Anxiety Flashcards
1
Q
What is anxiety?
A
Negative aspect of stress associated with fear of failure
2
Q
What is trait anxiety?
A
Proposes that being anxious is stable and ensuring, innate predisposition to be anxious in most situations
3
Q
What is state anxiety?
A
Situation specific form of anxiety often due to fear of failure
4
Q
What is zone of optimal functioning?
A
The level of anxiety at which an individual performs best -> people require different levels of anxiety to be in their ‘peak flow’
5
Q
What is somatic anxiety?
A
Physiological anxiety e.g. sweating
6
Q
What is cognitive anxiety?
A
Psychological anxiety e.g. fear / worry
