EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
Characterize an individuals optimal level of anxiety related to peak performance
Zones of optimal functioning
______________
A physiological need that leads to an aroused state but with no directionality
Drive
What are different forms of Motivation Orientation?
- Extrinsic Motivational orientation
- Intrinsic motivational orientation
-arousal can measured with both psychological and physiological techniques
Measure of Arousal
______________________________
Psychological factors in exercise, and other physical activity settings
Exercise Psychology
A major factor in all three areas (sport psychology, performance enhancement, and exercise psychology) is what ?
Motivation
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The level of activation of the nervous system.
Arousal
Avoiding hazardous situations - _____________________
Safety motives
What are the terms of motivation ?
Drive and Motive.
-the desire to achieve some result from a physical performance
Outcome goals
-imagining a future motor performance
Mental imagery
According to Csikszentmihalyi (1990), activities that create feelings of contentment when biological and social conditions are met.
Pleasureful activities
_______________________
-cognitive techniques to improve performance
Performance Enhancement
-the tendency to be either intrinsically or extrinsically motivated
Motivation orientation
A theory that states, that during imagery or mental practice, the muscles to be used in the actual performance are slightly innervated (or stimulated)
Psychoneuromuscular theory
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A motive in Maslow’s Hierarchy
Belonging and love (affiliation) motives
-a major subdivision in sport and exercise psychology for using on psychological techniques to improve performance
Performance enhancement area
A relationship showing that increased psychological stress can lead to physical injury
Stress & injury