Year 9 Sports Psychology Review Questions

What is psychology concerned with?

• The behavior of individuals

• The structure of the universe

• The history of ancient civilizations

• The development of technology

The general term for fields studying human activity, including psychology, is:

• Social Sciences

• Natural Sciences

• Formal Sciences

• Applied Sciences

The purpose of the reaction time practical is to:

• measure how quickly an individual can respond to a stimulus.

• determine the accuracy of a person's responses.

• evaluate the strength of a person's reflexes.

• assess the endurance of a person's muscles.

The agility experiment is used to understand how agility affects sports performance.

• To measure speed

• To understand how agility affects sports performance

• To evaluate strength

• To test endurance

The four basic types of teenagers are:

• Rebels, Conformists, Innovators, and Retreatists

• Introverts, Extroverts, Ambiverts, and Omniverts

• Athletes, Artists, Academics, and Activists

• Leaders, Followers, Loners, and Socializers

Which psychologist developed psychoanalysis?

• Carl Jung

• Sigmund Freud

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

The nature vs. nurture debate is about:

• the influence of genetics vs. environment on human behavior

• the role of nature in environmental conservation

• the impact of nurture on plant growth

• the comparison between natural and artificial intelligence

The theory of operant conditioning was developed by:

• Ivan Pavlov

• B.F. Skinner

• Jean Piaget

• Sigmund Freud

Which psychologist is associated with behaviorism?

• Sigmund Freud

• Carl Jung

• John B. Watson

• B.F. Skinner

The biological approach to psychology focuses on the relationship between what?

• Behavior and environment

• Mind and behavior

• Biology and behavior

• Culture and society