KIN 247 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Drive Theory
14 Jan 2017
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Arousal- comes from either positive or negative events, exists on continuum, never turned off. Anxiety- negative emotion state, consists of two thing- cognitive: nervousness worry apprehension. State anxiety- right now anxiety, amount of anxiety experienced at any given moment. Trait anxiety- consistent, how anxious do you usually feel?, everyone is trait anxious. Relationship- higher of both in non threatening situations, but in competitive situations, this is even higher, take a person"s experience and coping ability, experience will lower the anxiety, coping ability does the same. Signs of anxiety- sweating, shaking, loss of eye contact, heart rate, muscle tension, increases of epinephrine, fidgeting, pacing, Stress is not synonymous with anxiety and arousal. Stress is not a single component or thing, but a process. Stage 2: individuals perception of the environmental demand. Amount of perceived threat: note, just the perception. Heightened levels of arousal, and state anxiety, changes in one"s focus and attention. Linear, arousal and performance increase at constant rate.
