Exam 2: Research Perspectives in Sport and Exercise Psychology

A sport psychologist interested in elite sport interviews Ms.Clara Hughes about her experiences as the first Canadian athlete to win medals at both the summer and winter Olympics.What approach to science best describes this situation?

A sport psychologist is interested in the effects of mental imagery on attention control in goal tenders on a junior- level hockey team.What type of variable is the attention control serving as in this study?

In sport and exercise psychology studies where the researcher manipulates a variable (e.g.,goal setting),what name do we give to that variable?

Why is resentful demoralization a threat to the internal validity of sport and exercise psychology research that manipulates an independent variable?

A theory is a set of interrelated concepts or ideas that collectively inform 'why' a particular phenomenon occurred in sport or exercise settings.

A sample is smaller than a population.

Logic as a source of knowledge relies only on the implicit understanding of a phenomena being investigated without the benefit of qualified or advanced training in the subject matter.

Which of the following represent the hypothesis that is commonly examined in sport and exercise psychology research?

Which of the following statements accurately describes the hierarchical sequence of measurement levels starting with the least useful and finishing with the most useful?

Research using biophysical specimens such as saliva or blood for example is usually exempt from ethical review by the Research Ethics Board.

An exercise psychologist is interested in measuring the level and type of motivation exhibited by exercise initiates who are starting a program of weight training for their new year's resolution.The major goal of collecting the data is to describe in detail the participant's motivational profile.What type of research do you think is being conducted in this study?

Which of the following is not a form of validity in sport or exercise psychology research?

An exercise psychologist is interested in using a quasi- experimental design to examine the effects of exercise on depression in young children with osteopenia.What threats to internal validity could be result from this study for the exercise psychologist when interpreting the data? What is the major reason why these threats to internal validity exist in this study?

Dr.McFrankenburger is interested in the relationship between athlete's gender (coded as 1 = males; 2 = females)and speed (measured in seconds-starting from 0.00 seconds)for completing the 100 metre sprint race in major championships.What level(s)of measurement would be used in this study?

An exercise psychologist is interested in the influence of acute exercise on mood responses.To address this issue,the researcher randomly assigns participants to an intervention group that completed a maximal exercise test and a comparison group that completed a submaximal exercise test and compares post- test mood differences across the groups.What type of research design is being used in this study?

What is the major difference between reliability and validity in the process of conducting sport and exercise psychology research?

A gynaecologist is interested in the influence of physical activity on quality of life in teenage mothers.What is the major hypothesis being 'tested' in this study?

Which of the following statements "best" represents the concept of validity?

An epidemiologist collects data on demographic variables (e.g.,age,BMI,income)to predict involvement in physical activity over the next 6 months.What approach to validity is being used by this scientist?

What are the hallmark characteristics of a phenomenological approach to science?