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You are involved in running a sport organization and are considered part of the frontoffice. Most likely your professional affiliation will be with the:
a) North American Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
b) North American College of Sports Medicine (NACSM)
c) North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity (NASPSPA)
d) North American Society of Front Office Personnel (NASFOP) - North American
Society for Sport Management (NASSM)
The Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP):
a) Has lost influence due to internal squabbling between psychologists and other sport
scientists
b) Is in existence only to handle problems associated with breaches of ethics or the law
c) Began in the mid-1980s and has ascended to a position of real influence in sport and
exercise psychology
d) Was formed in the mid-1960s and signaled the beginning of sport psychology - Has
lost influence due to internal squabbling between psychologists and other sport
scientists
A professional organization that has the problem of racism in sport as its major focus is
the:
a) American Psychological Association
b) American Psychological Society
c) North American Society for Sport Management
d) Center for the Study of Sport in Society - Center for the Study of Sport in Society
The Australian Psychological Society:
a) Is actually made up of sport psychologists from all over Australasia
b) Has a sizable membership of Aboriginals because of tribal concerns about physical
fitness
c) Has a college devoted to sport and exercise psychology
d) Is a huge organization due to the national fascination with sport in Australia - Has a
college devoted to sport and exercise psychology
The main training center for Australian Olympic athletes is in Canberra and is known as
the:
a) Australian Olympic Training Facility (AOTF)
b) Center for Elite Australian Athletes (CEAA)
c) Aussie and Aboriginal Athletic Association (AAAA)
d) Australian Institute for Sport (AIS) - Australian Institute for Sport (AIS)
Professionals in our field:
a) Have a huge preference for the term sports psychologist because that is the term that
the
public uses also
b) Use the term sports scientist when describing what they do for a living
,c) Are split pretty much 50/50 on whether to call themselves sport or sports
psychologists
d) Prefer the singular sport to the plural sports because it is less limiting - Prefer the
singular sport to the plural sports because it is less limiting
Results of an informal survey indicate that the media are likely to use the term sports
psychology to describe the field in about ______ of the cases:
a) Half
b) One-third
c) 100%
d) Two-thirds - Two-thirds
The use of the term sports psychology has taken on a life of its own among the media.
This statement is:
a) Not true; the media have a strong preference for the singular sport psychology
b) Partially true; the media are split 50/50 on the issue of which term to use
c) True; no matter what the accepted version among professionals in the field, the
media
have a preference for their time-honored usage
d) Irrelevant; articles on the field of sport psychology are pretty much unheard of in the
media - True; no matter what the accepted version among professionals in the field, the
media
have a preference for their time-honored usage
Lorena Ochoa and Annika Sorenstam are names associated with which sport?
a) Tennis
b) Racquetball
c) Track and field
d) Golf - Golf
The so-called "Big Three" is used to reference:
a) The most popular youth sports of football, basketball, and baseball
b) Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Football League (NFL), and the National
Basketball Association (NBA)
c) The Ohio State, Florida State, and University of Southern California football dynasties
of the past 20 years or so
d) Tiger Woods, Phil Mickelson, and Ernie Els of men's professional golf - The most
popular youth sports of football, basketball, and baseball
According to Nixon's formulation, the progression of physical activity goes in which
order?
a) Play, sport, games, recreation
b) Play, games, recreation, sport
c) Play, sport, recreation, games
d) Play, recreation, games, sport - Play, recreation, games, sport
, In Nixon's formulation with regard to physical activity, "pick-up" or neighborhood
basketball represents an example of:
a) A recreational activity
b) A game
c) Sport
d) Play - A game
The most commonly agreed upon definition of sport psychology is that of the:
a) Association for Applied Sport Psychology (AASP)
b) North American Society for the Psychology of Sport and Physical Activity
(NASPSPA)
c) American Psychological Association (APA) Division 47
d) National Physical Education Association (NPEA) - Association for Applied Sport
Psychology (AASP)
Arriving at an agreed upon definition of sport psychology has been:
a) Quite easy really, sport psychology is what it is
b) Accomplished since the 1965 national meeting of the prominent physical educators of
the era
c) Turned over to the American Psychological Association for resolution because of
bickering over the issue
d) Difficult at best given the interdisciplinary nature of the field - Difficult at best given
the interdisciplinary nature of the field
It has been Martens' position that sport psychology is best defined as:
a) The study of sport and exercise
b) The interface between research findings and things learned from practitioners in the
field
c) What sport psychologists do
d) The study of the psychological and mental factors that influence and are influenced
by
participation in sport, exercise, and physical activity - What sport psychologists do
With regard to psychological assessment, it is accurate to say that sport psychologists:
a) Engage in none due to ethical challenges associated with such procedures
b) If qualified, are asked to engage in a fair amount of testing
c) Do very little testing, preferring to leave assessment to trained specialists
d) Have not seen the value of assessing the intelligence or personality of athletes - If
qualified, are asked to engage in a fair amount of testing
In discussing the education function of the sport psychologist, we are referring to:
a) Working with coaches with psychological problems
b) Helping coaches develop coaching programs for youth
c) The teaching of sport psychology to only elite athletes
d) Teaching students about the field in traditional university settings - Teaching students
about the field in traditional university settings
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