Different people can take in different amounts of information. There are controlled processes which demand attention and there are automatic processes which don't demand much attention and are much more fluid.
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What does the attentional alertness theory state?
How attentional focus if affected by emotional arousal. Like the inverted U theory it says that there is a desired level of emotional arousal for optimum attentional processing.
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What is flow?
Flow is characterised by being completely absorbed in what you are doing at that moment
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What are some characteristics of flow?
Perfect focus, loss of self-consciousness, feeling of total control, intrinsically rewarding
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What is choking?
When performance decrements under pressure of a situation.
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What are some conditions which could lead someone to choking?
Important competitions, critical play in a competition, evaluation by coaches ect.
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What are some physical changes choking can cause?
Muscle tension, breathing rate and heart rate
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What are some attentional changes choking can cause?
Internal focus, narrow focus and reduced flexibility
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Give 4 strategies to improve concentration?
Simulations in practice, over-learning skills, cue words and focusing on the present
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What is selective attention?
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Focusing only on relevant cues from the environment and disregarding any irrelevant information.
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