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©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11PM. 1 EXSS 181 Exam 2 Questions And Answers 2025 Update. What are the 4 steps of PST? - Answer1. Education and Assessment - participants realize how important it is to acquire psychological skills and how the skill affects performance What are the 4 steps of PST? - Answer2. Acquisition - Strategies and techniques for learning the various psychological skills What are the 4 steps of PST? - Answer3. Practice - automate skills through over learnin...

©THEBRIGHT 2025 ALL RIGHTS RESERVED 11:11PM. 1 EXSS 181 Final Exam Questions And Answers 2025 Update. Define & differentiate overtraining, staleness & burnout - Answer-Overtraining: short cycle of high levels of training that are near or at maximal capacity (principle of exercise phys) -Staleness: athlete has difficulty maintaining standard training regimens & can no longer achieve previous performance *(typical symptom of overtraining syndrome)* -Athlete Burnout: largely conceptualized...

EXSS 181 Test 2 Latest Questions with Correct Answers What is the benefit of self-confidence for athletes? - Answer-arouses positive emotions facilitates concentration affects goals increases effort affects game strategies affects psychological momentum affect performance What are 5 misconceptions of confidence? - Answer-1. either you have it or you don't 2. Only positive feedback can build confidence 3. Success always builds confidence 4. Confidence equals outspoken arrogance ...

EXSS 181 Study Test Questions with Correct Answers Already Passed Which of the following are NOT among the principle of punishment when trying to help a team? a. punish the behavior, not the person b. do not use physical activity as punishment c. impose punishment in a personal way d. a and c e. b and c - Answer-impose punishment in a personal way Using a trigger word to stop negative self-statements is called a. attentional narrowing b. internal attentional focus c. thought ...

EXSS 181 EXAM 1 UNC QUESTIONS AND CORRECT ANSWERS What are Attributions? - Answer-Interpretations or explanations individuals give for success or failure What are the 3 characteristics of Attribution? - Answer-- Stability - Locus of Causality - Locus of Control What is Self-Bias? - Answer-Making attributions that help you increase or maintain your self-esteem and confidence What is Learned Helplessness? - Answer-A psychological state where people have learned that failure is ine...

EXSS 181 Final Exam Questions and Answers All Correct *What are socializing agencies' characteristics? Provide examples & infer from case studies.* - Answer--Institutions, or larger organizations in the culture -Ex: school, sport organization, media, political climate *What are role learner characteristics? Provide examples & infer from case studies.* - Answer--person characteristics -interact w socializing agencies & agents to impact socialization process -Ascribed: gender, race, age...

EXSS 181 Exam 2 Questions with All Correct Answers Why does goal-setting work? - Answer-- Indirect Thought Process View: goal setting --> increasing confidence, reducing anxiety, enhancing satisfaction --> performance - Direct Mechanistic View: - directs attention to important elements - mobilizes effort (i.e., motivation) - prolongs effort (i.e., persistence) - fosters the development of new learning strategies Outcome, Performance, Process Goals - Answer-- Outcome Goals: w...

EXSS 181 Unit 1 Exam Questions with Correct Answers What is arousal? - Answer-The intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment; a general state of activation from deep sleep to extreme excitement, a blend of psychological and physiological activity in a person What is anxiety? - Answer-Negative emotional state that includes worry, nervousness, & apprehension -associated w arousal of body What is the difference between state and trait anxiety? - Answer--State: temporary & dy...

EXSS 181 EXAM 1 QUESTIONS WITH 100% SOLVED ANSWERS The most superficial and therefore most easily changed part of personality structure is its - Answer-role-related behavior Which is not an example of a situation-specific sport inventory - Answer-Profile of Mood States Recent research has been critical of some of the findings concerning the relationship between mood states and performance. Which of the following is NOT a recommended guideline for using mood profiling with elite athletes ...

EXSS 181 TEST LATEST QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS What are the factors of mental illness and psychological distress that can affect performance? - Answer-Disruption of attentional focus, loss of motivation, and physiological aspects such as breathing, muscles tension, or fatigue. Athlete risk factors are when - Answer-athletes are less likely to self-report potential mental health problems than non-athletes including schedule demands, pressure/expectations, sleep, concussions, etc. W...