Exam 4: Stress, Emotion, and Coping in Sport and Exercise

A university athlete who experiences anxiety over the thought of losing to a rival is experiencing which type of psychological experience as a result of the cognitive appraisal process?

Which of the following predicts that males and females learn to use different coping strategies to manage the same types of situations through processes like sex-role stereotyping and role expectations?

Which one of the following is a conclusion that is not generally accepted by most sport psychology researchers?

An athlete who is subject to ongoing harassment and relationship issues with teammates is an example of acute stress.

It seems clear that all stress is negative and to be avoided.

Little attention has been devoted to direct comparisons of coping across groups of athletes from different countries and cultures.

Which of the following statements is incorrect?

Which one of the following reactions is often referred to as a stress response?

Distinguish between micro- and macro-levels of coping.

What role does coping play in the stress process? Provide an example of how coping can change someone's experience of stress through both: (a) changing cognitive appraisal, and (b) changing the actual situation.

What are the key features of burnout?

Which of the following is not just a myth about stress and coping in sport and exercise?

A basketball player chooses not to think about the upcoming game against her opponent in order to minimize her anxiety about the game. This is an example of what type of emotion regulation strategy according to Gross (1998)?

Which of the statements about stress, coping, and injury is incorrect?

If acute stressors are not managed effectively they can lead to long-term chronic stress and burnout.

Which of the following is not a neurophysiological effect of stress and emotions?

Which of the following is often a predictor of athlete's coping skills?

A football player who does not know how she will perform in the championship game will likely experience which type of emotion according to Lazarus' core relational themes?

The main distinction between self-compassion and self-esteem is that self-compassion is dependent upon positive self-evaluations or evaluations by others whereas self-esteem is not.

Provide an example of an "if-then" coping plan and describe why it might be useful to an athlete experiencing stress.