AROUSAL Flashcards
WHAT IS AROUSAL
POSITIVE ASPECT OF STRESS, THE HIGHER THE AROUSAL THE MORE EXCITED YOU ARE.
WHAT IS THE DRIVE THEORY 1943-HULL
AS AROUSAL INCREASES SO DOES PERFORMANCE- HIGH AROUSAL LEADS TO REVERTING TO DOMINANT REPONSES.
DRIVE THEORY-DOMINANT RESPONSE EARLY VS LATE STAGES OF LEARNING
EARLY STAGES OF LEARNING: HIGH AROUSAL LEADS TO REVERTING BACK TO THEIR DOMINANT RESPONSE WHICH IS INCORRECT FORM.
LATE STAGES OF LEARNING: HIGH AROUSAL IS USEFUL BECAUSE THE ATHLETES DOMINANT RESPONSE IS CORRECT.
WHAT IS THE INVERTED U THEORY
AROUSAL INCREASES PERFORMANCE TO A POINT WHICH IS MEDIUM AROUSAL LEVELS, AFTER THIS PERFORMANCE GRADUALLY DECREASES.
WHATS THE ISSUE WITH INVERTED U
NOT ALL ATHLETES OPTIMAL AROUSAL LEVEL IS IN THE MIDDLE AND PERFORMANCE DROPS A LOT FASTER THAN THIS THEORY SUGGESTS.
EXPLAIN THE CATASTROPHE THEORY
ONCE OPTIMAL AROUSAL HAS BEEN REACHED, PERFORMANCE WILL MASSIVLY DROP ONLY IF YOU HAVE HIGH COGNITIVE ANXIETY. IF YOU HAVE LOW COGNITIVE ANXIETY, IT WILL BE MORE LIKE THE INVERTED U THEORY, A MORE GRADUAL DECLINE.
DESCRIBE SELECTIVE ATTENTION THE ATTENTIONAL FOCUS THEORY
WE HAVE LIMITED ATTENTION CAPACITY MEANING THAT THE ATHLETE MUST ATTEND TO ONLY THE RELEVANT IMFORMATION AND DISREGARD THE IRRELEVANT INFORMATION