KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Drive Theory, Mike Babcock, Mardy Fish
13 May 2018
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Anxiety in Sport, Exercise and Performance Settings
How do we respond?
- Physiologically (physical) – heartrate higher
- Psychologically (emotions) – frustration
- Cognitively (thoughts): “I’m wasting my time”
How does anxiety influence performance?
Arousal
- Describes the state of physiological and psychological activation in a person
- Varies on a continuum from deep sleep to intense excitement
- Isn’t pleasant nor unpleasant
- Anxiety is a lot more complex than arousal
Anxiety
- A multidimensional negative emotion with the following characteristics
1. Elicited following an appraisal (there is usually a trigger)
2. Universal across all cultures
3. Observed through discrete facial expression
4. Has a distinct physiology
5. Associated with unique set of behaviours
Two Components
- Cognitive Anxiety: feelings/thoughts.
- Somatic Anxiety: physiological changes in arousal.
Categories of Anxiety
- Trait anxiety: person’s general predisposition to perceive a situation as threatening. A
stable part of personality
- State Anxiety: moment to moment changes in feelings of apprehension, tension, and
worry
Dimensions of the Anxiety Response
Josée Chouinard: national level figure skater
“As I began competing at higher levels, my anxiety grew. It got so bad that at night I would
dream that I was skating my program non-stop and wake up exhausted in the morning.”
- Driven by cognitive anxiety (having dreams, thinking everything)
- Somatic because she is waking up exhausted.
*this example shows that cognitive is usually linked with somatic
Categories of Anxiety
- Trait Anxiety: person’s general predisposition to perceive a situation as threatening. A
stable situation as a threat.
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Document Summary
Describes the state of physiological and psychological activation in a person. Varies on a continuum from deep sleep to intense excitement. Anxiety is a lot more complex than arousal. A multidimensional negative emotion with the following characteristics: elicited following an appraisal (there is usually a trigger, universal across all cultures, observed through discrete facial expression, has a distinct physiology, associated with unique set of behaviours. Trait anxiety: person"s general predisposition to perceive a situation as threatening. State anxiety: moment to moment changes in feelings of apprehension, tension, and worry. As i began competing at higher levels, my anxiety grew. It got so bad that at night i would dream that i was skating my program non-stop and wake up exhausted in the morning. Driven by cognitive anxiety (having dreams, thinking everything) Somatic because she is waking up exhausted. *this example shows that cognitive is usually linked with somatic.
