Examination Prep Test #1

Examination Prep – Test #1 Sport Psychology – P.E. 248

1. Definition of Psychology as applied to sports. a) What is the difference between psychology and psychiatry? 2. Scope of psychology – what are the different areas? 3. What are the different applications of sport psychology? 4. Who hires sport psychologists – for what reasons? 5. Trace sport as part of the following ancient cultures: a) Egypt b) China c) India d) Greece – the evolution of the Olympic Games; Who said: “People should have a sound mind in a sound body”? 6. What do the Olympic rings stand for? a) What are similarities and differences between ancient Olympic Games and the modern Olympics? b) What was the ancient pentathlon….what is the “modern” pentathlon, decathlon? 7. How did the NCAA evolve – how many levels are there and what are the differences? 8. What is unique about the U.S. system of sport development? 9. What is classical conditioning, operant conditioning, association and reinforcement and how would you apply these to sport psychology situations? a) Who is Pavlov? B.F. Skinner? 10. What is the difference between positive and negative reinforcement? 11. Define: shaping, variable, control, learning, aversion. 12. List the major portions of the brain and the different emotions and/or thought processes they are responsible for. 13. What are some of the important hormones that come in to play in the development of young mens and womens behavior? 14. What forms of mental training are yoga, zen, and meditation? 15. What is Maslow’s hierarchy of needs? 16. What is the U.S.O.C.; how did it evolve; where are its training centers located? 17. What are Freud’s theories of behavior and how do they relate to the areas of the brain? 18. What is gestault and how does this relate to athletics? 19. What is a normal distribution and how does this relate to inferential statistics? 20. Under what circumstances can a psychological test, survey, poll or other form of study be declared to be “statistically significant”?