Kinesiology 1070A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 31: Trash-Talk, Multiple Choice

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1070A/B
• Professor: Rollo

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Lecture 31: competitive anxiety measurement, terminology, and theories. Indicators of high arousal or adverse emotions and moods: my heart is racing , my hands are clammy . Intensity of symptoms (how strong these symptoms are: symptom intensities may be facilitative (helpful) or debilitative (harmful) depending on your personality, frequency of intrusion (how often these symptoms occurred, duration (how long these symptoms last) We can measure all of these elements of the anxiety response to get a sense of overall anxiety. However, most of our subjective questionnaire tools to assess anxiety have to do with frequency ( how often do you experience x, y, and z? ) If one believes they are likely to win, uncertainty is low. Uncertainty is also low when one believes they are likely to lose: 2) importance placed on the outcome, these factors are co-dependent on one another.