Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Mantra, Progressive Muscle Relaxation, Hyperintensity

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

Document Summary

Arousal: activation level on both physiological and psychological terms. The intensity of motivation at any particular time. Activation or excitation ranging on a continuum from sleep to hyper-intensity. Caused by anticipation of an event, a threat, a worry. Selye (1956) fight or flight syndrome. The result of a substantial imbalance between physical and psychological demands of a task and one"s response capabilities under conditions where failure has important consequences. 4 stages: environmental demand, perception of demand (threat, stress response (anxiety, behavioural consequence/outcome and performance (cyclical process last experience effects perception of next experience) A negative emotional state characterized by nervousness, worry and apprehension. Has a cognitive (mental) component and a somatic (physiological) component (increased hr, sweating, nausea, butterflies , faint) Linear relationship between arousal and performance (as arousal increases so does performance) Impact dependent on how well the task is learned (social facilitation theory)