Chapter 12 Textbook Flashcards
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The first step toward controlling arousal levels is…
to be more aware of them during practices and competitions
How individuals _______ is more important than how much anxiety they have.
cope with anxiety
People who perceive their anxiety as facilitative typically …
perform better and cope more effectively with anxiety
Excess anxiety can produce…
- inappropriate muscle tension, which in turn can diminish performance
- inappropriate thoughts and cognitions
It is important to interpret anxiety in a ______ rather than a _____ manner.
facilitative rather than a debilitative manner
Name 3 somatic anxiety reduction techniques.
- progressive relaxation
- breath control
- biofeedback
What is progressive relaxation?
- involves tensing and relaxing specific muscles
- tensing and relaxing progress from one major muscle group to the next until all muscle groups are completely relaxed
Biofeedback training can help people become more aware of their…
autonomic nervous system and subsequently control their reactions
Name 3 cognitive anxiety reduction techniques.
- relaxation response
- autogenic training
- systematic desensitization
The autogenic training program is based on 6 hierarchical stages, which should be learned in order:
- heaviness in the extremities
- warmth in the extremities
- regulation of cardiac activity
- regulation of breathing
- abdominal warmth
- cooling of the forehead
Name 3 multimodal anxiety reduction packages.
- cognitive-affective stress management training
- stress inoculation training
- hypnosis
Cognitive-affective stress management training is a skills program that teaches a person:
a specific integrated coping response that uses relaxation and cognitive components to control emotional arousal
The theoretical model of stress underlying SMT includes both _____ based and _____ based intervention strategies.
cognitively based and physiologically based
What are the 5 phases of Smith’s cognitive-affective SMT program?
- pretreatment assessment
- treatment rationale
- skill acquisition
- skill rehearsal
- posttraining evaluation
Research has found SIT to be effective in …
reducing anxiety and enhancing performance in sport settings, as well as helping athletes cope with stress of injury
In SIT, the individual is exposed to and learns to:
cope with stress in increasing amounts, thereby enhancing her immunity to stress
SIT teaches skills for coping with psychological stressors and for enhancing performance by developing:
- productive thoughts
- mental images
- self statements
What is hypnosis?
an altered state of consciousness that can be induced by a procedure in which a person is in an unusually relaxed state and responds to suggestions for making alterations in perceptions, feelings, thoughts, or actions
What are the 4 phases of hypnosis?
- induction phase
- hypnotic phase
- waking phase
- posthypnotic phase
Define coping.
a process of constantly changing cognitive and behavioural efforts to manage specific external and/or internal demands or conflicts appraised as taxing or exceeding one’s resources
What are the 2 categories of coping?
- problem-focused coping
- emotion-focused coping
Problem-focused coping involves:
- efforts to alter or manage the problem that is causing the stress for the individual concerned
- includes such specific behaviours as meditation, relaxation, wishful thinking, reappraisal, self-blame, mental and behavioural withdrawal, cognitive efforts to change the meaning of the situation
Athletes who prepared for unexpected events were ____ successful than athletes who did not prepare for these events.
more
Psychological skills are important for effectively coping with _____ and _____ stressors.
psychological and nonpsychological
