Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Autonomic Nervous System, Hyperintensity, Parachuting
26 Nov 2016
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Arousal: a blend of physiological & psychological activation, the intensity of motivation at any particular time, activation or excitation ranging on a continuum from sleep to hyper-intensity, caused by anticipation - of an event, a threat, or worry. Anxiety: a negative emotional state characterized by nervousness, worry and apprehension, has a cognitive (mental) component (worry, apprehension etc. , and a. Somatic (physiological) component ( increased heart or breathing rate, sweating, nausea, Arousal theories: drive theory ( spense, 1966, performance= f(habit/drive, a linear relationship between arousal and performance ( as arousal increases so does performance, impact dependent on how well the task is learned ( social facilitation theory) Note: arousal/ stress/ anxiety are not always a bad thing. Catastrophic decline in performance ( can"t do things the way to do things causes to perform poor: difficult to recover from once experienced, reversal theory (apter & kerr, 1984/85) It is the cognitive interpretation of one"s arousal level that impacts performance.
