Sport Psych topic 5 (team performance)

Which terms is the extent to which team members like each other and the degree of satisfaction they get from team membership

• Task cohesion

• Social cohesion

Reorder the following stages of Tuckman's group formation theory

• Storming

• Norming

• Performing

• Forming

Which key feature of team building (according to Carron et al) can be developed through providing players with a matching uniform?

• Team distinctiveness

• Social cohesion

• Communication

• Clear team goals

In the study by Senecal, female high school ​ (a)   players completed the group ​ (b)   ​ questionnaire at the start and end of the season.

• environment
• cohesion
• togetherness
• distinctiveness
• basketball
• netball
• soccer

In Senecal's study, players who took part in team goal setting had higher task cohesion and lower social cohesion by the end of the season

• True

• False

According to Stogdill's study, which of the following traits was NOT associated with good leaders?

• Height

• Intelligence

• Self-confidence

• Lower tension

Which of the following is NOT a feature of the main sample in Smith et al's study (CET training)?

• 34 males

• mean age of 36 years

• baseball players

• mean experience of 8 years

In the study by Smith et al, the coaches in the experimental condition attended a CET training session which lasted ​ (a)   ​

• 2 hours
• 1 hour
• 2 days
• 5 hours
• 1 day

Organise the following into DOs and DONTs of effective coaching feedback

Groups:

(a) DOs

,

(b) DON'Ts

• Ignore mistakes

• Provide encouragement

• Reward effort

• Discourage effort

• Punish players

• Give reinforcement

• Provide negative feedback

• Technical instructions

Which of the following is NOT a finding from Smith et al's study?

• Teams whose coach attended CET won significantly more games than the control group

• Players whose coach attended CET had greater increase in self-esteem

• Players whose coach attended CET enjoyed playing for their coach more

• Players whose coach attended CET had a better relationship with their teammates