Sport Psych. Exam 3

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Psychological skills training

Back 1

Systematic and consistent practice of mental or psychological skills for the purpose of enhancing performance, increasing enjoyment, or achieving greater sport and physical activity self satisfaction

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Mental toughness

Back 2

Athletes ability to focus, rebound from failure, ability to cope with pressure, determination to persist in the face of adversity, mental resilience

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Psychological skills

Back 3

Skill sets that make a person mentally tough: confidence, arousal control, emotional control, motivation, effort, decision making

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Psychological methods

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Are plans and strategies that a person uses in order to obtain and maintain their psychological skills

Routines

Imagery

Self talk

Goal setting

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Imagery/visualization

Back 5

Creating or recreating an experience in your mind

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Internal imagery

Back 6

Is visualizing the execution of a skill from your own vantage point

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External imagery

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Visualizing yourself from the perspective of an out side observer

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Psychoneromuscular theory

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When you image yourself performing a task the muscles used in the task trigger in the sequence and timing as if you are actually moving the arm, leg

Shooting a foul shot

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Symbolic learning theory

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Mental blueprints

Help people under stand and acquire movement patterns

Imagery works not because it triggers the electrodes in the muscles as if you are performing a task but rather because you cognitively rehearse the action

Mental practice

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The 4 effects that imagery can create

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Motivational- see self win gold metal

Mastery- see self executing the skills

Arousal- see self remaining calm relaxed

Strategic- see self making the right decision

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4 outlets of anger

Back 11

Hands, feet, teeth, voice

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4 factors are necessary for eliciting the relaxation response

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Mental devise

Passive attitude

Decreased muscular tone

Quiet enviroment

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Anxiety stress spiral

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The circular effects of anxiety causing poor performance results in even more anxiety

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Relaxation response

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Physiological changes that reverse the effects of the sympathetic nervous system

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Chest breathing

Back 15

Shallow breathing associated with anxiety that takes place in the chest or thorax

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Deep breathing

Back 16

Associated with relaxation that takes place at the level of the abdomen or diaphragm often deep regular and slow

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Progressive relaxation

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A muscle relaxation procedure in which skeletal muscles are systematically tensed and relaxed

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Autogenic training

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A relaxation training program in which the athletes tends to body feedback

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Meditation

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A form of relaxation that applies directly to the concept of selective attention

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Biofeedback

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A program in which the athlete learns to elicit the relaxation response with aid of physiological. Measurement equipment

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Hypnosis

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Altered state of consciousness that can be induced by a procedure in which a person is in an unusually relaxed state and responds to suggestions designed to alter perceptions feelings thoughts and actions

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Resiliency

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Seems appropriate to study because participants needs to effectively bounce back from adversity

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Reframing

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Changing the person's perspective about how they view a situation

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Learned resourcefulness

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Resourceful individuals realize that coping skills can apply to different aspects of life

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Self activation

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Methods developed by successful athletes for energizing them selves on a moment's notice

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5 guidelines for pep talks

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Give a game plan

Make them believe they can win

Do not lie

Be yourself

Use humor

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Pre competitive workout

Back 27

Lowers precompetitive state of anxiety

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Arousal inducing strategies

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Increase breathing rate

Act energized

Listen to music

Use energizing imagery

Use mood words and positive statements

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Matching hypothesis

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Cognitive anxiety- should be treated with mental relaxation

Somatic anxiety- should be treated with physical relaxation

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Somatic anxiety

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The physiological component of anxiety

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Cognitive anxiety

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The psychological component of anxiety

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Problem focused coping

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Efforts to alter or manage the problems that are causing stress

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Emotion focused coping

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Regulating the emotional responses to the problem that causes the stress