Chapter 1 (Column 1)
In the professional hierarchy of sport and exercise psychology, this group is at the top.
What are clinical sport psychologists?
This is the number one employer of sport psychology professionals.
What is the U.S. Military?
This term refers to the process of systematically manipulating the volume and intensity of mental skills training during each training phase.
What is periodization?
This term refers to the systematic and consistent practice of mental or psychological skills for the purpose of enhancing performance, increasing enjoyment, or achieving greater self-satisfaction.
What is psychological skills training?
True or false: mental health is the absence of mental illness.
What is "false"?
This organization provides the certification for applied sport psychologists.
What is AASP (Association for Applied Sport Psychology)?
This term refers to an athlete’s ability to focus, rebound from failure, cope with pressure, and persist in the face of adversity.
What is mental toughness?
These are the three phases of psychological skills training.
What are education, acquisition, and practice?
These are the three primary roles of sport and exercise psychology professionals.
What are research, teaching, and consulting?
This is the lowest level degree required for the CMPC credential.
What is a master's degree?
When is part 2 of the semester-long assignment due?
What is Sunday February 4 at 11:59pm?
These are the four C's of the 4C model of mental toughness.
What are control, commitment, challenge, and confidence?
This is what the "ABC" acronym (the ABC's of psychology) stands for.
This is the father of American sport psychology.
Who is Coleman Griffith?
These are the four common problems when implementing a PST program.
What are...
•Lack of conviction
•Lack of time
•Lack of knowledge of sport
•Lack of follow-up
These are the five steps of developing a PST program.
What are...
1. Discuss your approach
2. Assess the athlete's mental skills
3. Determine which psychological skills to include
4. Design a PST schedule
5. Evaluate the program
These are the six ethical standards that sport and exercise psychologists must adhere to.
What are competence, integrity, professional and scientific responsibility, respect for people's rights and dignity, concern for welfare of others, and social responsibility?
This is the year that the CMPC credential was created.
What is 1991?
What are...
•Lack of knowledge and comfort with teaching mental skills
•Misunderstandings about psychological skills (e.g., belief that they can’t be learned)
•Lack of time
This is the ultimate goal of psychological skills training.
What is self-regulation?