Chapter 6

Question 1

What is stress response?

Answer 1

Consists of physiological cognitive, affective, and behavioral reactions

Question 2

cognitive appraisal

Answer 2

Situational interpretation

Question 3

Primary appraisal

Answer 3

Evaluation of what is at stake

Question 4

Secondairy appraisal

Answer 4

Evaluation of what can be done

Question 5

Harm/Loss

Answer 5

Appraisal of psychological damage and irrevocable loss has occurred.

Question 6

Types of stress

Answer 6

Harm/Loss, Threat, Challenge, Eustress, Distress

Question 7

Is stress or emotion more complex?

Answer 7

Emotion

Question 8

Core relational theme

Answer 8

Relationship between athlete & environment.

Question 9

5 general dimensions of sources of stress

Answer 9

Psychological concerns
Physical concerns
Social concerns
Environmental concerns
Career and life direction concerns

Question 10

Three categorizations of stressors

Answer 10

Acute/Chronic, Expected/unexpected, Competitive/non-competitive

Question 11

What is competitive and non comp stressors

Answer 11

Comp: Experiences prior to, during, or after competition.

Non-comp: Sport-related but not directly part of competition

Question 12

What is self-presentaion

Answer 12

Process by which individuals attempt to control the impressions others form of them”.

Question 13

What is coping?

Answer 13

Cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage specific external/internal demands that tax a person’s resources.

Question 14

What are management skills `

Answer 14

help prevent stress from happening

Question 15

Micro-analytic

Answer 15

Specific coping strategies or families of strategies.
Provides rich description of coping techniques.
Coping techniques differ across sports & situations.
Provides no information on why strategy is used.

Question 16

Macro-level

Answer 16

Considers strategy’s goals of athletes & exercisers.

Question 17

Emotional-focused coping

Answer 17

Changing how situation is attended to or interpreted.

Question 18

Avoidance coping:

Answer 18

Removing oneself from stressful situations.

Question 19

Does exercise reduce stress?

Answer 19

No, reduces anxiety

Question 20

State-like views predict..

Answer 20

Coping to be more variable

Question 21

Coping-Style infers what

Answer 21

Consistency in managing stress

Question 22

What is role constraint theory ?

Answer 22

Differences result from varying societal roles of men and women.

Question 23

Gender socialization theory?

Answer 23

Different coping strategies for managing same types of situations

Question 24

Sociodemographic factors

Answer 24

Culture

Question 25

Individual factors for coping (5)

Answer 25

Trait-anxious athletes use disengagement coping.
Dispositional anger protects self & attacks threat.
Optimism associated with problem-focused coping.
Dispositional perfectionism athletes experience lower self-esteem.
Expertise level influences use of coping strategies.

Question 26

What is COPE training

Answer 26

Learn coping strategies in sequence.
Recognizes strategies depend on situation.
Emphasizes managing acute stress, not chronic stress.