Further Psychological Effects on Individual Keywords

Question 1

anxiety

Answer 1

a level of nerves and irrational thinking

Question 2

competitive trait anxiety

Answer 2

a disposition to suffer from nervousness in most sporting situations

Question 3

competitive state anxiety

Answer 3

a nervous response to specific sporting situations

Question 4

somatic anxiety

Answer 4

a physiological response to a threat, such as increased heart rate

Question 5

cognitive anxiety

Answer 5

a psychological response such as worrying about losing

Question 6

questionnaire

Answer 6

a set of questions to measure or assess something, in this case anxiety

Question 7

sports competition anxiety test (SCAT)

Answer 7

a questionnaire used by sports psychologists to measure anxiety

Question 8

observation

Answer 8

gaining a measure of (in this case) anxiety simply by watching the performer

Question 9

aggression

Answer 9

intent to harm outside the rules ; hostile behaviour

Question 10

assertion

Answer 10

well-motivated behaviour within the rules

Question 11

instrumental aggression

Answer 11

has an intent but is within the rules

Question 12

instinct theory

Answer 12

when aggression is spontaneous and innate

Question 13

catharsis

Answer 13

cleansing the emotions; using sport as an outlet for aggression

Question 14

aggressive cue hypothesis

Answer 14

suggests that aggression is caused by a learned trigger

Question 15

social learning theory

Answer 15

learning by associating with others and copying behaviour

Question 16

motivation

Answer 16

a drive to succeed

Question 17

intrinsic motivation

Answer 17

motivation from within

Question 18

extrinsic motivation

Answer 18

motivation from an outside source

Question 19

tangible rewards

Answer 19

rewards that can be touched or held, physical

Question 20

intangible rewards

Answer 20

non-physical rewards