CMPC STUDY EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS
The Female Triad - Relationships between energy availability (low vs. high;
e.g., eating disorders), menstrual function (functional hypothalamic amenorrhea
vs. eumenorrhea), and bone mineral density (optimal bone health vs.
osteoporosis).
ANSWER Energy availability = dietary intake minus exercise energy
expenditure
First energy aim to manage: enhance energy availability by increasing energy
intake and/or minimizing exercise energy expenditure (nutritional
counselling/monitoring).
Self-determination theory: autonomy, relatedness, and competence.
negotiating reality defined (Friedman) - ANSWER - active awareness of oneself
as a complex being, and the impact of one's culture on thought and action
- an ability to engage with others to understand the implicit assumptions that
underpin behavior and aims
- a willingness to experiment with alternative ways of thinking and doing things
Bennet (1998) six-stage paradigm for dealing with cultural differences -
ANSWER 1. Denial of Difference (Isolation)
2. defense (seeing cultural differences as a threat to their worldview)
3. Minimization (accepting surface distinctions while assuming that people are
basically the same)
4. acceptance (recognizing the feasibility of many cultural norms)
5. adaptability (knowing enough about another culture to deliberately alter
frame of reference and modify behavior to meet its standards)
6. Integration (resolving cultural problems and developing a multicultural
identity)
Negotiating reality's core ideas - ANSWER: All people are of equal importance
and deserve equal respect.
,- People differ as cultural beings because they have diverse ways of seeing and
doing things.
- No individual or group's repertoire deserves a priori superiority or the right to
domination.
advocacy entails openly stating and standing up for one's thoughts and desires.
Inquiry - ANSWER examining and questioning both one's own thinking and the
reasoning of others.
The trans-theoretical model of change involves pre-contemplation,
contemplation (in the next 6 months), preparation (some irregular activity),
action (<6 months), and maintenance (>6 months).
Racial microaggressions are brief and ordinary verbal, behavioral, or
environmental indignities, whether deliberate or inadvertent, that express
hostile, disparaging, or negative racial slights and insults toward persons of
color.
Microassault is an explicit racial derogation defined primarily by a verbal or
nonverbal attack aiming to harm the intended victim through name-calling,
avoidant conduct, or purposely discriminatory acts.
A microinsult is characterized by communications that express rudeness and
insensitivity and denigrate a person's racial heritage or identity.
Microinvalidations are defined as communications that exclude, reject, or
nullify a person of color's psychological ideas, feelings, or experienced reality.
nine sorts of microaggressions - ANSWER: foreign in one's own nation.
- attribution of intelligence
- Colorblindness
- crime or the assumption of criminal status.
- Denial of individual racism
The myth of meritocracy
- Pathologizing cultural values and communication techniques.
- second-class status.
- Environmental invalidation
, ANSWER: Motivational interviewing, micro skills, and effective questioning.
Performance indicators include body language, emotional displays,
communication patterns, and responsiveness to adversity.
Mental preparation strategy - ANSWER goal setting; imagery; relaxing and
energizing; self-talk; putting it together/routines
Coach Effectiveness Training (CET) - ANSWER focus on athletes' effort and
enjoyment rather than statistics or scores; emphasize positive reinforcement,
encouragement, and sound technical instruction; establish norms that emphasize
athletes' obligations to support one another; involve athletes in decisions
regarding team rules and reinforce rule compliance; become more aware of
one's own behavior as a coach
Coaches respond to mistakes in the following ways: mistake-contingent
encouragement, technical instruction, punishment, punitive technical
instruction, and ignoring mistakes.
General technical instruction, general encouragement, and
organizational/administrative behavior are all examples of game-related coach
behavior.
Setting team goals can help promote team cohesion in sports.
- Ensure that athletes understand and accept their roles.
- Make sure team meetings and practices are efficient.
- ensuring that leadership is consistent, effective, and accepted.
- Examine how the team functions.
- investigate the relationships between team members.
- Identify potential vulnerabilities and reduce their impact on the team.
Contextual intelligence variables include culture, values, attitudes, the history
and language of the performance domain, the consultant's function in the
performance and training environment, and organizational structure.