PEDS303 Lecture Notes - Autonomic Nervous System, Situation Two, The Strongest

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education and Sport
• Course: PEDS303
• Professor: John Dunn

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Nov 14 arousal, stress, anxiety (chapter 4) Anything from motivation not tested yet is fair game for the final. Final is going to be anything in perfectionism, arousal, stress, and anxiety, and aggression. So basically anything from the last midterm until the end of the course. Arousal levels can be the same but the affective level arousal can be interpreted differently. Low arousal: i feel relaxed (positive affective state used to describe our arousal) Ex of low arousal = i feel bored (negative affective state: high arousal: i feel excited (positive affect you feel pumped up, ex. High arousal: i feel scared (negative affect: ex. High arousal: i feel angry (negative affect: there is an affective interpretation of arousal. 2 key dimensions/components of anxiety are cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety: cognitive anxiety: worry, self-doubt, concern, apprehension. It happens prior to competition: even anxiety after a bad performance is associated with what will this cost me in the future (ex.