Psychology Of Sport

Front 1

Linear Perspective

Back 1

-the players are both engaging in fights with eachother and not fully buying into Brook's methods
-they are stuck in the storming phase
-in order to progress out of the storming phase, Brooks needs to communicate openly with his players and establish roles and status with his players

Front 2

Tharpe and Gallimore

Back 2

-Brook's failure to use short demonstration modeling the correct behaviors causes suboptimal performance
-Brook's needs to focus more on "how to do things" rather than "what things to do"
-emphasis on repetition

Front 3

Steiners Model

Back 3

-actual productivity=potential ability -faulty group processes
-because team USA does not posses as much ability as the other teams, they need to minimize losses due to faulty group processes: motivation and coordination

Front 4

Carrons Model

Back 4

-say's team USA individual differences, for examples Boston University vs. Minnesota University, along with short amount of time playing with each other can diminish both task and social cohesion leading to their suboptimal performance

Front 5

Stimulus Response Theory

Back 5

-Brooks lack of emphasis on positive reinforcement causes team USA's suboptimal performance
-Brooks should praise his players for their improvements and successes and then demonstrate how to fix their mistakes

Front 6

Epstein

Back 6

(Target)
-Brooks needs to create an optimal motivational climate that will emphasize a mastery-oriented climate
-environment

Front 7

Sherif and Sherif

Back 7

-Brooks need to create a climate in which the players are working together towards a common goal
-environment

Front 8

Bray and Whaley

Back 8

-this study shows that higher levels of cohesion usually lead to higher levels of effort, which is what Brooks emphasizes several times
-if Brooks can get his players to become more cohesive with each other, and increase in effort from the group will come