Sport Psychology Flashcards

General state of physiological and psychological activation within a person and varies in intensity

1) A multidimensional physiological construct
2) A multidimensional construct with physiological, behavioural, cognitive, and/or affective dimensions

2) A multidimensional construct with physiological, behavioural, cognitive, and/or affective dimensions

Physiology, Affect (concieving), cognition (believing)

A negative emotional state that is made up of multiple components.

Anxiety characterized by subjective, consciously perceived feelings of apprehension and tension, accompanied by or associated with activation of the autonomic nervous system (i.e. anxiety felt before a big game)

Stable part of an individual’s personality and predisposes the individual to perceive situations as physically or psychologically threatening

Tendency to evaluate all situations as having some degree of potential danger and threat

A (innate) tendency to have anxiety in specific contexts (sport, public speaking, exams)

1. Competitive trait anxiety
2.Social physique anxiety

Tendency to perceive competitive situations as threatening and to respond to these situations with feelings of apprehension or tension

1) Cognitive anxiety 2)Somatic Anxiety

-The mental component of anxiety
-Results in a reduced ability to focus

-The physiological and affective elements that develop from autonomic arousal
-The perception of the symptom manifestations of arousal

Tendency to experience anxiety as a result of the perception an individual holds about his/her physique in social settings