Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 16: Hypnosis

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Stephan Larose

Document Summary

Individual or team sport: expectations for success (do you believe you will win or loose, winning vs losing or trying to do one"s best (outcome vs performance) reference to goal setting, attributions to outcome learned helplessness. Fear of success (horner 1985: withhold effort or involvement so we don"t have to live up to levels attained in previous best performance (expectation to do that every game) Effects of anxiety: somatic: interference with muscular co-ordination (muscular tension) Reduces flexibility, movement: psychological: often occur in distraction distraction of attention. Think about physical problems and not focus on task (negative thought process) Narrowing of the visual field and elimination or relevant cues (when stressed, focus of attention goes to one thing, that you don"t take in other cues) Anxiety results in a negative cycle or spiral (more anxious, more detriment to performance = more anxiety: have to be able to stop the cycle, by controlling our arousal.