Key definitions-Psychological

Question 1

Anxiety

Answer 1

Negative emotional state associated with feelings of nervousness/worry (fear of failure)

Question 2

Attitude

Answer 2

A predisposition to act in a particular way towards something or someone in a persons environment

Question 3

Aggression

Answer 3

Intent to harm outside the rules of the sports event

Question 4

Motivation

Answer 4

The internal mechanisms and external stimuli which arouse and direct our behaviour

Question 5

Arousal

Answer 5

The energised state for action that motivates us to behave in a particular way

Question 6

Personality

Answer 6

The patterns of thoughts and feelings and the ways in which we interact with our environment or other people that make us a unique person

Question 7

Social facilitation

Answer 7

The positive influence on sports of others who may be watching or competing

Question 8

Social inhibition

Answer 8

The negative influence on sports performances of others who may be watching or competing