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Sport Psychology Researcher Task 1 "Personality is the supreme realization of the innate idiosyncrasy of a living being. It is an act of high courage flung in the face of life, the absolute affirmation of all that constitutes the individual, the most successful adaptation to the universal condition of existence coupled with the greatest possible freedom for self-determination." (Carl Gustav Jung, 1934) Sports performances can be put down to individual differences, personality theories have been linked to individual performances. There are three personality theories; * Biological This theory is some what controversial with no scientific proof backing it up. Sheldon classified personality according to body type. He called this a person's somatotype. There are three main somatotypes, 1. Endomorph- (fat, wide hips, plump) Relaxed, sociable, tolerant, comfort-loving, peaceful In sporting performance this somatotype could be said to be more laid-back and not so aggressive. 2. Mesomorph- (muscular, "v" shaped body) Active, assertive, vigorous, combative In sporting performance this somatotype could...

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