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Sport Psych - Quiz #4
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Undergraduate 4
12/05/2010

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Knute Rockne, the Notre Dame football coachin legend of the 1920's, exchanged a series of letters with a University of Illinois professor who has since become known as the "Father of Sport Psychology." This person was?
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Coleman Griffith
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A "booster" is:
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An overzealous university supporter who make illegal payments to players or prospective players.
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Above all else, a good coach is:
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A motivator, a teacher of the sport, a student of the sport, notices differences in each player, is a good listener, disciplines well, leads by example and sets goals.
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There are approximately 300 division I collegiate basketball programs. John is a basketball coach at one of these Division I schools. Based on data from both 2000 and 2006, the chances he will be one of those fired from his job is about:
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16%
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Based on statistics from 2000,___ NFL football coaches had coached for more than 9 years with the same team.
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Five.
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The coach is using a lot of body language in the process of communicating with his team. In communication terms, the coach is using......
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Kinesics.
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The stereotype of the coach as a rigid, authoritarian individual.....
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Is not stongly supported but the issue warrants further investigation.
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Drawing from treatsies such as The prince and the Discourse, Christie and Geis formulated......
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a scale purporting to measure Machiavellianism or a persons general strategy for dealing with people.... how they manipulate people.
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Coach John Wooden is perhaps the most successful coach in college basketball history. He was rewarded for his efforts by topping out salary wise for his career at:
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$32,500
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Smith, Smoll and Hunt developed the coaching system abbreviated CBAS that stands for:
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Coaching Behavior Assessment System.
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The latest research by Smoll, Smith and assorted colleagues suggests that:
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Coach training programs have been shown to be effective in improving coaching success at the youth level.
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I am dedicated to improving youth sport by focusing on such issues as hazing practices in high school athletics, character developement in youth soccer, and the creating of coaching curricula. Most likely, I am the......
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Institute for the Study of Youth Sport (ISYS)
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Females in athletics administration......
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between 1974-1979 declined from 90% to 15%; currently 85% are male (15% female)

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The ratio of male to female coaches coaching females today is roughly 50-50. This statement is.....
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False.

58.6% are male

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In the coaching profession at the collegiate level, black and white coaches.....
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Come from similar social and educational backgrounds.
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Black coaches are more likely to work with team athletes......
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Playing peripheral as opposed to central positions.
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Smiths model of burnout is made up of......
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Situational, cognitive, physiological and behavioral components.
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The most elaborate of the available tests for measuring burnout is the.......
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Athletic Burnout Questionnaire (ABQ).

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With regard to fitness, it is safe to say that......
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The fitness movement is at its all time low.
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In 1964, a new company called Nike produced 1,300 pairs of jogging shoes. Thirty years later, the company sold 100 million pairs. These latter sales made Nike......
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The largest athletics footware provider (34%).
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Bodily movement produced by the skeletal muscles that result in the expenditure of energy is the definition of......
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Physical Activity.
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A low resting heart rate.....
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Tells us nothing about a person other than the fact that he/she is alive.
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Frantic Francisco, a type A personality, has recently joined a fitness group. Most likely, he will.......
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have a high risk of coronary heart disease and have poor exercise adherence rates.
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Low-density lipoproteins are also known as......
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Bad cholesterol in the blood.
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Results of studies of the effects of riding a bicycle and sexual dysfunction:
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There is a correlation between riding a bicycle and erectile dysfunction.
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The exercise behavior model with the most in common with Bandura's concept of self-efficacy is the ___ model.
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TRA.
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It has been suggested by Willian Morgan that the anxiolytic properties of exercise have four possible explanations. What are they?
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1) Distraction Hypothesis.

2) Endorphin Hypothesis.

3) Thermogenic Hypothesis.

4) Monoamine Hypothesis.

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According to the leading authority on positive addiction, the exercise most likely to bring on the condition is........
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Running.
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Joe is a Type A personality with an addiction to running. Most likely joe:
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Had a strong commitment to running, ran more miles, was more likely to run in fun runs and competitive races.
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The transient hypofrontality hypothesis is an attempt to link runners high to......
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The subtle modification of behavioral and cognitive functions associated with the prefrontal cortex of the brain.
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50in50in50.com refers to....
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50 marathons in 50 days in 50 different states.
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The legendary runner who carried the news of Greek victory throughout the land, and whose name has become linked with the marathon is......
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Pheidippides.
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Only a few studies of ultramarathoners have been conducted thus far. Preliminary results show......
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That ultramarathoners are reasonably normal.

indicate that a little deviance may be required to complete what may well be a deviant task.

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"How old would you be if you didn't know how old you were." This anti-age discrimination quote owes its origins to.......
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Satchel Paige.
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The senior games:
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Are national competitions held every 2 years in 18 sports for althetes over 50 years.
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To Knute Rockne, the coaching legend, being “keyed-up” was…
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using hatred to pump a team up, making the game about something other than having fun

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A healthy lifestyle…
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      helps prevent burnout; coaches who are healthy and fit are likely to feel good, radiate enthusiasm, and serve as role models for their athletes

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There are many studies of the ameliorative effects of exercise as a treatment or treatment adjunct for major depression, and all are supportive of this relationship. This statement…
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is true; “one study that summarizes the status of the exercise-depression relationship is a meta-analysis of 11 treatment outcome studies by Stathapoulou, Powers, Berry, Smits, and Otto (2006)…encourage clinicians to strongly consider adjunctive exercise interventions in their practices.”; lower antidepressant medication doses by supplementing treatment with exercise à physical and monetary gains substantial!

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Hausenblas and Symons Downs have reviewed the literature on exercise dependence and have…
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     suggest that exercise dependence be operationally defined as “multidimensional pattern of exercise, leading to clinically significant impairment or distress”

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Ray, a retired professional football player, is now in the job market outside of sport. Most likely Ray is…
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a breadwinner [hopeless]
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