Stress, Anxiety and Arousal Revision

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What is Stress?
Stress is what results when performers see themselves as unable to meet the demands of a situation
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What is Arousal?
A stress response
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Name who made The Stress Process and When
McGrath (1970)
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What are the two types of Stress?
- Distress
- Eustress
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What is Distress?
Distress is the most commonly-referred to type of
stress, having negative implications
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What is Eustress?
Eustress is a positive form of stress, usually related to desirable events in person's life
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How many stages of the Stress Process is there?
Four
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What are the stages? (In Order)
Stage 1 - Demand
Stage 2 - Perception of demand
Stage 3 - Stress response
Stage 4 - Outcome
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What is Anxiety?
Anxiety is a negative emotional state that is either characterised by or associated with, feelings of nervousness, apprehension or worry
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How many types of anxiety is there?
3
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What are the 3 types of Anxiety?
- Cognitive
- Somatic
- Behavioural
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What are the effects of Anxiety on Sports Peformance?
Anxiety can adversely affect sports
performance. It is seen as a negative mental state that is the negative aspect of stress
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In skills that require a great deal of concentration how can anxiety effect the athlete?
Anxiety can lead to lower performance levels due to reduced concentration, attention levels, and co-ordination faults
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In gross motor skills. how can anxiety effect the athlete?
Anxiety can have a negative effect on performance due to factors like freezing and coordination faults. These negative effects of stress can lead to lower levels of performance, and as performance levels decrease further this can lead to a significant dec
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How can Anxiety actually benefit a sports performance?
- Increase blood flow
- Increased breathing rate
- Increase respiratory rate
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Give examples of how to reduce anxiety
- Positive imagery
- Deep breathing
- Positive self talk
- Avoid negatives
- Talk about your worries
- Don’t worry about what you can’t control
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Name four arousal theories
- Inverted U
- Drive theory
- Reversal theory
- Multidimensional
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Who made the Inverted U theory? And When?
Yerkes & Dodson’s (1908
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What is the inverted U theory?
Proposes that sporting performance improves as arousal levels increase but that there is a threshold point
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