Exam 7: Psychological Skills Training

A tennis player is imaging himself getting ready to take a serve, and can see himself as a spectator would, from several yards away. His position is good, but he needs to turn his body slightly. What technique is the tennis player using?

Analyzing one's thoughts and feelings regarding a performance (a golfer making a shot selection, a baseball pitcher selecting the next pitch) is in which dimension of attentional focus?

Which of the following senses is especially important when using imagery?

An internal focus usually results in a better performance.

Autogenic training is a behavioral arousal-regulating strategy.

Cognitive-affective stress management training involves the use of biometrics to teach athletes how to bring their heart and breathing rates down.

An athlete is most likely to choke when they are in a high-pressure situation and they have internal distractions.

Which of the following happens during the acquisition phase of PST?

Attention control training aids in which key factor in a successful performance?

What is the purpose of psychological skills training?

How might a person in the crowd (a fan of the visiting team) try to influence a home-team player to focus on irrelevant information while the player is trying to take a free throw?

A soccer player is frequently distracted by the intrusion of negative thoughts ("don't fall, don't mess up") while she is trying to move the ball toward the goal. Which of the following techniques would help her MOST to move past her negative thoughts?

Why is imagery such a powerful tool for athletes to use to prepare for performances?

What makes a scientific study of "trash talk" difficult? How would attempt to fix these issues in your own experiment?

Why are athletes who use an associative attentional style more successful than athletes who use a dissociative or distraction attentional style?

An athlete wishes to learn a technique to help them calm down before performances. Meditation would be beneficial to this athlete.

Which strategy involves verbalizing, out loud or in one's head, specific thoughts and feelings?

Which of the following theories on the power of imagery states that mentally imaging actions and actually engaging in these actions involve the same neurophysiological processes?

A tennis player feels high levels of anxiety right before a big match. Her trainer notices that she is keeping her shoulders raised higher than she should--a sign of tension. Which technique would be MOST beneficial for the tennis player to use to combat shoulder tension?

Compare and contrast the goals and strategies of stress inoculation training and autogenic training. Are there conditions where one might be more beneficial than the other?