PEDS303 Lecture Notes - Avoidance Coping
29 Apr 2013
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November 21 arousal, anxiety, and stress continued. Norman endler"s differential hypothesis : assumes different dimensions ( situational classes ) of trait anxiety, endler proposes that the nature of the situational threat must be congruent with the trait anxiety dimension if state anxiety is to be experienced, ex. If a coach doesn"t tell the team that the team they are playing is a powerhouse, because the optimism and naivety will reduce athlete anxiety: through experience, athletes develpp coping strategies. Stage 1 : when you as the performer is faced with some sort of demand in the environment. Stage 2: you look at the environment and ask if i can deal with the environment. Stage 3 depending on ho you appraise the response, it can be tied into anxiety, arousal, muscle tensin, and attention hanges. Subtle physiological and psychological responses to stress can all come together to play a part in stress reponse.
