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Physical Education Class 11 Short Answers Chapter 9

The document provides short answer type questions and answers related to psychology and sports. It discusses topics like: 1) The importance of sports psychology in improving performance, motivation, and player selection. 2) Laws of learning like the law of exercise and secondary laws including the law of belongingness. 3) Developmental characteristics of adolescence and early childhood, including physical and mental traits. 4) The differences between growth and development.

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Physical Education Class 11 Short Answers Chapter 9

The document provides short answer type questions and answers related to psychology and sports. It discusses topics like: 1) The importance of sports psychology in improving performance, motivation, and player selection. 2) Laws of learning like the law of exercise and secondary laws including the law of belongingness. 3) Developmental characteristics of adolescence and early childhood, including physical and mental traits. 4) The differences between growth and development.

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CHAPTER 10

PSYCHOLOGY AND SPORTS


SHORT ANSWER TYPE QUESTIONS (60 WORDS)
CARRYING 3 MARKS

Q. Mention the importance of sports psychology


Ans. 1. Improve performances - The Knowledge of sports psychology helps to
improve performance and personality of players’s by scientific ways of
modifying behaviour
2. Motivation and feedback -proper motivation and proper feedback
enhances the performance of players. It gives counseling to players.
This can be guided by sports psychology.

3. Better selection : The knowledge of sports psychology guides the


coaches for better selection of players.

Q2. Explain the law of exercise.

Ans. Law of exercise - Repetition of experiences increase the probability of a


correct response but it will not enhance learning without satisfying effect
following the response. This law is also known as law of use and disuse.
Practice makes the learning bond stronger thus more we practice or use
the better is learning.

Q3. Enlist the secondary laws of learning and explain any one law.

Law of continuity

Ans. Secondary law of learning Law of similarity

Law of belongingness

Law of Attitude

Law of Primacy

Law of belongingness

If the mutual relationship between stimulus and response is natural then


learning is more effective for example running, jumping and throwing are
natural activities therefore these activities are easy to learn. Along with
this, these activities can be learnt quickly. The activities which are artificial
or unnatural are difficult to learn such as to run backward while using
hands and legs properly is difficult.

Q4. Describe any two developmental characteristics of adolescence

Ans. Physical characteristics

(i) Gain in height, weight and ossification of bones is almost complete

(ii) Endurance is developed to a great extent

(iii) Co-ordination of muscles reaches it peak.


Mental characteristics

People of this age begin to think and feel differentially. Hormonal changes
reflect in behaviour and mood. Teenages become sulleing, short tempered,
moody and irritable. They also become very self conscious and extra
sensitive.

Q. Highlight the differences between growth and development

Ans. Growth Development

(i) Growth is used in purely (i) Development implies changes


physical terms. It generally in shape, form or structure
refers to change in size, length resulting in improved func-
and weight of an individual tioning or working

(ii) Growth is one of the aspect of (ii) Development is a wider and


development Process comprehensive term; it refers
to overall changes in the indi-
vidual

(iii) Growth does not continue (iii) Development is a continuous


throughout Life process

Q6. Describe the development characteristics during early childhood.

Ans. - Physical characteristics

- It is a period of slow but steady growth in height. Bones are soft.

- Weight increase in stready

- Pulse rate is higher than adults

- The heart size is smaller in comparison to the body.

- Strength is not well developed

Mental Characteristics

- Child loves to take part in exercises and activities

- Imitations is a strong Characteristics

- Sex differences have no role in activities.


Q7. Give the ways to overcome Plateau?

Ans. (i) Develop interest : Develop interest and bring recreation in training .
This gives enjoyment and pleasures to perform activity.

(ii) Reduce competition - Too much competition should be avoided and


equal levels should be considered for competition.

(iii) Proper rest and recover → Proper rest and recovery should be taken
to overcome plateau. Care should be taken that it should not be too
long.

Q9. Explain the concept of emotions.

Ans. Emotions are consistent responses to internal or external events, which


have particular significances for organism. These response may be verbal,
physiological, behavioural and natural mechanism emotions may be
positive or negative like joy versus sadness anger versus fear, trust versus
distrust, surprise versus anticipation.

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