Mr Shane Cogan
Unit 3 Sport and Exercise Sciences
Psychology
Assignment 1
Unit 3 Sport & Exercise Sciences
That’s How I Roll
Personality
Task 1.Personality is the unique blend of psychological characteristics that differentiates one sports athlete to another. Some personalities are completely contrasting compared to others, whereas certain athletes have similar personalities. Sports has been a popular subject for psychologists in recent years, however pin pointing hard evidence to back up theories on personality in sport are thin. A question that I have is: Are certain personalities attracted to sport? “Silva’s own personality and performance pyramid proposes that all sorts of personalities enter sport, but as athlete’s progress and move up the pyramid towards elite levels, only those with adaptive personality characteristics advance.” In response to Silva’s own personality performance pyramid I would agree that at foundation levels of sport it is very much for the purpose of enjoyment and exercise but as individual athletes grow and progress within their sport naturally they become more competitive and eager to win therefor individuals who are more adaptive and willing to enhance themselves will be more successful.
Trait Theory of Personality
Traits are what make us who we are; they are the relatively permanent aspects of each of us evidenced by the consistency in our interactions. The trait theory states that we inherit personality characteristics from our parents at birth, which will influence the way in which we behave in situations, both in sport and everyday life. Characteristics such as humour, feelings and beliefs will define a person for who they are and what they do with their individual sports.
The narrow band category is grouped into two separate categories which identifies A from B.
Type A behaviour – Individuals that fall within the A category are referred to as highly competitive they have the will to achieve, impatient and lack
Psychology
Assignment 1
Unit 3 Sport & Exercise Sciences
That’s How I Roll
Personality
Task 1.Personality is the unique blend of psychological characteristics that differentiates one sports athlete to another. Some personalities are completely contrasting compared to others, whereas certain athletes have similar personalities. Sports has been a popular subject for psychologists in recent years, however pin pointing hard evidence to back up theories on personality in sport are thin. A question that I have is: Are certain personalities attracted to sport? “Silva’s own personality and performance pyramid proposes that all sorts of personalities enter sport, but as athlete’s progress and move up the pyramid towards elite levels, only those with adaptive personality characteristics advance.” In response to Silva’s own personality performance pyramid I would agree that at foundation levels of sport it is very much for the purpose of enjoyment and exercise but as individual athletes grow and progress within their sport naturally they become more competitive and eager to win therefor individuals who are more adaptive and willing to enhance themselves will be more successful.
Trait Theory of Personality
Traits are what make us who we are; they are the relatively permanent aspects of each of us evidenced by the consistency in our interactions. The trait theory states that we inherit personality characteristics from our parents at birth, which will influence the way in which we behave in situations, both in sport and everyday life. Characteristics such as humour, feelings and beliefs will define a person for who they are and what they do with their individual sports.
The narrow band category is grouped into two separate categories which identifies A from B.
Type A behaviour – Individuals that fall within the A category are referred to as highly competitive they have the will to achieve, impatient and lack