Arousal Flashcards
What is social Facilitation?
When the presence of others has a beneficial effect on performance
What is social Inhibition?
When the presence of others has a negative effect on performance
What is reversal theory?
When a performer views arousal as unpleasant, it is likely to have a positive effect on performance and vise versa for negative
What is arousal?
A multidimensional state of physical and psychological readiness
what are physiological symptoms of arousal?
increase in heart and breathing rate and muscle tension
need to urinate more than often
perspiration and clammy hands
what are psychological symptoms of arousal ?
increased focus and concentration and awareness of important environmental cues
narrowed field of attention
reduced reaction time
What is the zone of optimal functioning?
each individual has a zone which they achieve their maximum attention capacity
What can an individual achieve in the zone of optimal functioning?
Able to perform movement effortlessly ,without conscious control
able to attend to the correct cues and avoid distracting stimuli
able to make quick and effective decisions
What is the peak flow experience?
Refers to a period when athlete is at peak state and is able to focus and perform to the best of their ability
performance is enjoyable and performer feels like they have completed an achievement
Increased id performer focuses on aspects of preparation
what can disrupt peak flow?
Injury, poor preparation, worry about result
What is drive theory?
that when performance increases as arousal increases
what is the more recent drive theory?
As arousal increases so does dominant response occurring
for experts the dominate is more likely correct response , therefore perform better at high at high arousal
for novices, dominant more likely incorrect, at high arousal performance declines
what is optimum arousal ?
the attention field is an ideal width, so the performer is able to concentrate and the potential to learn and perform well is maximized
what is under-arousal?
the attention field is too wide so concentration is lost, and the ability to learn and perform skills to max is lost
what does the inverted U theory state?
any increase in arousal beyond the optimum point results in over-arousal , the attention field is narrowed so relevant cues can be missed and performance declines.
