According to Your Text, the Starting Point for Athletes to Improve

question 557

Multiple Choice

According to your text, the starting point for athletes to improve their performance is by

• A) using steroids.
• B) making sure their arousal level is appropriate for the task at hand.
• C) focusing on their coach's nonverbal evaluations during a performance.
• D) doing none of these.

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Definitions:

Selectively Exaggerated

The deliberate overstatement or amplification of certain aspects while minimizing or ignoring others for specific impacts.

Machismo

A cultural attitude or behavior marked by strong or aggressive masculine pride.

Complex and Distorted

Describes situations or information that are complicated and not presented in a clear, accurate manner.

Ethnocentric Intergroup Attribution

The tendency to attribute positive behaviors and outcomes to one's own group and negative behaviors and outcomes to other groups based on ethnic or cultural biases.