APA 2140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Drive Theory, Autonomic Nervous System

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2140
• Professor: Jennifer Brunet

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Lecture 7: anxiety in sport and exercise chapter 5. Arousal: it is not anxeity: a (cid:271)le(cid:374)d of physiologi(cid:272)al a(cid:374)d psy(cid:272)hologi(cid:272)al a(cid:272)tivatio(cid:374) of a(cid:374) i(cid:374)dividual"s auto(cid:374)o(cid:373)i(cid:272) nervous system, non-directional; pleasant or unpleasant. State anxiety (a-state): emotional state characterized by feelings of apprehension and tension due mainly to the individual"s per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374) of the prese(cid:374)t or up(cid:272)o(cid:373)i(cid:374)g situatio(cid:374) as threate(cid:374)i(cid:374)g, transitory in that it fluctuates over time. Intensity of symptoms: examines amount of level of symptom: frequency of cognitive intrusions: % of thoughts and feelings about competition, directional interpretation of symptoms: either facilitative (positive) or debilitative (negative) Personal sources of anxiety: experience and skill level, gender, trait anxiety, self-confidence and self-presentational belief, self-regulating strategies. Environment-based sources of anxiety: temporal patterning: amount of anxiety during/ before/ after game, physical environment factors, other people. Drive theory: as physiological arousal increases, performance improves. Inverted u theory: as physiological arousal increases, performance improves but only up to a certain point, after which performance will decline.