C.4 Stress and Coping

Question 1

Stress

Answer 1

A stress response of the body to a demand made upon it resulting in arousal of the sympathetic NS

Question 2

Arousal

Answer 2

mental and physical activation before, during and after a sport event

Question 3

Chronic stress

Answer 3

long term illness and has an uncertain outcome

Question 4

Distant stressors

Answer 4

a bad experience in the past that still impacts the future responses

Question 5

Stressful event sequences

Answer 5

a chain of related events

Question 6

Drive theory

Answer 6

• A direct relationship between arousal and performance
• when arousal increased so did the perform ace

Question 7

Inverted-U theory

Answer 7

• arousal increases and performance improves to a certain point
• After reaching this optimal level, further increases in arousal lead to a decline in performance

Question 8

Anxiety

Answer 8

• a temporary ever changing emotional state
• ## subjective

Question 9

Somatic anxiety

Answer 9

the physical symptoms of stress

Question 10

Cognitive anxiety

Answer 10

mental aspect of anxiety like negative thoughts

Question 11

Motivational climate

Answer 11

the environmental factors that influence a performers goal direction

Question 12

Mastery climates

Answer 12

focuses on personal mastery and improvements and not comparison to others

Question 13

Performance/ego climate

Answer 13

Comparison with others is the most important information
- focus on winning

Question 14

Eustress

Answer 14

the positive stress responses

Question 15

Distress

Answer 15

the negative stress responses

Question 16

Appraisal

Answer 16

the act of evaluating something

Question 17

Coping

Answer 17

to deal with and attempt to overcome problems and difficulties

Question 18

Primary appraisal

Answer 18

Sees if the situation is stressful or not
- past stressor
- future stressor

Question 20

Types of coping

Answer 20

1. problem focused coping
2. emotional coping
3. avoidance coping

Question 21

Problem focused coping

Answer 21

try to affect the situation to make the outcome better

Question 22

Emotional focused coping

Answer 22

Managing the emotional consequences of the outcome

Question 23

Avoidance coping

Answer 23

Disengaging in a stressful situation

Question 24

Self-talk

Answer 24

the inner dialogue we have with ourselves
- unintentional (positive and negative)
- Strategic (motivational and on purpose)
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Question 25

Goal directed self-talk

Answer 25

telling yourself to push forward (positive critique)

Question 26

Seeking social support

Answer 26

- reduce stress and increases feeling of control - having a sense of community

Question 27

Relaxation

Answer 27

- reducing anxiety