KPE120H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Catastrophe Theory, Motor Skill, Drive Theory
9 Mar 2019
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8 stress, emotions, and anxiety in sport and exercise. Sources of stress in sport: performance, psychological concerns, physical concerns, social concerns, environmental concerns, career and life concerns. Expected and unexpected stressors: expected: can anticipate and prepare for, unexpected: not anticipated, cannot plan for them, generally perceived as more stressful than expected. Acute and chronic stress: acute: occurs over a short period of time, onset is sudden, chronic: occurs over a long period of time, repeated acute stressors can accumulate and become chronic stressors. Appraisal processes: primary appraisal secondary appraisal harm/loss/threat/challenge emotions, primary appraisal, evaluation of what is at stake for the athlete. What is being threatened: influenced by goals, values, secondary appraisal, evaluation of what can be done by the athlete. Determining if enough resources are available: primary and secondary are not sequential, happen simultaneously, immediate non-reflective processes. Theory of threat and challenge states: we have different physiological and behavioural outcomes depending on how we perceive a situation, challenge state.
