Chapter 6 Arousal and Anxiety

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

A feeling of nervousness and worry

Question 2

Arousal

Answer 2

A blend of physiological and or psychological activity

Question 3

Catastrophe model

Answer 3

A model Predicting that at levels of low cognitive anxiety, moderate levels of physiological arousal lead to best performance, whereas at high levels of cognitive anxiety, even moderate levels of physiological arousal can have negative effects on performance

Question 4

Cognitive anxiety

Answer 4

A type of anxiety that is caused by thoughts, worries, or concerns

Question 5

Drive Theory

Answer 5

A theory proposing that in general higher levels of arousal result in better performance, but that athletes’ skill level also influences this association

Question 6

Flow

Answer 6

a positive state in which a person feels a balance between the challenges of the situation and their skills to cope with these challenges

Question 7

individual zone of optimal functioning theory

Answer 7

A theory proposing that each athlete has an optimal level of arousal( or the individualized zone) in which best performance occurs

Question 8

Inverted-U theory

Answer 8

A theory proposing that performance is lowest when arousal is very low or very high and highest when arousal is at a moderate level

Question 9

Multuideimnsolanl anxiety theory

Answer 9

A theory proposing that peak performance occurs at a moderate level of physiological arousal, but at a low level of cognitive state anxiety

Question 10

Primary appraisal

Answer 10

The first stage of the transactional model in which people assess the situation and what it will mean for them

Question 11

Reversal theory

Answer 11

A theory that arousal performance differently depending on how a person interprets that arousal.