Lecture 7: Concentration (Part 1) Flashcards
Define concentration.
Mental effort on what is important
Define attention.
Withdrawal from some things to deal with effectively with others
Define choking under pressure.
Worse performance than normal under high pressure conditions
Define clutch.
An athlete that has improved performance in high pressure conditions
Define focus.
Responding to internal and external cues to improve performance
What are the four aspects of concentration?
Selecting relevant attentional cues
Maintaining focus
Awareness of the environment
Shifting to more relevant attentional cues
What are the four types of attention?
External-Broad: many environmental cues at once
External-Narrow: attention on one singular cue
Internal-Broad: tactics, strategy
Internal-Narrow: emotional regulation
What type of attention does the concentration grid regulate?
Internal-narrow
What did Greenlees et al. identify about the effectiveness of a concentratiion grid on video observation and visual search tasks?
Not very effective.
Video observation and visual searching had no improvement due to concentration grid prior to exercise.;
What are the principles of effective concentration?
Requires MENTAL EFFORT Focus on ONE THOUGHT RELEVANT,SPECIFIC,CONTROLLABLE Irrelevant, future and uncontrollable thoughts decrease concentration Anxiety decreases concentration
What is inattentional blindness?
Inability to notice unexpected objects in a scene when focusing on one thing
What is change blindness?
Failure to notice large changes in scenes
What does TAIS stand for?
The Attentional and Interpersonal Style Inventory
What are the categories for TAIS?
Positive:
Broad-External
Broad-Internal
Narrow Focus
Negative:
Reduced Focus
Internal Overload
External Overload
What is a dual-task paradigm?
Comparing performance of two singular tasks and then performance with both tasks at once
If performance decreases with dual-task it is proof that the tasks are competing for attentional resources
