Mr Tweedale-anxiety in sport

Question 1

anxiety definition

Answer 1

state of nervousness

Question 2

competitive trait anxiety

Answer 2

when person feels nerves before most games
be because of a persons genetic make up
displayed during all competitions, regardless of importance of event and possibility of winning
athlete feels nerves every time
tendency to feel nervous=trait anxiety

Question 3

competitive state anxiety

Answer 3

more temporary
repsonse to speciifc sporting situation
e.g taking a ppenalty in football
tempoary feel of anxity can affect outcome unless controlled
amount can vary throughout game
link between both trait theory and state theory

Question 4

cognitive anxiety

Answer 4

psychological
refers to worries and irrational thinking
performer may feel they don’t have ability
nervousness may cause loss of concentration

Question 5

sporting example of cognitive anxiety

Answer 5

football player getting put with big opponent
may not feel capable enough
thinking is irrational

Question 6

somatic anxiety

Answer 6

physiological
bodily changes e.g increased HR, sweating, muscle tension
often worse at start of game and get better as game goes on

Question 7

when are cogntive and somantic anxieties shown

Answer 7

cogntive-jsut before a mojor competetion
somatic-occurs way before that
just bc can not phycailly see perfomer stressing does not mean they are not stressing

Question 8

what are the 3 methods of measuring anxiety in sport

Answer 8

Self-report
Obseravtions
Questionaires
psychological testing
SOQP

Question 9

questionnaires

Answer 9

asks a perfomer series of questions about their emotions in diffrent situations

Question 10

adv of questionaires

Answer 10

quick cheap and effiicent
large numbers can be assessed
can then be easily compared by coaches

Question 11

dis of qautionsaires

Answer 11

player may just give answer they think they should give rather then being honest

may not understand the question

answers may depend on mood state
(answers after win may not be same as after a loss)

questions may be unappropriate so biased results are given

Question 12

examples of questionnaires used in sport

Answer 12

measure anxiety is SCAT test
sports competition anxiety test

Question 13

observation

Answer 13

anxiety can be measured simply by watching sports people
either when training or during game

Question 14

adv of observations

Answer 14

true to real life

Question 15

dis of obseravtions

Answer 15

subjective meaning based on opinion of the observer
observer also needs to know how player is normally to fully know
changes to the norm can be noted

Question 16

pshcylogical measures

Answer 16

using pshycal response from body
e.g heart rate increased, sweating increased
e.g wearing a heart monitor

Question 17

adv of psychlogical measures

Answer 17

objective meaning factual

can be measured in training or in real game
situations

recent advancements in technology, allowed for HR to be measured by electornic devices

Question 18

dis of physiological measures

Answer 18

wearing heart rate monitors may restrict moevemtn
fact perfromer is aware that they are being measured, may cause added stress meaning false reading

Question 19

aggression in sport

Answer 19

intent to harm outside the rules; hostile behaviour
intent to harm
outside the rules
out of control
deliberate

Question 20

examples of aggression in sport

Answer 20

deliberately punching a player

Question 21

what is assertion

Answer 21

well motivated behaviour within the rules
controlled
goal-directed
not intended to harm

Question 22

examples of assertion

Answer 22

hard and fair tackle in rugby or 50/50 challenge in team game

Question 23

sporting example where hard to put it in assertion or agressive component

Answer 23

boxing
as ounch opponent but its within the rules
but there is also an intent to harm someoneby punching them
put in the grey area
grey area is for sports where there is an intent to harm but its within the rules

Question 24

what are the 4 theories of agression

Answer 24

Instinct theory
frustration-aggression hypothesis
aggressive cue hypothesis
social learning theory
ASIF

Question 25

instinct theory

Answer 25

when aggression is spontaneous and innate
evolutionary theory that claims all performers are born with aggressive instinct which will surface with enough provocation

humans retain some agressive animal instincts that will surface under threat

Question 26

sport exampe of instinct theory

Answer 26

performers defend more vigirously when defending suring home game and try everything to win

Question 27

catharisis

Answer 27

once an agressive act has took place, perfomer will begin to calm down and experince this emotion

Question 28

frustration aggression hypothesis

Answer 28

agression occurs when goals are blocked and perfomer becomes frustrated

oncer performer has been prevented from achieving aim, frustration is built up