Kinesiology 3388A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Sport Psychology, Sensation Seeking, Neuroticism
9 Apr 2016
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Don"t need to be able to list these. Is it just physical talent that predicts success: personality traits do not waiver throughout different situations, may depend on what you consider success to be. Previous definition contains 3 ideas: personality includes the sum of our social, perceptual, cognitive, affective, and behavioural tendencies, although people may share some features, the blend of their characteristics makes them unique. Cannot treat everyone the same, everyone is different to some extent: psychologists typically assume some consistency to personality and behaviour. Assume that traits hold up in different domains of life (sport, social, etc. ) Ideal world if we could derive a list of ingredients that, mixed together, form a champion athlete guaranteed: early attempts at assessing athletes promised such findings; questionnaires used to predict successful performance. Problem because insinuates that personality traits are good" or bad". Issues of discouraging those who do not have traits from believing they can be successful.
