Chapter 3:  A Positive Approach to Enhancing Sport Performance:  Principles of Positive Reinformcement
                    and Performance Feedback

1.  What is negative reinforcement (Describe)?

2.  What is a partial and continuous schedule of reinforcement and when should each be used?

Chapter 4:  Educating Youth Sport Coaches: An Applied Sport Psychology Perspective

1.  Why did Smith and Smoll want to develop and test a coach training program?

2.  What was the applied research that Smith and Smoll conducted to test their Coach Effectiveness Training Program (CET)?
 

Chapter 8:  Styles of Decision Making

1.  What are the advantages and disadvantages of a participative decision-making style?

2.  What does research on decision styles in sport tell us? (Describe at least three conclusions derived from research).
 

Chapter 9:  The Sport Team as an Effective Group

1.  What is it that distinquishes a group from a collection of individuals? (Explain)

2.  What is the relationship between team cohesiveness and performance? (Explain)
 

Chapters 10 & 11:  Communication & Characteristics of Peak Performance

1.  What is assertiveness and how can it be trained?

2.  What has research shown are differences between successful and unsuccessful athletes?
 

Chapter 14:  Arousal-Performance

1.  What is the relationship between arousal and motor performance? (Describe)

2.  How do individual differences influence the shape of the inverted-U curve? (Describe)
 

Chapter 17: Cognitive Techniques

1.  What are the recommended techniques for controlling self-talk?

2.  What are some examples of irrational and distorted thinking that should be first identified and then reframed?
 

Chapter 19: Techniques for Training Concentration

1.  What are some "external factors" that can be used as strategies to maintain a highly concentrated state?

2.  Describe what a "performance protocol" is and then create your own example of a performance protocol.
 

Chapters 21 & 22:  Referral and Drug Abuse

1.  Compared to the general population, how many athletes are likely to have psychosocial problems and how severe are these problems?

2.  For each of the five doping categories for banned drugs, describe is thought to be the performance benefit from using the      drug and also what some of the possible health risks might be from prolonged use of these drugs.