Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Catastrophe Theory, Situation Two

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3388A/B
• Professor: Natascha Wesch

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Lecture 16 handling pressure: anxiety in sport. Anxiety changes leading up to the game and changes after. Combines cognitive and somatic into a 3rd dimensional way (sport performance) There is a (cid:271)a(cid:374)d where perfor(cid:373)a(cid:374)(cid:272)e is highest; there is(cid:374)"t a pi(cid:374)-point, it is a zone. Has an indirect and direct relationship (physiological arousal) A substantial imbalance between demand (internal & external) and response capability, under conditions where failure to meet the demand has importance consequences. If you"re fa(cid:272)ed with a(cid:374) o(cid:271)sta(cid:272)le, (i(cid:373)(cid:271)ala(cid:374)(cid:272)e of what you"re fa(cid:272)i(cid:374)g a(cid:374)d what you"re capable of) If you fail to meet with the event (failure), there are important consequences; stress only arises when something is important to you. Stress response (physiological, affective cognitive reponse; its adaptive); and stress as a process (stress can be changed from different people and situations), stress is coming from the situations you are facing and your capability (imbalance)