Isp Quiz 4

Front 1

How can the quest for the link between sport performance and personality be described?

Back 1

Unabated (without any reduction in intensity)

Front 2

What kind of model is the psychoanalytic model?

Back 2

Intrapsychic Model

Front 3

What has been the focus of the psychoanalytic or Freudian theory?

Back 3

Pessimism and pathology. (Though this preoccupation with abnormality has limited applicability with normal behavior)

Front 4

What is the personality Big Five derived from?

Back 4

Extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism, conscientiousness, openness to experience. (from number of studies and methodologies) From McCrae and Costa

Front 5

What is meant by the phrase "shot-gun" research?

Back 5

Grab the nearest, most convenient personality test, closet sports group without a theoretical basis.

Front 6

What kinds of behaviors can tests measure?

Back 6

Observable, Unobservable sample behavior (post, present, and future)

Front 7

What does "empirical validity" refer to?

Back 7

The 3 part data based determination of validity: content, criterion, construct

Front 8

How can the phenomenon called "faking bad" on a psychological test be described?

Back 8

Aberrant response pattern

Front 9

Jonas, a researcher, has been criticized for failure to operationalize. What has Jonas done wrong?

Back 9

Omit proper definition of terms, leading to flawed results. (this is a tendency in Sport Psychology)

Front 10

What is the purpose of the "Marlowe-Crowne Social Desirability Scale" and the "Balanced Inventory of Desirable Responding"?

Back 10

Both are measures of the tendency to distort testing results.

Front 11

How were the original norms for the MMPI obtained?

Back 11

Psychiatric inpatients at the University of Minnesota Hospital. 400 individuals compared to about 700 control consisting of friends and family

Front 12

Parsimoniously, what can be said about the utility of the 16PF in sport psychology research?

Back 12

It was popular but produced inconsistent results. Used infrequently for last 2 decades. New version has not been of interest to Sport Psychologists.

Front 13

Extraversion, anxiety, tough-mindedness, independence, and self-control are global factors assessed by which test?

Back 13

Eysenck Personality Inventory (EPI)

Front 14

The Profile of Mood States scale has been very popular in sports and exercise. What can be said about its use outside those contexts?

Back 14

Also widely applicable to psychology and medicine.

Front 15

Generally speaking, what can be concluded about the various short forms of the Profile of Mood States?

Back 15

No loss of psychometric soundness

Front 16

Specifically, how does the Grove and Prapavessis short form of the Profile and Mood States differ from both the long form and the various short forms?

Back 16

Added 5 items to assess self-esteem

Front 17

What is the Brief Assessment of Mood (BAM) of Whelan and Meyers?

Back 17

(never published) 6 item version of POMS

Front 18

What are the subscales of the Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports?

Back 18

Concentration, anxiety management, self-confidence, mental preparation, motivation, team emphasis

Front 19

What is one of the virtues of the Psychological Skills Inventory for Sports?

Back 19

The confidence and motivation scales demonstrated acceptable internal consistency.

Front 20

You are in need of a source which will offer critical reviews of psychological tests. Which resource would be most useful to you?

Back 20

Mental Measurements Yearbooks (MMY)

Front 21

What is "patting juba" and when was it engaged?

Back 21

A rhythmic clapping of the hands as a substitute for musical instruments when they were not available.

Front 22

African Americans represent roughly 14% of the total US population. Roughly speaking, when was this level of representation achieved in professional baseball, basketball, and football?

Back 22

Baseball:1957, Basketball:1958, Football:1960

Front 23

At least at the professional level,which sport is the most overrepresented proportionally by black players?

Back 23

Basketball

Front 24

Ryan is a major league baseball scout and has to see if he can identify and sign more collegiate black baseball players. How fertile will he find the collegiate baseball scene?

Back 24

Not particularly fertile

Front 25

Speedie, an 8th grader on the track team, runs in distance races because he believes that he cannot compete with black runners in sprints. What would Harry Edwards say about Speedie?

Back 25

(White man) has become chief victim of his own lie

Front 26

What proportion of rosters of major league baseball are from the Dominican Republic?

Back 26

100/830 12% (2006); 57/774 7% (1997)

Front 27

What can be said about Jim Thorpe and Tom Longboat?

Back 27

Great Native American Athletes

Front 28

Which sport likely owes its origins to the Native Americans?

Back 28

Lacrosse

Front 29

When did the Gay Games begin and how often are they held?

Back 29

1982, every 4 years

Front 30

What proportion of the rosters of major league baseball teams in the late 1990s was occupied by Hispanics?

Back 30

16%

Front 31

According to the Tangen-Foster classification system, what two activities are viewed as the most dangerous?

Back 31

Parachuting and Hangliding

Front 32

"For the fitness obsessed, it is the ultimate leap beyond the New York marathon; for corporate Napoleons in search of new worlds to conquer, it is the ultimate hostile takeover." Which activity might elicit this quote?

