APK 3400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Information Processing Theory, Detection Theory, Eustress
27 Mar 2017
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Perceived response capability and/or where they perceive themselves failing: two general sources of stress: State anxiety is transitory (fluctuates over time and situations) Apk 3400 0001: state anxiety immediate emotional state that is characterized by apprehension, fear tension and an increase in physiological arousal. Perceived control: competitive state anxiety is mainly due to the athlete"s perception of the present or upcoming competition is perceived as threatening. Cognitive state anxiety: worry is the primary cognitive form of state anxiety. Somatic anxiety: moment to moment changes in one perceived physiological activation: trait anxiety part of our personality and relatively stable. Predisposes an individual to perceive a wide range of situation as threatening. Highly trait anxious people usually have more state anxiety in highly competitive, evaluative situations vs. people with lower trait anxiety. Anxiety - the stress process (1) environmental situation: the stages of the stress process (2) appraisal of environmental situation (3) the stress response (1) environmental demand.
