PSY407 Quiz Spring 2008

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This portion comprises of 5 multiple choice questions each carries 1 mark. Read carefully and chose only one correct answer for each given questions. Multiple answers will result in “0” marks.

Q1. The basic supposition of_____________ is that if subjects perceive that there are no right or wrong responses, they will probably be open and sincere in their responses.

1. Rating scales
2. Projective procedures
3. Structured questionnaires
4. Interviews

Q2. Fear of getting defeated by a weaker challenger could create a threat to an athlete’s ego is called ____________.

1. Fear of performance failure
2. Fear of negative social evaluation
3. Fear of physical harm
4. Situation ambiguity

Q3. Small incremental increases in arousal result in small incremental increases or decreases in performance and moderate arousal results in optimal performance are the basic tenets of ____________.

1. Martens’ Multidimensional anxiety theory
2. Fazey and Hardy’s catastrophe theory
3. Inverted-U theory
4. Drive theory

Q4. How many traits are measured by the Athletic Motivation Inventory?

1. Ten
2. Eleven
3. Twelve
4. Thirteen

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Q5. Which theory facilitates to explain the associations between learning and arousal, and between performance and arousal?

1. Inverted-U theory
2. Jones’ directionality theory
3. Apter’s reversal theory
4. Drive theory

Fill in the blanks. Each blank carries 1 mark.

The belief that the personality interacts with situation to predict performance is known as _____________.

Anxiety has two components one is ____________ component and second is ___________ component.

The individual zone of optimal functioning (IZOF) was developed by ___________.

The fundamental assumption of ___________ theory an athlete’s perception of how intensity affects performance is more important than the intensity itself.

___________ is by far the most commonly used instrument for measuring mood states in psychology.