Personality and Aggression

Define personality.

• Personality is the same for everyone regardless of experiences.
• Personality is the combination of characteristics or qualities that form an individual's distinctive character.
• The sum of characteristics that make a person uique.

• Personality refers only to a person's physical appearance.

• Factors such as ​ ​ (a)   , self-confidence and ​ (b)   motivation, remain consistent over time and contribute to an athlete’s ​ (c)   . ​

• They play a determining role in how they ​ (d)   to pressure stations. ​

• For example, an athlete with high trait ​ (e)   might be more driven to win and outperform others. ​

• This is relatively consistent throughout.​

• competitiveness
• achievement
• performance
• react

How behaviour is determined by the (a)   you’re in.​ Focuses on the specific (b)   or context. ​ Different situations create different (c)   in individuals. ​ Fight or flight is a great example – how does an (d)   react to (e)   ?

• environment
• situation
• responses
• athlete
• pressure

The interplay between an (a)   personality and the (b)   they find themselves in. ​ An athletes (c)   is influenced by the interactions. ​ Both their (d)   that they have and the situation they find themselves in can influence their personality.

• athletes
• situation
• behaviour
• traits

How does personality affect performance?