Week 5 readings

Question 1

Lewis et al (2017) - looked at the emotions of adolescents’ experience at tennis tournaments, what did they find?

Answer 1

Leading = happy/confident ]

Trailing = anxiety initially and then anger

If they are the ‘better’ player but unable to execute their game plan they felt frustrate

Question 2

What does Lewis et al (2017) say about losing?

Answer 2

Losing in competitions perceived as harmful (Lazarus, 2000) as it is perceived to damage their reputation (shows ego orientation - not worried about their performance but what others think of them)

Question 3

Lewis et al (2017) - what did the study involve?

Answer 3

Case-study design

Question 4

Lewis et al (2017) - what did Mellalieu et al (2006) say about negative emotions?

Answer 4

Negative emotions perceived as facilitative are beneficial for performance/can add value to performance

Question 5

Lewis et al (2017) - what are some limitations of the study?

Answer 5

Very small study - findings are unlikely to be generalisable or representative due to only 4 participants studied

Absence of any assessment of emotion intensity

Question 6

Pekrun (2006) - what is the difference in effects between positive and negative emotions?

Answer 6

Activating positive emotions facilitates the use of flexible and creative learning strategies vs activating negative emotions will result in more rigid strategies

Question 7

Pekrun (2006) - what is the importance of achievement goals on emotions?

Answer 7

Mastery goals - facilitate positive activity emotions (e.g. enjoyment of learning) and reduce negative activity emotions (e.g. boredom)

Question 8

Pekrun (2006) - according to control value theory, how can educators can change students’ emotions?

Answer 8

Through interventions targeting their underlying appraisals e.g. attributional retraining (Ruthig et al., 2004)

Question 9

Pekrun (2006) - what is the purpose of emotion interventions?

Answer 9

Try and change habitualised emotions

Question 10

Pekrun (2006) - according to Zeidner (1998), how should we reduce negative emotions?

Answer 10

Break up procedural schemas

Question 11

Croker (2004) - what is cognitive organisation and structure?

Answer 11

The ability to think logically about tangible events (Hala, 1997) and consider multiple possibilities (Santrock 1998)

Question 12

Croker (2004) - what is social maturation?

Answer 12

The ability to conceptualise the interpersonal environment

Question 13

Croker (2004) - summarise Weiner’s (1985) Attribution Theory of Emotion and Motivation

Answer 13

Emotion states are the result of achievement outcome and the reasons people attribute to the cause of the outcome