Anxiety

Question 1

anxiety

Answer 1

neg emotional state made up of multiple components worry, negative images, and physiological responses

Question 2

arousal

Answer 2

blend of physiological and psychological activation of one’s autonomic nervous system
-ranges from deep sleep to peak activation

Question 3

cognitive anxiety

somatic anxiety

Answer 3

• disruptive thinking such as worry about performance, evaluation, or possible failure
• perceived changes in heart rate, respiration rate, blood pressure, galvanic skin response, etc.

Question 4

social anxiety

competitive anxiety

Answer 4

• occurs during social situations when evaluation might happen
• associated with sport/competition and concerns about body, performance, skills, or injury

Question 5

social physique anxiety

Answer 5

• anxiety due to others evaluating your physique

- when you think your body is being evaluated and you can’t make the desired impression

Question 6

state anxiety

trait axiety

Answer 6

• associated with worries and apprehension, changes from moment to moment
• stable part of personality, causes the perception of situations to be threatening

Question 7

3 dimensions of anxiety response

Answer 7

1. intensity of symptoms
2. frequency of cognitive intrusions (irrelevant thoughts)–percent of thoughts and feelings about competitions
3. directional interpretation of systems (facillitative or debillitative)

Question 8

five sources of personal anxiety

Answer 8

1. age, experience, and skill level
2. gender
3. trait anxiety
4. self-confidence and self-preservational beliefs
5. self-regulation strategies

Question 9

environmental sources of anxiety

Answer 9

1. temporal patterning in the sport environment
2. mirrors
3. clothing
4. characteristics of other exercisers
5. exercise leader characteristics
6. any factor that is seen as a threat

Question 10

multidimensional anxiety theory

Answer 10

• relationships between components of anxiety and sport performance (cognitive and somatic components and competitive anxiety)
• cog: negative linear relationship with performance
• somatic: inverted U

Question 11

Zones of Optimal Functioning

Answer 11

• optimal intensity state anxiety zones exist for athletes
• better performance in zone than out
• inverted U (two humps for either sport specific or athlete specific models)
• low IZOF=best performance at low state anxiety

Question 12

Cusp Catastrophe Theory

Answer 12

five predictions

1. when cog state anxiety is low, the relationship between physiological arousal and performance is a U
2. when physiological arousal is low, elevations in cog. anxiety are associated with performance enhancement
3. when physiological arousal is high, increased cog anxiety=performance declines
4. when cog anxiety high, physiological arousal can be pos or neg (low to moderate=success, high=declines
5. when physiological and cognitive anxiety are high, a catastrophe will occur