CALABANGA COMMUNITY COLLEGE

Paolbo Belen, Calabanga, Camarines Sur

Sports & Exercise Psychology

ROEL SOLANO
Name

Ma. Lourdes P. Campana

Instructress
 What is Exercise and Sports Psychology?

Module 1 Number of Session: 2

Objectives:
1. Explain the basic principles, theories and methodologies of sport and exercise psychology
to enhance performance.
2. Identify techniques for modifying exercise behavior in individuals to promote health and
well being.
3. Demonstrates an understanding of the role of sports and exercise psychology in society.

Pre-Assessment
Test 1 Multiple Choice
Direction. Encircle the letter of the correct answer .
1. The continued expansion of sport and exercise psychology principles in clinical stings in the
study of treatment of cancer, stroke, and spinal cord injuries are example of which probable
future trend?
a. Increased research and teaching opportunities
b. Knowledge translation
c. increased demands for training and clinical psychology
d. Increased specialization and diversification
2. Which of the following trends and/or issues that will dominates the advancement of sport
psychology over the next 20 years?
a. increase specialization and diversification
b. knowledge translation
c. limited opportunities in applied sport psychology
d. all of the above
3. A sport psychology who is helping individuals and teams improve performance and enhance
personal well-being is an example of which type of the career role?
a. consulting b. counseling c. research d. teaching
4. A sport psychology consultant who is providing educational services to the community and
sport and organization.
a. counseling b. clinical intervention c. research d. teaching
5. Sport exercise psychology and characterized as
a. the application of psychology to higher performance athletes
b. applying the principles of psychology to sport and exercise
c. Interdisciplinary scientific and applied field that embraces the integration of sport
science and psychological knowledge
d. only one subdicipline of psychology
6. Seligman and other in the positive psychology movement critisized psychology for doing
what?
a. for focusing too much on personal growth
b. for focusing too much on the human side of strength
 c. for focusing too much on mental illness and repair
d. for focusing too much on well being
7. Two main area of sports psychologists on which they are interested.
a. help athletes use psychological principles and understanding how participation in
sport and exercise affects individual.
b. help the school counsel and discipline individual with problem behavior
c. help athletes transfer learning and regime the strength on sports
d. all of the above
8. An exercise psychologist uses programs that have therapeutic benefits that help enhance
overall health of those they work with, while a sport psychologist
a. guides the athletes to have thorough practice
b. will use exercise to enhance performance levels within particular sports
c. studies how athletes affect others certain group of people
d. designs physical exercises
9. These are the main focus of sports psychologists, which is NOT?
a. focus mainly within the field of sports in relation to the human psych
b. he is more likely to be involved with those who are fairly fit both mentally and
physically.
c. study how exercise affect certain group of people
d. helping to obtain optimal levels in particular sport
10. He established the international Society of sports Psychology in 1965.
a. Carl Diem A.Z Puni c. Ferruccio Antonelli d. Coleman Griffith

Activity 1
Let’s Do This!

1. Please indicate which response most accurately describes your stage of change for the three
different behavior. Identify the behavior in the space provided. (stress, nutrition, weight
control,etc.)

2. Next, select the statement (select only one) that best represents your current behavior pattern.
To select the most appropriate statement, fill in the blank for one of the first three statement if
your current behavior is a problem behavior. (For example, you might say, “ I currently smoke
and I do not intend to change in the foreseen future.” Or “I currently do not exercise but I am
contemplating changing in the next 6 months.”)

3. If you have already started to make changes, fill in the blank in one of the last three
statements. (in this case, you might say: “I currently eat a low fat diet but I have done so only
within 6 months, “or” I currently practice adequate stress management techniques and I have
done so for more than 6 months.”)
4. Now write a specific goal and identify three behavior modification principle that will aid you
with the process of change.
Behavior: STRESS
1. I currently take alcohol and I do not intend to change in the foreseeable future.
2. I currently smoke but I am contemplating changing in the next 6 months.
3. I currently not doing important things regularly but I intend to change in the next month.
4. I currently healthy lifestyle but I have done so only within the last 6 months.
5. I currently move productively and I have done so for more than 6 months.
6. I currently do exercise and I have done so for more than 5 years.

Specific goal and date to be accomplished: To live productively starting today.

Principles of behavior modification to be used:___________________________________

Read to Understand
Activity 2

Health-Style Self Test

Purpose: This self-test aim to examine your lifestyle behavior. There may be sections which are
not applicable to you, do not answer them.

Directions:
1. Answer the Health-Style Self-Test checklist by circling the number that describes your way of
life.
2. Determine the score by totaling per section.
3. Interpret your answer on the score interpretation the bottom of the checklist.

Results
Record your score and your score interpretation

1. Tobacco use: Score: ________ Interpretation:__________

2. Alcohol Score: ________ Interpretation :__________
3. Nutrition: Score: _________Interpretation: __________
4. Exercise: Score; _________Interpretation:__________
5. Emotional Health Score: _________ Interpretation: _________
6. Safety Score: _________Interpretation:_________
7. Disease Prevention: Score: _________Interpretation:_________

4. Answer the following questions:

a. Based on the result, which section you scored high? And which section/s you scored low?
What do you think are the reasons of getting high and low score?
 b. Having scored low on some sections, what specific strategies would you like to make
to improve them?

Formative Assessment 1

Determine if the given function is for exercise psychology or sport psychology and if the role is
for exercise psychologist or sport psychologist. Write your answer in the table provided for.

A. Exercise Psychology or Sport Psychology

1. Application of certain psychological and
emotional conditions as direct result from any
physical activity.
2. Enhance the performance within the particular
sport.
3. Viable alternative to help bring about general
improvement in physical aspect.
4. How psychology influence sports, athletic
performance, exercise and physical activity.
5. Professionalisms of coaches, nutritionists and
mangers.

B. Exercise Psychologist or Sport Psychologist

1.Mostly work with people who aren’t professional
athletes.
2. Create programs and activities that would help to
improve their general health.
3. Ability to satisfactorily deal with psychological
demand that the sporting activity may require.
4. Counseling athletes
5. Allows for participation into any range of
sporting disciplines.

C. What important information did you learn from the topics?