PEDS303 Lecture Notes - Daniel Kahneman, Stun Grenade

• School: University of Alberta
• Department: Physical Education and Sport
• Course: PEDS303
• Professor: John Dunn

Document Summary

Research example: there was a throwing task (10 balls to be thrown at 3 concentric circles, there were high vs low trait anxiety male ucla students, there was bogus failure feedback after 1st 10 throws. In theory this should increase arousal levels and anxiety levels: students then threw 10 more balls at targets, measures: throwing performance and electrical activity on throwing muscles. Involuntary co-contraction of muscle groups can be devastating in fine/complex motor skills (ex. This will impede performance due to the lack of focus at the task at hand: there are task-irrelevant thoughts (ex. Why am i so nervous?: there are also thoughts of escape (i wish i could just go home, cognitive takes away your focus from the task at hand and this undermines performance. Present: we ask them to be here mentally. Process: we want them to focus on the process. By following these 3 ps we give athletes a better way of performing better.