Friday, October 10, 2008

Example Questions


Since people have been asking about what type of questions will be on the exam, here are two examples:

(1) The coach of the CSULB baseball team, the Dirtbags, contacts you. He wants you, as a sport psychologist, to help him select his starting pitcher. He asks you to give all his pitchers a personality test so that you can tell him which players will "crack under pressure." If you go ahead and give the test, what are 2 things you need to do to make sure you are acting in an ethical manner?

(2) This season, the Long Beach State Women's Volleyball team defeated UC Davis but UC Davis is 0 for 8. This Saturday, Long Beach State's team beat Cal Poly whose recored was 6 wins and 1 loss. Using attribution theory [hint: think Covariation principle], explain how the players on the Beach's team attribute each of their victories.

(a) Attribution for win over UC Davis:
(b) Attribution for win over Cal Poly:
(c) What type of attribution would be most beneficial for the team to make so as to do well enough to make it to the Big West championships?

Hope this helps.

1 comment:

Magical Matt the Magician said...

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