Mental Imagery & Routines Quiz

What is mental imagery?

• The ability to picture events via thoughts in the brain

• The ability to physically perform skills

• The ability to memorize facts quickly

• The ability to communicate with others

How can athletes benefit from mental imagery?

• By improving their physical strength directly

• By obtaining optimum activation and concentration

• By learning new skills without practice

• By reducing the need for physical training

What does some research suggest about mental imagery for injured athletes?

• It can worsen their injuries

• It has no effect on their recovery

• It can assist muscle strength

• It can replace physical therapy

What are the three types of mental imagery required to make the visualisation more successful/realistic?

• Visual, auditory, and tactile

• Kinaesthetic, auditory, and tactile

• Kinaesthetic, visual, and olfactory

• Auditory, tactile, and olfactory

What does kinaesthetic imagery involve?

• Sensory impression from the eyes

• Sensory impression from the ears

• Sensory impression from the muscles and joints

• Sensory impression from the skin

What type of sensory information do athletes use to monitor the sounds of their playing environment?

• Visual

• Auditory

• Tactile

• Olfactory

What sense allows baseball batters to feel how their bat has been prepared for different types of hits?

• Visual

• Auditory

• Tactile

• Olfactory

What is internal mental imagery?

• Seeing the image/environment behind your own eyes if you were competing.

• Seeing the image/environment from outside your body as if you were watching a video of yourself.

• Imagining a completely different environment.

• Visualizing abstract concepts without any specific imagery.

What is external mental imagery?

• Seeing the image/environment behind your own eyes if you were competing.

• Seeing the image/environment from outside your body as if you were watching a video of yourself.

• Imagining a completely different environment.

• Visualizing abstract concepts without any specific imagery.

What type of imagery is demonstrated when a ski jumper turns, twists, and rotates their body before a jump?

• Visual imagery

• Auditory imagery

• Kinaesthetic imagery

• Olfactory imagery