Personality Theories & Approaches
What would be a characteristic of someone highly neurotic?
High in worry / emotional, especially during stressful situations
Motivation and personality are comparable as they both exist on a ____
Continuum
Which of these is a key component of the Big Five Personality model?
Disagreeableness, Erraticism, Openness, Awareness
Openness to experience
Role ___ is when individuals are aware of their role and part on the team and know what is expected of them
Clarity
The physical closeness or nearness between group members describes what team cohesion strategy?
Proximity
According to the trait approach, this personality characteristic predicts how well someone will stay organized and goal-oriented.
Conscientiousness
True or False?
Athletes involved in team and high-risk sports scored higher in introversion than individual and low-risk sports
False! They scored higher in EXTROVERSION, not introversion
True or False? Some of Morgan’s original research with the Profile of Mood States revealed that successful athletes reported greater positive mental health profiles compared to less successful athletes.
True
Which principle of cohesion focuses on team members wearing the same gear to promote group unity?
Distinctiveness
What do I plan on studying for my Master's degree?
School Counseling
If you want to study a person’s personality based on their actions in a particular social situation, you would be focusing on this part of their personality.
Role-related behavior
Someone who prefers solitude and has lower energy levels in social situations is typically considered this type of personality.
Introverted
The “iceberg profile” discovered that athletes who perform well often show high levels of this mood state before competition.
Vigor
This term refers to the phenomenon where individual performance decreases as the size of the group increases.
The Ringlemann Effect
The MAPS approach to team building emphasizes this letter when it’s time to develop action plans to improve effort and commitment
P: plan
A researcher using the trait approach to personality would predict which of these statements to be true?
a. Highly agreeable adults will often approach conflict and stand up for themselves
b. Highly neurotic adults will typically maintain a positive outlook even in stressful situations
c. Highly open-to-experience adults will be eager to try new activities and ideas, even in unfamiliar environments
C. Highly open-to-experience adults will be eager to try new activities and ideas, even in unfamiliar environments
According to research, what two components are most important when predicting behavior in a person?
Personality and situation
In Hollander’s pyramid model, this level is where traits like introversion and emotional stability fall.
Psychological core
Original research stated that team cohesion is most positively related to performance in this type of sport, where team members closely interact and depend on each other.
Interactive sport
Now it is said to be effective in BOTH interactive and co-active sports
Which of the following is NOT a way to enhance cohesion?
a. use participatory leadership
b. explain the importance of individual roles
c. getting into larger groups
d. enhance team environment
C. getting into larger groups
smaller groups are better!
This approach to personality focuses on the combination of traits, biology, and coping behaviors, focusing on a "whole person" perspective.
Integrative approach
This type of personality measure is used to track an athlete's behavioral tendencies over a longer period, like how they usually react to different scenarios.
Trait measure
Which model of personality would focus on how a person’s traits combine with environmental factors to predict behavior?
Interactional approach
Social loafing tends to happen when individuals feel their contribution is not visible to others. What’s a good way to counter this?
Define Roles : assign players to positions
Divide the team into smaller units
Attribute failure to internal, unstable factors
This tool, developed by Carron and colleagues, measures the level of cohesion within a team.
Group Environment Questionnaire