psychology- question 1

Question 1

definition of stress

Answer 1

a substantial imbalance demand and response capability, under conditions where failure to meet the demand has important consequences.

Question 2

definition of anxiety

Answer 2

anxiety is a negative emotional state with feelings of nervousness, worry and apprehension associated with activation or arousal of the body.

Question 3

definition of arousal

Answer 3

a blend of physiological and psychological activity in a person, and it refers to the intensity dimensions of motivation at a particular moment .

Question 4

explain stress

Answer 4

there are two types of stress, eustress and distress. eustress is a good form of stress and it helps the athlete improve skill level and focus. distress is the opposite and is a bad form of stress. This is where the athlete is full of anxiety and nervousness before they perform which makes the athlete believe that they cant meet the demands.

Question 5

what impacts does stress have on a performer

Answer 5

eustress has a positive effect on a performer as it increases their focus and skill levels to allow them to perform at the best of their abilities. distress has a negative effect on a performer as it give the athlete a sense of nervousness and worry which makes them believe they cant beat the physical demands in their performance.

Question 6

explain anxiety

Answer 6

state anxiety is a temporary emotional response to a specific situation where as trait anxiety is a general perception on all situations as threatening. these lead to cognitive and somatic anxiety. somatic anxiety involves the body which responds with sweating, shaking or feeling sick. whereas, cognitive anxiety involves the mind and its being worried and having self doubts before a performance.

Question 7

what impacts does anxiety have on a performer

Answer 7

Somatic anxiety involves shaking, sweating or having butterflies before you perform. cognitive anxiety involves having self doubts or being nervous before a performance. these could make the performer crumble under anxiety leading them to fail in their performance

Question 8

explain arousal

Answer 8

there are 3 different levels of arousal, low, moderate and high. low level arousal is where you aren’t focusing properly on the sport you are playing in but instead looking around and taking in things from the surroundings. Whereas, high level of arousal means you aren’t paying attention to the surroundings but only focusing on only one direct thing.

Question 9

what impacts does arousal have on performers.

Answer 9

if their arousal is low, they wont be focusing on the game they are playing in but instead are distracted by their surroundings. this means that they could easily slip up and make a mistake which could result in the opposition scoring. however, if they have a high arousal, they would be focused too much and could potentially not see a team or potentially get sent off.

Question 10

motivation

Answer 10

motivation can be defined as the direction and intensity of ones effort (sage, 1977)