exam 1

complex, multidimensional, and relative

researching, teaching, and consulting

advancing knowledge, multidisciplinary teams

transmitting knowledge

individual athletes, teams, organizations

clinical sport psych, educational sport psych

standardized conditions

certain variables/elements that are constant so they don't impact the targeted relationship

based on observation

rigorously evaluated by researcher

researcher observes, doesn't alter

researcher intervenes and makes changes, then observes

high with experiments, extent that results can be attributed to treatment used

high with observations, real-world significance

patterns of thought, emotion, and behavior that make a person unique

the "real you", constant vs external

the way one typically adjusts or responds to the environment

how one acts in a particular social situation, external vs dynamic

understanding personal as a whole, unconcscious determinants of behavior

traits are fundamental, relatively stable, and predictable

behavior determed by environment

trait and situational variables interact

examines person's understanding and interpretation of their self and environment

considers interaction of biological, social, and psychological factors

direction and intensity of behavior or effort

motivated behavior is function of individual characteristics

motivation level is determined by situation

personal and situational factors

a person's orientation to strive for task success, persist in face of failure, and have pride in accomplishments

disposition to strive for satisfaction when making comparisons with some standard of excellence in presence of evaluative others

interactional, considers personal and situational factors

achieve success, avoid failure

probability of success, inventive value of success

how people explain their successes and failures

internal: more pride or shame, external: less pride or shame

within control: increased motivation, outside control: decreased motivation

ability, effort, task difficulty, luck

part of personality, fairly stable, behavioral disposition that influences behavior

ever-changing, emotional state

degree to which one worries or has negative thoughts

moment to moment changes in perceived physiological activation

degree to which one believes one has the resources and ability to meet challenges

environmental demand (physical and psychological)

individual's perception of the environmental demand

stress response (physical and psychological)

behavioral consequences (performance or outcome)

event importance, uncertainty

trait anxiety, self-esteem, physique

positive linear relationship between performance and arousal level

presence of others enhances performance on simple or well-learned skills, inhibits performance on complex or unlearned skills

arousal can't be too high or low for peak performance

different people perform best at different levels of arousal

based on one's peak performance zone, must self-regulate over time to maintain the zone

cognitive anxiety: negative linear relationship, somatic anxiety: inverted-u relationship

peak performance is higher under conditions of high cognitive anxiety, that anxiety must be managed

the way arousal affects performance depends on the person's interpretation of arousal level (pleasant vs unpleasant)

in control: facilitative anxiety, out of control: debilitative anxiety