Arousal

Question 1

Physical and technical performance depends on?

Answer 1

Arousal

Question 2

What does arousal reflect on?

Answer 2

General physical and psychological activity. For example, coma is a pathologically low state of arousal whereas agitation is an extremely high arousal. Usually, people are somewhere in between those two extremes

Question 3

What is the purpose of arousal?

Answer 3

To prepare the body for action

Question 4

What is arousal

Answer 4

Arousal is a function of the autonomic nervous system (ANS) and is a response that was built into our central nervous system as we have evolved

Question 5

Is Arousal good or bad?

Answer 5

Arousal can be beneficial to some athletes in some events, whereas too much or too little can affect the outcome

Question 6

Name three theories of arousnal

Answer 6

Hull’s Drive Theory 1951
Inverted U theory 1908 (Yerkes & Dodson)
The Catastrophe Theory 1988 (Fazey & Hardy)

Question 7

What is Hull Drive Theory 1951

Answer 7

Earliest theory
To explain the relationship between arousal and perfroamcne
It suggests that arousal increases so does performance
This theory suggests that people who are lowly aroused will therefore have a weaker performance

Question 8

What is the inverted U theory

Answer 8

As arousal increases, so too does performance, up to an optimal point
Further increases in arousal cause performance to decline
The more skilful the performer the higher the optimum arousal could be

Question 9

What is the catastrophe theory?

Answer 9

Performance does not always decline as arousal increases.
Higher anxiety the more decline in performance
The performer must relax when catastrophe appears

Question 10

What are the two levels of arousal?

Answer 10

Low and High

Question 11

What is the aggression cue theory

Answer 11

1969
He argued that frustration increases arousal, which the individual feels as anger or psychological pain

Question 12

What are the two components of arousal?

Answer 12

Physiological and Psychological

Question 13

What is physiological arousal

Answer 13

the physical readiness for action: Heart and breathing rate, sweating and reaction times. Warm-up activities

Question 14

What is the psychological arousal

Answer 14

the emotional and motivational state which ranges from indifference to boredom through to high excitement or tension

Question 15

what is the Sympathetic Branch?

Answer 15

Part of ANS that activates the body for emergency action (Fighting, fleeing)

Question 16

Parasympathetic Branch?