Sport Psych Q2

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Roger Staubach of the Dallas Cowboys, John Elway of the Denver Broncos, and more recently Tom Brady of the New England Patriots

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have fueled interest in the relationship between sport and leadership

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As a trat, intelligence

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is found more in leaders than in followers

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A consultant is looking at your front office in terms of the style of leadership used by management personnel. One of the steps involves the administration of the Least Preferred Co-Worker Scale. Clearly the assessment is steeped in the

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Fiedler's Contingency leadership model

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In the life cycle theory of leadershi[, the leader who is low task/low relationship

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delegates, allows mature followers to make decisions

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Data tp date seem to indicate that the Leadership Scale for Sports (LSS)

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is most positive with regard to the multi dimensional scale; driving force behind sport leadership research

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Team harmony to former NBA star Charles Barkley

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doesn't matter, winning and getting paid

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The motivation decrement which arises as a function in group size increases is commonly referred to as

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the Ringelmann Effect

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When Donnelly talks of a team half life he is referring to

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the amount of time it takes for 50% OF The players to turn over; team cohesion takes time

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The Multifactor Leadership Questionnaire (MLQ) was developed by Bass to assess five aspects of the

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transformational model

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Cohesion

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can be negative if overconformity results

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Triplett’s 1898 research has been called the first social psychology experiment. It is also cited by many as landmark in sports psychology. Whom did Triplett study?

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bicycle racers

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The detrimental effects of a favorable audience couple with negative expectations, such as a fear of failure, has led Butler and Baumeister to refer to this performance style as

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futile caution

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Cottrell's theory of social facilitation differs from that of Zajonc by adding the element of

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evaluative apprehension; mere presence as a factor in drive theory

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Drive theory in social facilitation as espoused by Zajonc

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that the uncertainty created by the presence of an audience would increase arousal....increase performance/hinder learning

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Self presentation and self awareness are parts of which nondrive model?

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nondrive

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THe hone disadvantage

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is playing in a final game at home, more pressure

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Who put the dispute over home advantage to rest?

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Schlenker

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It has been found that soccer players in the United Kingdom produce significantly more testosterone before home than away games. This statement is…

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true

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The apprehension associated with how one will fare in athletic events at some point down the road is known as

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COFF- cutting off future failure

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In the context of choking under pressure in sport, it has been suggested that the interplay of the parasympathetic and sympathetic nervous systems is a major factor in creating the situation. This state has also been called

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bodily sabotage

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A man is abusive to his wife. What is the % that he will abuse his child?

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50%

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Hostile and instrumental aggression

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can be separated from sport assertiveness; no intent to harm in assertive behavior

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Prosocial behavior, according to data from Eron's longitudinal study of aggression

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likely to be carried through to adulthood; avoided aggression as children

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The reduction of a drive by expression is called

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catharsis hypothesis

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The politeness at a golf gallery

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emergent norm theory

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Temperature, noise, crowding

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are physical factors that provoke aggression

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Melissa has been soundly chastised...

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deindividualation theory

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It is the contention of Jennings Bryant that violence

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is enjoyed by spectators to an extent

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The Engineers are in first place in their league. Most likely, they as a team

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willl commit fewer aggressive acts

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The latin word aggredi means

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to attack, to go toward

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The safest summation statement concerning boxing

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purpose is to inflict personal harm on your opponent

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According to Smith's typology of violence, body checks and hits to various parts of the body constitute

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body contact

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With regard to catastrophic injuries in football..

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they are relatively rare

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Data gathered in 1995-1996 from the NHL indicated that American players

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garnered 80% of penalties; far more aggressive than Canadians

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Professional basketball players are notorious for whining about their salaries, working conditions, and their mistreatment by the press and game officials. In Tach’s typology as it is applied to athletes, these individuals would be classified as

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Self indulgers

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In several studies of violence against officials conducted by Rainey and colleagues, the most likely person to strike or otherwise abuse an official is a

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player (41%)

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According to Dewar, fan violence in baseball is most likely to occur

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late in the game, hot months, weekends, team rally, high attendance

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Equity based punishment for violent behavior in sport

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eye for an eye

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Rocky has 30 fights-

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brain damage in cases >20 fights

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Tonya Harding

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persona nona grata, run ins with the law

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The concept of the psychological core personality refers to…

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the real you, traits observable, stable and enduring. others and yourself recognize them as your own personality traits

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To Dishman

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Psychobiological theory- biological facotrs interact with psychological variables to produce exercise compliance

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Ther are problems which plague all research. These problems may be categorized as

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conceptual, methodological, interpretive problems

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Comparing students from RPI with HVCC

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sampling problems

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A systematic procedure for observing a person's behavior and describing it with the aid of a numerical scale is

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a psychological test

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Jeriann tested elite athletes at the US Olympic Center

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reliability

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Split-half, Kuder-Richardson, Coefficient Alpha are mechanisms for determining the ____of a test

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internal consistency

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The psychoanalytic model is an

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intrapsychic model

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The Balanced Inventory of Desireable Responding (BIDR) attempts to asses

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impression management

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The BIG 5 personality traits

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1) Extraversion
2)Agreeableness
3) Neuroticism
4)Concientiousness
5) Openness to Experience

from trait psychology

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Hypomania, psych asthenia, and paranoia are subscales found on the

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Minnesota Multiphasic Personality Inventory (MMPI)

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As opposed to the MMPI which is criterion based methodology, the 16PF used

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factor analysis

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Extraversion, Anxiety, Tough-Mindedness, Independence, Self-Control are global factors assessed by the

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16PF

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It appears that collegiate football players

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are psychologically more healthy than their male peers based on POMS

