ch. 4: arousal, stress, and anxiety Flashcards
arousal
a blend of psychological and physiological activation, varying in intensity along a continuum
anxiety
a negative emotional state with feelings of worry, nervousness, and apprehension associated with activation or arousal of the body
state anxiety
“right now” feelings that change from moment to moment
trait anxiety
a personality disposition that is stable over times
relationship between trait and state anxiety
high- versus low-trait anxious people usually have more state anxiety in high evaluative situations
stress
substantial imbalance between physical and psychological demands placed on an individual and his/her response capability under conditions in which failure to meet demands has important consequences
stress process
implications of the stress process for practice
sources of stress and anxiety
situational and personal sources
situational sources
event importance and uncertainty
personal sources
trait anxiety, self-esteem, and social physique anxiety
drive theory
an individuals arousal or state of anxiety increases, so too does performance. performance= habit x drive
inverted- u hypothesis
with low levels of arousal, performance will be poor. performance increases with arousal to an optimal level, once past performance drops
individual zones of optimal functioning (IZOF)
each person had optimal levels of state anxiety for performance, and that outside this zone, performance will deteriorate
catastrophe theory (1)
suggests that under low cognitive anxiety, increases in arousal will result in an inverted-u shape for performance
catastrophe theory (2)
under high cognitive anxiety, as arousal increases, so does performance in an inverted-u shape, up until a point. at some point the increase in phycological arousal cause a drastic drop off (0 performance; catastrophe)