Back 32

Climbing Mt. Everest

Front 33

At worst, what is the death rate in skydiving?

Back 33

Slightly over 30 per year

Front 34

What are you more likely to die from, a bee sting or skydiving?

Back 34

Bee sting

Front 35

Generally speaking, how can rock climbers be described?

Back 35

Often loners, work in teams, predominantly anglo, usually professional in their sport

Front 36

Physically, how can rock climbers be described?

Back 36

Average

Front 37

As opposed to the notion that the human organism is a tension reducer by nature, what does Zuckerman suggest is most characteristic of humans?

Back 37

Optimal Stimulation

Front 38

Adam is a firstborn child. With regard to data on risk sport participants, what can be predicted about Adam?

Back 38

He is less likely to play high risk sport

Front 39

What are specific sources of stress among elite figure skaters?

Back 39

Negative aspects of competition, negative significant-other relationships, demands or costs of skating, personal struggles, traumatic experiences

Front 40

According to K. Anders Ericsson, exceptional performance is best explained in terms of what?

Back 40

Inherent ability and deliberate practice

Front 41

"Let me win. But if I cannot win, let me be brave in the attempt." These simple statements make up the oath of what?

Back 41

Special Olympics

Front 42

The International Paralympic Committee recognizes six categories of disabled athletes. Which is the one that encompasses the effects of thalidomide and dwarfism?

Back 42

Les Autres

Front 43

The ultimate competition for hearing impaired or deaf athletes is now known as what?

Back 43

Deaflympics

Front 44

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

Back 44

Rosemary Kennedy was victim of a massive influenza virus and became mentally retarded due to complications.

Front 45

The 2004 Paralympic Games were held in Athens, Greece. Participants there took part in how many different sports?

Back 45

20

Front 46

What is the most common injury among NBA Players?

Back 46

ankle sprain

Front 47

In the NBA, what is the most frequent injury?

Back 47

ankle sprain

Front 48

Ex-NFL lineman Dave Pear takes 3 dozen pills a day to control pain, tremors, and speech difficulties. Of his plight, what does Pear say?

Back 48

"The NFL destroys families. I wish I never played"

Front 49

The SIP fails to reveal a difference between male and female athletes with respect to catastrophizing. What does the SIP reveal about male and female nonathletes?

Back 49

Females are more likely to catastrophize. Males cope easier.

Front 50

What do the results from studies conducted by Bartholomew and his colleagues suggest about the SIP?

Back 50

Doubts toward its validity

Front 51

James Puffer has written about the "Faustian Mentality" associated with sport. What is he referring to?

Back 51

Win-at-all-costs concerning athletic competition

Front 52

Who introduced the anabolic-androgenic steroids the the sport world?

Back 52

Old Soviet-bloc weight lifters

Front 53

Anavar, dianabol, and winstrol are examples of what?

Back 53

Anabolic-androgenic steroids (AAS)

Front 54

The World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) has sophisticated equipment that is so precise, it can detect a droplet of a banned substance in a swimming pool. What can be said about this statement?

Back 54

It leads to certain athletes dropping from competition.

Front 55

Andre was a world class cyclist who died suddenly and mysteriously while apparently in the peak of his health. Analysis of his circulatory system upon autopsy shows that his blood was unusually thick and this may have contributed to his demise. Most likely, his death is attributable to what?

Back 55

Erythropoietin (EPO)

Front 56

Athletes will go to absurd lengths to beat the testing procedures for banned substances and procedures. One such practice with almost comical elements is the use of what?

Back 56

Whizzinator: prosthetic penis with synthetic urine

Front 57

When Jon Entine talks of the "coming of the cyber-athlete," he is making reference to what?

Back 57

Gene doping

Front 58

Kermit is a college football player. If he is like most of his peers who are playing collegiate sports, what is his drug of choice?

Back 58

Alcohol

Front 59

What can be said about creatine?

Back 59

It is a nutritional supplement, and studies on it within sport have been equivocal

Front 60

Partial evidence of problems associated with the NCAA drug testing program is illustrated by what?

Back 60

Exorbitant money spent for only 1-2 dozen violators

Front 61

"I am strong. I am invincible. I am women." those words come from a 1970s song sung by whom?

Back 61

Helen Reddy

Front 62

The Heraean Games were held every 4 years in ancient Greece, and were hosted by which city state?

Back 62

Olympus (Olympia)

Front 63

Alexandra, an ancient Greek is competing in the Heraean Games. In sport lingo of today, she was most probably competed as what?

Back 63

Track and field?

Front 64

Title IX legislation opened the doors for full-scale participation in athletics. What year was it enacted?

Back 64

1972

Front 65

Title IX and the sport of wrestling?

