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Arousal, anxiety and aggression Flashcards

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Negative affects of arousal?

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increase heart rate
increase breathing rate
sweating
worry 
anxiety
negative thoughts
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positive effects of arousal

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increases state of readiness
enhances someones performance
dictate someones performance
psyched up

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What is drive reduction?

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an individual may be motivated to complete a task, which can be seen as ‘drive’. When that is perceived as being fulfilled then this drive is reduced.

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What is dominant learned respose?

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the behavior most likely to occur

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Explain drive theory.

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A very high arousal level would result in a high performance.
Depends on dominant learned response
Depends on skill level
Drive might be reduced if performer looses motivation.

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Explain inverted u theory

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Performance increases with arousal but reaches an optimum level.
levels too high or too low can have a negative effect on performance as performer will become anxious.
Heavily influenced by cue utilization.

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What is the catastrophe theory?

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somatic and cognitive anxiety.

increase in both leads to decline in performance.

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What is peak flow?

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Quality of a skill when performer is fully focused, controlled is best performance.
Peak flow is most likely when high somatic arousal coincides with low cognitive anxiety.

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What factors relate to competitive anxiety?

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Individual differences
Different types of anxiety
General or specific anxiety
Competition process

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What is state anxiety?

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Situation

Temporary emotional response

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What is trait anxiety?

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enduring

predisposition

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What is competitive trait anxiety?

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perceive competitive situations as threatening and respond with apprehension and tension

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What is SCAT testing?

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personality test
Situational factors
cognitive state anxiety increases as competition approaches
somatic state anxiety tends to be low
reliable
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What is cognitive anxiety?

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thought component of anxiety

worry, apprehension and fear of negative evaluations.

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What is somatic anxiety?

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physical component
increase in heart rate and blood pressure
Triggered by cognitive anxiety

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What is cue utilisation?

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When arousal is low, perceptual field is wide and broad range of information can be accessed,
irrelevant information
selective attention
overload
decision making is impaired
arousal increases up to optimal level the perceptual field narrows

17
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What is IZOF?

A

Individual differences

own preferred level of anxiety

18
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How can you achieve peak flow?

A 
Be relaxed
Be confident
Be completely focused
Activity is effortless
Movement and automatic
Fun
In control.
19
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How to manage anxiety?

A 
positive self talk
imagery
thought stopping
rational thinking
biofeedback
20
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What is aggression?

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intent to harm outside the rules of the event.

21
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Antecedent

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a prior event which can lead to aggression.

22
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What is displaced aggression?

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to change the direction of aggressions

23
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Causes of aggression

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Retaliation
Copying others
Nature of game
Excessive pressure to win
Being on loosing team
24
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What is the instinct theory?

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Freud(1920)
Aggression is inherited
Predictable
Not spontaneous

25
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What is the social learning theory?

A 
Bandura(1966) 
Nature
watching and copying
reinforcement
unlearnt
26
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What is the frustration aggression hypothesis?

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Dollard(1939)
goal is blocked
application of a skill leads to frustration
catharsis
punishment
reinforcement
27
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What is the aggression cue hypothesis?

A

Dollard(1939)
Frustration creates a readiness
environmental cues

28
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Cognitive methods to eliminate aggression

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imagery
mental rehearsal
positive self talk
count to ten
distancing from aggressive cues
29
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somatic methods to eliminate aggression

A

Breathing, relaxation methods, massages

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