SPMT 304 Exam 1 || Questions with correct answers.
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SPMT 304
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SPMT 304
Embracing the Last Taboo correct answers - Talking about dreams may be the last taboo
> People are open to talk about sex life, family matters but not dreams. They are scared people will laugh
Resisting Socialization correct answers - General process of Socialization is made up of philosophi...
SPMT 304 Exam 1 || Questions with correct answers.
Embracing the Last Taboo correct answers - Talking about dreams may be the last taboo
> People are open to talk about sex life, family matters but not dreams. They are scared
people will laugh
Resisting Socialization correct answers - General process of Socialization is made up of
philosophies that inhibit chance for success rather than enhance them
- Ex: Striving for perfection is sure way to choke under pressure
> Thus resist socialization
Dreams (and the American Dream) correct answers - begins as an idea or an instinct
> They are more than just goals. They juice you
- "Adams jefferson franklin turned thier dream into american dream"
> Millions of stories in america built on dream of becoming middle class
> Average american was dream back in the day
> Average now is different, its way worse
Commitment correct answers is personally driven is stronger and more enduring than
commitment hinging upon outside rewards
"Rowing Like Pigs" correct answers - Darmouth rowing coach told teams to do just this
- Ham and eggs
> Chicken made a contribution to your breakfast
> That pig made a commitment
Goals & Goal Setting correct answers - Goals are the steps you take to chase a dream
> Best performers barely notice stops along way because of their passion for dream
> Goals cause you to focus so much on success that you abandon focus on your abilities
- "Goal setting will focus your life more on the details. Dream setting will help you stay
focused on the drama"
Being Realistic correct answers "Being realistic is too often an excuse for not working hard
enough to improve"
Intrinsic & Extrinsic Motivation correct answers - Intrinsic (internal)
- Extrinsic (external)
- Problem with extrinsic commitment is that your heart is NOT in it
Healthy Commitment vs. Unhealthy Commitment correct answers - Healthy
> The stuff of dreams: Doesn't Feel like Work
> being passionate
- Unhealthy
> Can work, but isn't fulfilling
> striving for perfection
> sacrificing and paying the price
Putting All Your Eggs in One Basket... And Dropping the Basket! correct answers - Its not
what exceptional thinkers say
- The reason great performers got to where they are is because they did just that
, - They cannot imagine themselves doing anything else; they dont want to imagine doing
anything else
- Exceptional thinkers know that they're going to fail, and failure does not change how smart
or talented they are, or how much their loved ones love them, or their long-term potential;
bankruptcy is not the end of their world, but just one more challenge to show how good they
really are.
Fear of Success (FOS) correct answers - Past experiences normally feed fear of success
- Another layer of fear of success is that we have been taught that road to success involves
"getting one's hopes up" which threatens to lead to disappointment
> Thus our hopes are never up
Playing (the game of life) One Pitch at a Time correct answers - Performing in the present is
is not about making of all these things go away but instead focusing on one thing and
committing all your energy to that
- A bad shot can just as easily lead to a great shot—if you are thinking in the present—as it
can a second miscue.
- Top performers manage to separate each stage of their game from the overall score
Never giving a pitch away correct answers No matter what else was going on in the game or
in his personal life, Pete Rose, the batter, focused on every pitch that was thrown to him as if
it were the only pitch he would see in his life.
Focus & Concentration correct answers - Normally performing in adverse conditions can
even strengthen your focus
> People start focusing on the important pieces
- Single minded focus gets you into the present
- Focusing on outcomes is a detour from total concentration
Mental Imagery correct answers - Mental imagery can be a crucial tool to help elevate one's
performance to a level that might have seemed unrealistic at first.
- "Audience disappeared" is another way to say that they reached a mental condition free of
all perceptual distractions
Target Shooting correct answers - Author emphasized targets with tennis players, runners,
> Makes your mind clearly focus on one thing
- Targets is all about something to fill your mind with
- Target should be key to the process of what youre doing
"Filling Up the Mechanism" correct answers - Instead of trying to clear your mind from all
distractions, focus on one tight, specific, vivid target
- Senses are mechanical; only way to control them is to manipulate them mechanically
Pre-Performance Routines correct answers - Its about getting your mind ready to perform
> Normally involves physical movement yet has nothing to do with physical preparation
- An effective routine is NOT specific things that you do every time. To try to come up with
routine first and then assume it'll prepare your mind is BACKWARDS
- Routine is not a to do list
- Two most overused/overrated routines in psychology is visualization and relaxation
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