Back 65

Title IX lead to a drop from 65% to 30% of schools with wrestling teams

Front 66

The Title IX Amendment to the Higher Education Act has been renamed to honor ________, the person who is said to have authored the legislation in 1972.

Back 66

Patsy T Mink

Front 67

Landmark studies of menstrual functioning and physical activity were conducted by whom?

Back 67

Erdelyi and Zaharievo

Front 68

Frisch has been the leading proponent of what?

Back 68

Frisch's Hypothesis: lowering of a woman's body fat below a point produces biochemical changes leading to a cessation of menstrual periods.

Front 69

Dan is obviously a male and an athlete. With regard to injury rates, what can be said about Dan as compared to females?

Back 69

More injuries than females

Front 70

Anorexic female athletes are what?

Back 70

6.6% of college female athletes

Front 71

By gender, the ratio per 100 of female to male anorexics in collegiate athletic programs appears to be what?

Back 71

7

Front 72

What's consistent about preschool games for females?

Back 72

Games may still be played 4 or 5 years later but with little to no enjoyment

Front 73

HIstorically, what can be said about the acceptability of softball as a sport for females

Back 73

It is a less approved sport

Front 74

Team American, a volleyball unit made up of the top junior female players of the country, finds itself down two sets to none. Most likely, Team American will do what?

Back 74

Lose the game

Front 75

Jane is being a leader, engaging in dominance and assertive behaviors as point guard on her basketball team. In sex role orientation terminology, she is engaging in what?

Back 75

Instrumental Behavior

Front 76

Psychological androgyny...

Back 76

is a state in which the individual encompasses the best of both gender roles and expectations including expressive and instrumental behavior

Front 77

The media...

Back 77

makes male hegemony (implicit powers of social authority and leadership granted to men) a thing

Front 78

What can be said about the media coverage allotted to females in the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games

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Generally consistent with participation

Front 79

Why were the 1968 Olympic Games Significant?

Back 79

Gender testing was implemented on an experimental basis

Front 80

Cheerleaders...

Back 80

experience similar stress to other athletes

Front 81

In 1939, a significant event in youth sport took place. What was it?

Back 81

Start of Little League Baseball

Front 82

What can be said about little league baseball?

Back 82

Started by Carl Statz. Now international with 206 million boys. Corresponding softball has 365,000

Front 83

After Little League baseball was instituted, it came under fire from many critics, particularly in the mid-1950s. What did the research at that time have to say about its consequences?

Back 83

Not real. Critic's claims were false

Front 84

What organization created the original Youth Fitness Test used to assess children?

Back 84

American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance (AAHPERD)

Front 85

What can be said about the numbers of youth taking part in interscholastic sports?

Back 85

7+ million

Front 86

In a 1980 study by McElroy and Kirkendall, the major motive for sport participation voiced by over 2,000 youth in their study was what?

Back 86

Personal Performance

Front 87

Trophies, newspaper citations, and the like are what?

Back 87

extrinsic rewards

Front 88

The percentage of youth sports fitting into the competence oriented category of the AFA formulation is what?

Back 88

35%

Front 89

The 10,000 youth surveyed in the AFA study of youth sport indicated the changes they would make fall into two major categories- coaching and what?

Back 89

Conflict with other activites

Front 90

In terms of dropping out of youth sport, concern was expressed among the respondents about conflict with other activities. What was the number one conflict?

Back 90

Schedules did conflict with studies

Front 91

What can be said about Hall of Fame hockey star Bobby Orr?

Back 91

His parents didn't say he was going to be professional

Front 92

What is competitive stress?

Back 92

A negative emotional state generated when a child feels unable to respond adequately to competitive performance demands

Front 93

What can be said about competitive stress?

Back 93

It is a complex phenomenon that may occur at any time

Front 94

What can be said about high competitive trait anxious youth?

Back 94

The are as physically talented as low-CTA peers but report lower expectations of success

Front 95

What can be said about children raised in homes with substantial parental inconsistencies in the usage of reward and punishment?

Back 95

Tendency toward erratic behavior

Front 96

It is not unusual that parents evaluate the athletic talent of their children at a point that may be somewhat beyond reality, leading to a description of these children as what?

Back 96

"Mozarts in cleats"

Front 97

Charlie is a loud but not abusive parent of a good athlete and he is taking pain in what is referred to as "Silent Sunday". What characterizes his participation?

Back 97

Loud??

Front 98

What can be said about trainers in youth sport?

Back 98

Should use positive reinforcement, with consistent improvement

Front 99

In Istvan Balyi's Long Term Athletic Development (LTAD) model, what can be said about the Training to Win Stage?

Back 99

18 and up; level of engagement goes up on all dimensions. Ratio of train to competition is 25:75

Front 100

"Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make a proper use of their victories." This quote is attributed to whom?

Back 100

Polybius (Roman Historian)