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Psych of Sport Chapter 4

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Which personality disposition(s) is (are) related to change in state anxiety?
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All of the above -Trait anxiety -self-esteem -social physique anxiety
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A quarterback needs to shift his attentional focus from surveying the field for receivers to delivery of a pass. This shift would be from
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broad-external to narrow-external
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The catastrophe theory suggests that performance is determined by a complex interaction of
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physiological arousal and cognitive anxiety
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A highly trait-anxious athlete (compared to a less trait-anxious athlete) would perceive competition as
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more threatening and more anxiety producing
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A "catastrophe" occurs, according to catastrophe theory, with
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high cognitive anxiety and high physiological arousal
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In evaluative situations, individuals with high trait anxiety tend to exhibit
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high state anxiety
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The importance placed on an event and the uncertainty that surrounds the actions of that event are sources of
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situational stress
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Which of the following is (are) true regarding the home-court advantage?
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none of the above
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A moment-to-moment change in one's perceived physiological activation is referred to as
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somatic state anxiety
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A substantial imbalance between demand and response capability under conditions in which failure has important consequences refers to
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stress
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According to catastrophe theory, to recover from a catastrophe the athlete must
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All of the above -completely relax physically -control her worries through cognitive restructuring -reactivate herself in a controlled manner
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Which of the following is NOT a physical manifestation of excess state anxiety?
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feeling threatened
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Which of the following is NOT symptomatic of heightened state anxiety?
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slowed breathing
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The relationship between arousal and performance depends on one's interpretation of the arousal level. This is the basic approach of
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reversal theory
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There is a direct relationship between one's level of
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trait anxiety and state anxiety
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Hanin's zones of optimal functioning approach suggests that
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each individual has a specific optimal level of efficiency
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Which theory predicts a linear relationship between arousal and performance?
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drive theory
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In Hanin's work on individualized zones of optimal functioning, he argues that for best performance to occur an athlete needs
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an optimal level of state anxiety and other emotions
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Multidimensional anxiety theory predicts
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A and B -a negative relationship between cognitive anxiety and performance -an inverted-U relationship between somatic anxiety and performance
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The results of Weinberg and Hunt's (1976) study on college students with high and low trait anxiety demonstrated that
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B and C -increased muscle tension contributed to inferior performance -increased coordination difficulties contributed to inferior performance
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Increased arousal affects attentional focus in which of the following ways?
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narrowing of focus
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One's general level of anxiety that stays relatively stable over time refers to
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trait anxiety
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The inverted-U hypothesis predicts that
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B and C
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Athletes lower in self-esteem are more likely to experience
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low confidence and high state anxiety