CH8

Question 1

IDEAL PERFORMANCE STATE

Answer 1

A STATE OF PSYCHOLOGICAL AND PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFICIENCY IN WHICH THE ATHLETE EMPLOYS ONLY THE AMOUNT OF PSYCHIC AND PHYSICAL ENERGY REQUIRED TO PERFORM THE TASK

Question 2

STATE ANXIETY

Answer 2

SUBJECTIVE EXPERIENCE OF APPREHENSION AND UNCERTAINTY ACCOMPANIED BY ELEVATED AUTONOMIC AND VOLUNTARY NEURAL OUTFLOW AND INCREASED ENDOCRINE ACTIVITY

Question 3

WHAT FACTORS HELP DETERMINE WHETHER STATE ANXIETY HAS A NEGATIVE, POSITIVE, OR NEUTRAL IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE?

Answer 3

• ATHLETE SKILL LEVEL
• ATHLETE PERSONALITY
• COMPLEXITY OF TASK

Question 4

TRAIT ANXIETY

Answer 4

PERSONALITY VARIABLE RELATING TO THE PROBABILITY THAT ONE WILL PERCEIVE AN ENVIRONMENT AS THREATENING

Question 5

COGNITIVE ANXIETY

Answer 5

RELATES TO PSYCHOLOGICAL PROCESSES AND WORRISOME THOUGHTS

Question 6

SOMATIC ANXIETY

Answer 6

REFERS TO PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS SUCH AS TENSE MUSCLES, TACHYCARDIA

Question 7

STRESS

Answer 7

ANY DISRUPTION FROM HOMEOSTASIS OR MENTAL AND PHYSICAL CALM

Question 8

STRESSOR

Answer 8

ENVIRONMENTAL OR COGNITIVE EVEN THE PRECIPITATES STRESS

Question 9

DISTRESS

Answer 9

NEGATIVE STRESS

Question 10

EUSTRESS

Answer 10

POSITIVE STRESS

Question 11

SELECTIVE ATTENTION

Answer 11

THE ABILITY TO INHIBIT AWARENESS OF SOME STIMULI IN ORDER TO PROCESS OTHER STIMULI

Question 12

CUE UTILIZATION THEORY

Answer 12

AS AROUSAL INCREASES, AN ATHLETES ATTENTION NARROWS.

WHEN AROUSAL GOES BEYOND A MODERATE LEVEL, AN ATHLETE’S ATTENTION CAPACITY DECREASES

Question 13

TAIS

Answer 13

TEST OF ATTENTIONAL AND INTERPERSONAL STYLE

Question 14

BROAD EXTERNAL ATTENTIONAL FOCUS

Answer 14

ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE MANY ENVIRONMENTAL STIMULI SIMULTANEOUSLY

Question 15

OVERLOADED BY EXTERNAL STIMULI

Answer 15

TENDENCY TO BE CONFUSED BECAUSE OF INTAKE OF TOO MANY STIMULI

Question 16

BROAD INTERNAL ATTENTIONAL FOCUS

Answer 16

ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY MANAGE MANY INTERNAL STIMULI (AUTONOMIC RESPONSES, COVERT THOUGHTS, ETC)

Question 17

OVERLOADED BY INTERNAL STIMULI

Answer 17

TENDENCY TO BE CONFUSED BECAUSE OF THE INTAKE OF TOO MANY STIMULI

Question 18

NARROW ATTENTIONAL FOCUS

Answer 18

ABILITY TO EFFECTIVELY NARROW ATTENTION

Question 19

REDUCED ATTENTIONAL FOCUS

Answer 19

TENDENCY TO REDUCE ATTENTION SO THAT TASK RELEVANT INFORMATION IS LOST

Question 20

CHARACTERISTICS OF IDEAL PERFORMANCE STATE

Answer 20

• NO FEAR OF FAILURE
• NO THINKING/ ANALYSIS OF PERFORMANCE
• NARROW FOCUS OF ATTENTION ON THE ACTIVITY
• SENSE OF EFFORTLESSNESS
• SENSE OF PERSONAL CONTROL
• TIME SEEMS TO SLOW

Question 21

WHAT IS THE COGNITIVE STAGE OF MOTOR SKILL LEARNING?

