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Differentiate between the terms competition and cooperation. Give examples of each. |
Competition- Receiving or not receiving rewards for how one's performance compares with the performance of others. In golf, since it's an individual sport it is easier for you have a sense of competiveness against your teammates as well as your opponents. Cooperation-Rewarded based on a group of people working together to reach a particular goal. In basketball, since it's a team sport it's easier to just compete against your opponents. |
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What are the four stages of competition |
Stage 1- Objective Competitive Situation Stage 2- Subjective Competitive Situation Stage 3-Response Stage 4- Consequences |
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Stage 1-Objective Competitive Situation |
A situation in which performance is compared with some standard of excellence. Marten found it was not competitive because only the athlete is aware of the standard of excellence the athlete is trying to beat. He found in the presence of at least 1 person who is aware of the comparison and are able to evaluate the performance. |
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Stage 2- Subjective Competitive Situation |
How the person perceives, accepts, and appraises the objective situation. Influenced by personality characteristics made up of your unique background and attributes that determine your motivation and how competitive you are. |
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Stage 3-Response |
Whether a person approaches or avoids an objective competitive situation. Can occur at three levels: behavioral, physiological or psychological levels. -Behavioral you decide what type of opponent you prefer to play. Someone better than you to improve or someone equal to you so you can have challenging competition. Someone worse than you so you can make sure you win. -Physiological: Your response may be that your heart starts to be faster, your hands become cold and clammy -Psychological: Includes internal factors such as motivation, confidence and perceived ability along with external factors which include weather, time, and opponent ability. |
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Stage 4- Consequences |
An evaluation of one's response to the standard of the performance comparison. Evaluations are usually positive (success) or negative (failure) in nature based on perception of consequences. For example, on can see the consequences of failing food because they have lived up to their own standard, however, other might perceive it as bad because they did not live up to their own standard. |
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Discuss why competition can be both good and bad. |
It's simply the process and quality of leadership with the environment determining its effect to a great degree. It can also lack one's self-esteem or build character by comparing to others. |
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Discuss how you may try to balance competition and cooperation in your future as a professional in the sport and exercise setting. |
As a sport psychologist, I would focus on giving each individual athlete specific goals to work towards along with the team to promote a sense of working together while being individually competitive. |
