5 Written Questions

1. provides information about (a) the specific behaviors that should be performed (b) the levels of profiency that should be achieved (c) the performer's current level of profiency in the desired skills and activities.
2. 1. motivation to perform 2. achieving optimal arousal level before performing 3. maintaining appropriate focus 4. precompetitive and competitive plans and preperation 5. optimal physical preparation and readiness 6. optimal environment and situational conditions 7. confidence and mental attitude 8. team play and interaction 9. feeling good about performance
3. aka The Zone; characterized by 1. a balance of challenge and skills 2. complete absorption in the activity 3. clear goals 4. merging of action and awareness 5. total concentration on the task at hand 6. loss of self-consciousness 7. a sense of control 8. no goals or rewards external to the activity 9. transformation of time 10. effortless movement
4. 1. Provide for successful experiences 2. Give rewards contingent on performance 3. Use verbal and nonverbal praise 4. Varycontent and sequence of practice drills 5. Involve participants in decision making 6. Set realistic performance goals
5. is the use of rewards and punishments that increase or decrease the likelihood of a similar response happening in the future.

5 Multiple Choice Questions

1. individuals are rewarded for performances that approximate the desired performance.
   1. Reward appropriate behaviors
   2. Reward emotional and social skills
   3. Instrinsic motivation
   4. Reward successful approximations
2. choosing the proper behavior to reward by choosing the most appropriate and important behaviors and concentrating on rewarding these.
   1. Reward effort
   2. Reward emotional and social skills
   3. Reward appropriate behaviors
   4. Reward successful approximations
3. encourages task goal orientation. also, because some factors are sometimes out of a player's control, a coach should focus on the performance instead of the outcome.
   1. Reward performance, not only outcome
   2. Reward effort
   3. Reward appropriate behaviors
   4. Provide performance feedback
4. rewarding small improvements (parts) as a skill is learned.
   1. Reward effort
   2. Extrinsic rewards
   3. Shaping
   4. Reinforcement
5. attempts to facilitate performance by enhancing confidence, inspiring greater effort and energy expenditure, and creating a positive mood.
   1. Provide performance feedback
   2. Instructional feedback
   3. Motivational feedback
   4. Extrinsic rewards

5 True/False Questions

1. Extrinsic rewards → people strive inwardly to be competent and self-determining in their quest to master the task at hand, for knowledge, accomplishment, and stimulation.

   True        False

2. Instrinsic motivation → aka The Zone; characterized by 1. a balance of challenge and skills 2. complete absorption in the activity 3. clear goals 4. merging of action and awareness 5. total concentration on the task at hand 6. loss of self-consciousness 7. a sense of control 8. no goals or rewards external to the activity 9. transformation of time 10. effortless movement

   True        False

3. Reward emotional and social skills → choosing the proper behavior to reward by choosing the most appropriate and important behaviors and concentrating on rewarding these.

   True        False

4. Provide performance feedback → knowledge of results helps people improve performance by providing specific feedback regarding the correctness (or incorrectness) of their response and by enhancing their motivation ie instructional feedback and motivational feedback.

   True        False

5. Reward effort → is the use of rewards and punishments that increase or decrease the likelihood of a similar response happening in the future.

   True        False