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The ________ hypothesis states that people with certain personalities gravitate toward athletics in general or towards specific sports.

A) Selection
B) Learning
C) Attrition
D) Developmental

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Which of the following personality theories states that people's attitudes and behaviors are learned through a process of conditioning?

A) Social learning theory
B) Humanistic theory
C) Psychodynamic theory
D) Trait theory

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Which of the following is an athlete most likely to report on a personality survey if the intention of the athlete is to appear more confident?

If A is correlated with B, we can assume that A causes

Different theories summarize personality using a different number of attributes. Are there advantages to having a smaller number of attributes? How many is too many?

If 300 successful athletes take a personality test, and 70% of the athletes score high on resilience, we can assume that resilience may be ____ athletic success.

How athletes cope with _____ may be what connects personality to athletic performance.

The Athletic Coping Skills Inventory is used to measure strategies that athletes use to cope with:

Which of the following may be a link to personality, and therefore a factor in athletic success?

Personality tests account for a large part of the ability to predict an athlete's success.

Which theory of personality would say that an athlete's predisposition to perfectionism allows for higher athletic success?

An athete who participates in a high-risk sport, such as skydiving, shows different versions of genes linked with:

Which of the following is NOT a theory of personality?

What are three ways the humanistic view on personality differs from the psychodynamic view?

It is possible that success in athletics changes a person's personality, linking athletic success with particular personality traits.

Perfectionism is a negative personality trait.

Which of the following is NOT an example of functional perfectionism in an athlete?

The purpose of scoring athletes on personality traits is in order to better understand the link between personality and success in athletics.

The attrition hypothesis states that people with certain types of personality traits are selected by coaches, especially as competition for spaces narrows with age.

An athlete's current mood or situation does not affect their responses on a personality survey.