole movement in her head. Which of the following techniques is she using?

Imagery

A basketball player is standing at the foul line attempting a shot. He wants to be able to ignore the crowd and his opponents standing beside him so that he can sink both shots.

Which of the following does this situation best describe?

Selective attention

Which of the following is characteristic of both binge eating disorder and bulimia nervosa?

Eating large quantities of food

When an athlete is involved in decisions related to practice structure, this is an example of which of the following?

Self-Controlled Practice

The snatch is a technically complicated exercise. Which of the following techniques would be the most helpful for your athlete who is learning the exercise?

Segmentation

Which of the following is an example of observational practice?

An athlete watching a recording of himself performing a skill

You want to practice positive reinforcement with your athletes. Which of the following would be an ideal way to do that?

Providing players with a special helmet decal after a win

Which of the following is described as multiple skills being practiced in a random order during a given practice session?

Random practice

Which type of goals focus on the actions that the individual must engage in during performance to execute the skill well?

Process goals

Which of the following is not a symptom of anabolic steroid abuse in males?

Hair growth

Which of the following is not a way to measure arousal in athletes as it relates to training and competition?

VO2

Which of the following is not a noticeable symptom of anorexia nervosa?

Brain damage

Which of the following states that arousal facilitates performance up to an optimal level, beyond which further increases in arousal are associated with reduced performance?

Inverted U-Theory

Which theory states that the athlete is capable of changing their outlook on arousal?

Reversal Theory

All of the following are examples of common extrinsic motivation except:

The love of the game

You hear a rumor that your athlete is suffering from bulimia nervosa.

What is the first thing that you should do?

Become familiar with signs & symptoms

One of your clients has missed two weeks of sessions due to vacation and holiday time. This client is slightly overweight and in his 70s. At his first session back, he is ten pounds shy of his previous personal best on the bench press.

This is an example of which of the following?

Detraining

The observed muscle atrophy associated with aging appears to result most from which of the following?

Physical inactivity

Which of the following is not a reported effect of resistance training for older adults?

Increased max HR

Female athletes are six times more likely to tear which of the following compared to their male athlete counterparts?

Anterior cruciate ligament

Which of the following refers to the interrelationships between energy availability, menstrual function, and bone mineral density?

Female athlete triad