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| The cognitive and physiological activity that is in response to some new input |
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| cognitive and physiological activity geared toward preparing a planned response to an anticipated situation |
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| your interpretation on the activation |
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| physiological symptoms of anxiety - sweaty palms, racing heartbeat etc. |
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| substantial imbalance between environmental demand and response capability |
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| Stress response stages (4) |
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1. Environmental demand
2. Individual's perception of the environmental demand
3. Stress response (cognitive/somatic)
4. Behavioral consequenses |
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| Possible sources of stress |
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1. Situational - event importance and uncertainty
2. Personal - trait anx. and self esteem
3. Social physique anxiety |
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| positive linear relationship between performance and arousal |
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| Social facilitation theory |
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| presence of others helps in simple tasks, hinders in difficult ones |
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| arousal is good to a certain point, but then become over aroused and it becomes a hindrance. Exact shape depends upon the individual |
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| Individual zone of optimal function (IZOF) |
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| each athlete has his/her own specific anxiety level that he/she performs best at |
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| Multidimensional anxiety theory |
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1. cognitive anx. and performance have negative linear relationship
2. somatic anx - inverted U
3. Self confidence has positive linear relationship (drive theory) |
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builds off multidemensional
when cognitive anxiet is low - somatic and performance have inverted U relationship
-high cognitive anxiety - large drop off |
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| arousal can be interpreted as positive or negative - certain events can cause sudden switch from one side to another |
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| when you interpret anxiety as being facilitative or debilitative |
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| successful athletes are not more intense, they just have a more facilitative interpretation of their anxiety |
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| Coping styles for trait shame |
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Men avoid shame
women attack/blame themselves or withdraw
debilitative - higher trait shame |
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| get so focused on specific task at hand, forget to see the bigger scheme of the game |
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| Awareness development techniques |
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1. keep a journal
2. use psychological tests
3. imagery
4. group discussion |
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| Somatic Anxiety reduction techniques |
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1. Jacobson's progressive relaxation
2. Breath control |
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| Cognitive anxiety reduction techniques |
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1. relaxation response - using a cue word for focus and relaxation
2. autogenic training - focus on warmth, heaviness of limbs |
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| problem focused coping strategies |
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| goal setting, time management - used when situation can be changed |
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| meditation, relaxation response, prayer, blocking |
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| arousal regulation overall aprroach |
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1. find right anxiety level for athlete
2. Use goal setting
3. Positive self talk - concentrate on strengths |
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| creating or recreating experiences cognitively |
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| Psychoneuromuscular theory |
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Imagery programs the muscles for action
-muscle activity mirrors actual movement |
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| imagery Programs the mind to understand the movement - crates a mental blurprint |
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| Psychological skills hypothesis |
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| imagery increases ability to focus, concentrate, and increases confidence |
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| Motivation specific imagery |
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| imagery represents specific goals such as winning |
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| motivational general mastery imagery |
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| effective coping and mastery of a challenge |
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| cognitive specific imagery |
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| using imagery to rehearse of specific skills |
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| cognitive general imagery |
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| develops cognitive plans/strategies |
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| factors affecting imagery effectiveness |
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athlete experience
nature of task - amount of cognitive awareness necessary |
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| being able to manipulate the image into what you want |
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| Problems with imagery use |
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| over-confidence, may make athletes over-excited, distraction/lack of control |
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