Theories of arousal

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Which theory states that as arousal increases performance continually increases?
Drive Theory
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Drive theory only works well when an athlete has high arousal they will have high performance if the skill is what?
Well-learned
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Which theory states that as arousal increases performance increases to an optimum point then begins to decrease?
Inverted U Law
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What shapd does the inverted U Law look like when presented on a graph?
An upside down letter U
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What theory states that as arousal increases performance increased but when arousal gets too high it dramatically declines?
Catastrophe Theory
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Performance increases as what type of anxiety increases and what type of anxiety is low?
Cognitive and Somatic
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Dramatic decline only happens when?
High Cognitive anxiety
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Drive theory only works well when an athlete has high arousal they will have high performance if the skill is what?

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Well-learned

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Which theory states that as arousal increases performance increases to an optimum point then begins to decrease?

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What shapd does the inverted U Law look like when presented on a graph?

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What theory states that as arousal increases performance increased but when arousal gets too high it dramatically declines?

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