AQA A-Level PE 3.5 Sport psychology overview quiz quiz

Trait theory, where behaviour is innate

Social learning theory, based on observation

The interactionist approach

Psychoanalytic theory of the unconscious

Trait components, state components and stable components

The input stage, the decision-making stage and the output stage

Task cohesion, social cohesion and overall team cohesion together

Cognitive, affective and behavioural

Performance peaks at an optimal moderate level of arousal then declines

Performance always rises steadily with arousal no matter how high it becomes

Performance is completely unaffected by the level of arousal of the performer

Performance drops right down to zero whenever arousal is at a very low level

A gradual and steady decline in performance across all of the different levels of arousal

A sharp drop in performance when high arousal combines with high cognitive anxiety

That the level of arousal has no measurable effect at all on expert performers

That a performer's performance is always at its very best at the point of maximum arousal

Aggression always stays within the rules of the game, whereas assertion always intends to cause harm

They are exactly the same thing and the two words can be used interchangeably in every situation

Aggression intends to harm and is outside the rules; assertion is forceful play within the rules

Assertion by a player always leads directly to a red card being shown by the referee

A stable, internal factor such as a fundamental lack of natural ability

A stable, external factor such as the inherent difficulty of the task itself

Bad luck only, since luck is something a performer can never possibly control

An unstable, controllable factor such as a lack of effort

Performance accomplishments

Verbal persuasion from a coach or teammate

Vicarious experience gained by watching others

The performer's own level of emotional arousal

Actual productivity equals potential productivity plus the total motivation of the whole group

Actual productivity equals potential productivity minus losses due to faulty processes

Productivity always equals the simple sum of every individual member's ability added up

Larger groups are always more productive than smaller groups in every single situation

A coordination loss that is caused by a whole team using poor tactics and bad timing all together

A particular leadership style that a coach can choose to adopt when managing a team

A motivational loss where individuals reduce effort when their contribution is not identified

A type of team cohesion that binds the members of a group together around a shared task

Cognitive, affective and behavioural

Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire

Task, social and environmental

Required, actual and preferred behaviour

When an expert performs a simple, gross skill

When a beginner performs a complex, fine skill

It always hinders performance

Only when there is no audience

Positive self-talk before competing

Progressive muscular relaxation

Mental imagery and visualisation rehearsal

Setting specific and measurable goals