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Albert has just taken the 65-item version of the Profile of Mood States. Most likely someone doing the testing is interested in assessing

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mood states such as tension, depression and anger

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According to Nideffer, athletic success is closely tied to

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attentional style/focus

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The Test of Performance Strategies assesses

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the mental skills necessary for peak performance (attentional control, goal setting, imagery, relaxation, activation, self-talk, emotional control, automaticity)

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The use of dissociative strategies in ditance running is more likely to take place

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during training

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The EDITS 30 item verson of POMS

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is less susceptible to social desireability than POMS

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The Elite Distance Runner Project

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all members showed Iceberg Profile..scored lower on negative mood states and hire on psychic vigor than Olympians

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Bud Fowler, Moses Fleetwood Walker , and Weldy Wilberforce Walker are significant historically and were the first

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black MLB players

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Jack Johnson was

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professional black boxer (flashy lifestyle, white women, forced to flee country)

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Ryan is a scout a major league baseball operation and has been charged by management to see if he can identify and sign more black baseball players for the organization. With regard to this issue and college baseball

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blacks don't see themselves in baseball (5.3% college players)

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With regard to stacking in MLB

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relegating blacks to certain positions..is getting better in infield

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Psychological studies of black athletes

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are rare

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The definition of Hispanic in text

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Hispanic Europeans (Spanish), south American, central American, Mexican, and Latino athletes from the United States

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Only fifty Hispanics have competed for the United States in the Olympic Games since their reinstitution in 1896. This statement is

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true-due to expenses and education

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In analyses of how ethnic minorities are porttrayed in internationally televised athletic events

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positive, more focus on physicality; asians viewed more negatively

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An agency that is working to promote Native AMericans in sport

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NASC (native american sport council)

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Billy Bean, Sheryl Swoopes, Dave Pallone

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gay athletes

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The interest in sports such as parachuting and rock climbing, to name a few, has been called

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risk revolution

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Scuba diving in the view of college students

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32% and 68% appealing (not dangerous)

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More people die from bee stings than skydiving accidents

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true..reassuring, but doesn't dispell risk

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Jonas is studying the hang glider subculture. He finds out that the procedure used up to this time is primarily

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most do it for the rush despite the risk

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A Dallas physician once paid $ 65,000 to make a climb of Mount Everest. Such a fee is

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typical

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The relationship between depth of dives and sensation seeking the Heyman and Rose study was

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inverse relationship

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The four scales of the Sensation Seeking Scale include boredom susceptibility, experience seeking, thrill and adventure seeking, and

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disinhibition

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Self confidence and concentration

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better gymnast are more self-confident and successfully concentrated, refocused attention when faced with adversary

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To Ericsson

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hard work supersedes superior innate ability

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It has been noted that Dan Kellner holds the world record for most parachute jumps. His record number of jumps is…

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36000

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The terminology used by the NCAA to describe athletes with disabilities is

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impaired student athlete

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In categorizing athletes with disabilities, psychological disorders are

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included in special olympics

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Heather is an 18-year-old competitive athlete who has just sustained a serious knee injury that requires surgery. If you were a betting person, you would probably stake your money of Heather’s sport being

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soccer

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Derek is a high school football player who has sustained a serious ankle injury. He tries to play on the injured ankle but is not able to do so, so he is asked by his coach if he will submit to injections of painkillers and anti-inflammatories into the injured ankle. He agrees. Derek

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is complying to the thought that young athletes worry about letting teammates and coaches down and confidence issues kick in to complicate matters

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In terms of mood profile, disabled athletes

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show some evidence of iceberg profile

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The Special Olympics are closely linked to the Kennedy name. What specific event seems to be most pivotal in this link

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rosemary had the flu-->retarded

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The original idea for the Paralympic Games grew out of

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england; ww2 vets original participants

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Earl Campbell, Harry Carson, and Joe Jacoby are all examples of professional football players who are quite disabled as a result of their sports participation. As such

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short term money/glory not worth long term cost

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One researcher identified at least 35 studies of the life stress and athletic injury relationship. It was concluded after an analysis of these studies that

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High stress players were injured 50% of the time, low stress athletes 9%

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The injury theory that invokes hardiness and locus of control is

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Anderson-Williams

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Ligament and tendon injuries in MLB

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are up 224%..high correlation between steroid use and connective tissue injuries

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The world Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) conducted almost 200,000 test during 2005. Of that number

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3909 (2.13%) deemed adverse findings

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The anabolic-androgenic steroid were introduced to the sport world by Russian

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weight lifters (bloc lifters)

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Androgenic properties of a steroid refer to its masculinizing effects ability whereas anabolic properties are in reference to its

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masculizing/tissue building

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Human Growth hormone

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has been linked to a potentially fatal condition-Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease

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Marisa has engaged in blood doping in which the blood of another person is used to carry out the procedure. This practice is also known as

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homologous blood doping

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Nadia Rosenthal, a Harvard researcher, has introduced a new term to the literature on gene doping. Her linguistic creation is

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Schwarzenegger Mice

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Charlesa is world-class competitor and she engages in some illegal performance-enhancing chicanery by using a banned substance known as a bête-blocker. Most likely Charlesa is…

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archer/bowler/shooter

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Dr. Frankenstein, a mad scientist, is in his laboratory trying to create a new steroid compound so that he might strike it rich with wealthy athletes looking for a competitive edge that cannot be detected by the testing authorities. There is a name for what he is trying to create, and it is

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designer steroids

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Creatine is a new drug that athletes have used ostensibly to enhance performance. This statement is

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false; creatine is not a drug, it is a nutrionaal supplement