Answer 21

FIRST STAGE CHARACTERIZED BY EFFORTFUL, CONSCIOUS REGULATION OF MOVEMENT

Question 22

WHAT IS THE ASSOCIATIVE STAGE OF MOTOR SKILL LEARNING?

Answer 22

SECOND STAGE, DURING WHICH THE ATHLETE MUST FOCUS ON THE TASK BUT IS LESS CONCERNED WITH THE DETAILS OF THE MOVEMENT

Question 23

WHAT IS THE AUTOMATICITY STAGE OF MOTOR SKILL LEARNING?

Answer 23

THIRD STAGE, DURING WHICH THE ATHLETE’S MIND IS RELAXED AND THE SKILL IS EXECUTED AUTOMATICALLY WITHOUT THINKING

Question 24

MENATAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL-EFFICIENCY

Answer 24

ATTENTIONAL ALLOCATION TO PROCESS ONLY THE CUES AND COGNITIVE ACTIVITY THAT RELATE TO THE ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE

Question 25

INTRINSIC MOTIVATION

Answer 25

DESIRE TO BE COMPETENT AND SELF DETERMINING

Question 26

ACHIEVEMENT MOTIVATION

Answer 26

ATHLETES WISH TO ENGAGE IN COMPETITION

Question 27

POSITIVE REINFORCEMENT

Answer 27

ACT OF INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF A GIVEN BEHAVIOR BY FOLLOWING IT WITH AN ACTION, OBJECT, OR EVENT SUCH AS PRAISE OR AWARD

Question 28

NEGATIVE REINFORCEMENT

Answer 28

ACT OF INCREASING THE PROBABILITY OF OCCURRENCE OF A GIVEN OPERANT BY REMOVING AN ACT, OBJECT, OR EVENT THAT IS TYPICALLY AVERSIVE, FOR EXAMPLE NO SPRINTS AFTER PRACTICE

Question 29

OPERANT

Answer 29

TARGET BEHAVIOR

Question 30

POSITIVE PUNISHMENT

Answer 30

PRESENTATION OF AN ACT, OBJECT, OR EVENT FOLLOWING A BEHAVIOR THAT COULD DECREASE THE BEHAVIOR’S OCCURRENCE- SUCH AS A REPRIMAND

Question 31

NEGATIVE PUNISHMENT

Answer 31

REMOVAL OF SOMETHING VALUED TO DECREASE LIKELIHOOD OF AN UNDESIRABLE BEHAVIOR

Question 32

INVERTED U THEORY OF AROUSAL IMPACT ON PERFORMANCE

Answer 32

AROUSAL FACILITATES ATHLETIC PERFORMANCE UP TO AN OPTIMAL LEVEL, BEYOND WHICH FURTHER INCREASES IN AROUSAL LVEL ARE ASSOCIATED WITH REDUCED PERFORMANCE

Question 33

SELF EFFICACY

Answer 33

PERCEIVED SELF CONFIDENCE ABOUT A GIVEN TASK IN A GIVEN SITUATION

Question 34

PROCESS GOALS

Answer 34

GOALS OVER WHOSE ACHIEVEMENT THE ATHLETE HAS CONTROL

Question 35

OUTCOME GOALS

Answer 35

GOALS THAT THE ATHLETE HAS LITTLE CONTROL OVER

Question 36

SUCCESSIVE APPROXIMATIONS

Answer 36

SHORT TERM GOALS THAT PROGRESSIVELY INCREASE IN DIFFICULTY

Question 37

OPERATIONALIZE

Answer 37

CONCRETELY SPECIFY A BEHAVIOR SO THAT IT CAN BE MEASURED