Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Hans Selye, Hypnosis, Drive Theory

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Robert La Rose

Document Summary

Note: arousal, stress and anxiety are not always a bad thing. Arousal: is a blend of physiological and psychological activation, the intensity of motivation at any particular time, activation or excitation ranging on a continuum from sleep to hyper, caused by anticipation- of an event, a threat or worry. Stress response (anxiety) (we get butterflies, our knees shake) Linear relationship between arousal and performance (as arousal increases so does performance) Impact dependant on how well the task is learned (social facilitation theory) No longer much support for this theory: inverted u hypothesis. Once reach optimal level, performance deteriorates if you continue to become more aroused or activated. Is a zone not a point (izof hanin) (individual zone of optimal function: catastrophe theory (hardy, 1996) Somatic anxiety can have markedly different effects on performance depending on the cognitive anxiety (worry) being experienced l l l l.