PSYB45H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 17: Figure Skating Competition, Socalled, Sport Psychology
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Susan, a 12-year-old figure skater competing in the novice category, was standing beside her sport psychologist and coach just off the ice surface, waiting for her turn to skate her short program in the provincial figure skating championship. The combination of positive self-talk and deep-center breathing helped susan to feel considerably calmer and more confident. At that moment, the skater before her finished skating her program. Shortly thereafter susan stepped on the ice, skated to her start position, and performed well. Because our behavior of responding to various antecedent stimuli (people, places, words, smells, sounds, etc. ) has been reinforced, punished, or extinguished, those stimuli exert control over our behavior whenever they occur. Treatment packages that focus on the manipulation of antecedent stimuli also called antecedents fall into the categories of rules, goals, modeling, physical guidance, situational inducement, and motivation. A rule describes a situation in which a behavior will lead to a consequence.
