Imagery And Anxiety Flashcards
What is imagery?
An experience that mimics a real experience, differs from dreams as we are awake and conscious when an image is formed (white and hardy)
What are some benefits of imagery?
Enhanced motivation Learn and improve skills and techniques Learn and develop plans/strategies Modify cognitions Manage emotions
Why are scripts used in imagery?
They enhance the imagery’s effectiveness, based on bioinformational theory a script can be used to regulated anxiety
They typically:
Describe immediate moments prior to competition
Have response propositions to evoke somatic anxiety
What does the theory of challenge-threat states believe?
Demands resources = threat
What does bioinformational theory state?
Negative emotions goes to positive emotions via stimulus,response and meaning propositions
What is imagery ability?
An individual’s ability to form vivid, controllable images and retain them for sufficient time to effect the desired imagery rehearsal - Morris/spittle/watt (2005)
Partly a fixed ability and partly a modifiable skill
