Question 1

What is a major reason certain situations cause athletes to feel stressed?

Accepted Answer

A)   Stress occurs when the athlete believes that the situation is too demanding for their ability to cope with the situation.
B)   Athletes feel stressed when their body ceases to release cortisol
C)   When an athlete does not experience flow, this can lead to feelings of increased stress and anxiety
D)   Athletes feel stressed when arousal is a moderate to high levels

Question 2

Which of the following states that as arousal increases, so does performance, and does not distinguish between somatic and cognitive anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)   Drive theory
B)   Social facilitation theory
C)   Inverted U Hypothesis
D)   Reversal theory

Question 3

One behavioral indicator of stress is nause

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 4

An athlete's skill level does not influence the association between arousal and performance.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 5

Which type of anxiety is likely to spike or peak just before beginning a gymnastics routine in a major competition?

Accepted Answer

A)   Somatic
B)   Trait
C)   Cognitive
D)   Flow

Question 6

What is the relationship between arousal and anxiety?

Accepted Answer

A)   Anxiety is the term for being negatively aroused
B)   Lower levels of anxiety are correlated with higher levels of arousal
C)   Signs of physiological arousal are often independent of feeling anxious
D)   High levels of anxiety lead to decreased psychological arousal

Question 7

How might the primary appraisals of high pressure situations differ between amateur athletes and professional athletes?

Accepted Answer

A)   Professional athletes are more likely to interpret their anxiety as helpful
B)   Professional athletes are more likely to interpret their anxiety as a barrier to desired performance
C)   Amateur athletes are more likely to be unaware of just how anxious they feel in a high pressure situation
D)   Amateur athletes are more likely to interpret their anxiety as helpful

Question 8

Under what circumstances does choking usually occur?

Accepted Answer

A)   There is support from a home crowd, but the situation is very high pressure
B)   There is a hostile away crowd, and the situation is high pressure
C)   The task at hand is very difficult, although the situation may or may not be high pressure
D)   The situation is low pressure, and the task is easy, but the environment is hostile

Question 9

What does the transactional model say is the most important predictor of the experience of a stressful event?

Accepted Answer

A)   How the athlete interprets the event
B)   The actual event itself
C)   The final outcome of the event
D)   The skill level of the athlete

Question 10

What happens to the body when the fight-or-flight response is triggered by a stressor?

Accepted Answer

A)   All of the above
B)   Energy is shifted from the nonessential body systems to those necessary to respond to the challenge
C)   The hypothalamus activates the sympathetic nervous system and the endocrine systems
D)   Heart rate, blood pressure, and breathing rate increase, and the pupils widen

Question 11

An ice skater is starting to feel very nervous about the competition she is participating in next week. She has practiced hard, but her routine is difficult. Which type of anxiety is she likely to be feeling, in increasing amounts, as the competition draws closer?

Accepted Answer

A)   Cognitive
B)   Somatic
C)   Trait
D)   None of the above

Question 12

Evidence supporting the idea that different athletes reach their peak performance at different levels of arousal would be linked with which of the following?

Accepted Answer

A)  Individualized Zones of Optimal
B)  Functioning (IZOF)  Model Drive theory
C)  Multidimensional anxiety theory
D)  Reversal theory

Question 13

According to theories on the effect of stress and arousal on performance, at which of these levels would stress be most likely to actually increase levels of performance?

Accepted Answer

A)   Moderate
B)   High
C)   Low
D)   None

Question 14

How can being the home team be both an advantage and a disadvantage for athletes?

Accepted Answer

Being the home team can confer both adva...

Question 15

Should the goal of athletes be to reduce all arousal prior to an event? Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

The goal of athletes should not be to re...

Question 16

Choking is more likely to occur in the presence of strangers, rather than in the presence of supportive friends, family, or fans.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

Cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety are positively correlated, meaning that as one goes up, so does the other.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 18

Milton, Solodkin, Hlustik, & Small (2007)  examined how experience affects brain activity during an athletic task by having amateur and professional golfers imagine hitting a golf ball to a hole very far away. What did they find?

Accepted Answer

A)   Professional golfers showed brain activation in areas that involve planning and carrying out specific actions
B)   Professional golfers showed higher levels of anxiety than amateur golfers
C)   Surprisingly, there was almost no difference in brain activity between the amateur and professional golfers
D)   Amateur golfers showed high levels of activation in the occipital lobe, and well as the hippocampus

Question 19

Which of the following athletes is most likely to experience flow?

Accepted Answer

A)   A highly skilled, confident athlete
B)   A young, self-conscious, beginner athlete
C)   A highly-motivated athlete who is working on perfecting a new skill
D)   An athlete who has made errors earlier in their performance

Question 20

Some disadvantages to using physiological measures such as fMRI and EEG are that they are expensive and may in themselves cause stress to those being evaluated

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Exam 6: Arousal and Anxiety

Under what circumstances does choking usually occur?

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How might the primary appraisals of high pressure situations differ between amateur athletes and professional athletes?

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Should the goal of athletes be to reduce all arousal prior to an event? Why or why not?

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What happens to the body when the fight-or-flight response is triggered by a stressor?

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What does the transactional model say is the most important predictor of the experience of a stressful event?

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Evidence supporting the idea that different athletes reach their peak performance at different levels of arousal would be linked with which of the following?

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What is the relationship between arousal and anxiety?

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An athlete's skill level does not influence the association between arousal and performance.

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Choking is more likely to occur in the presence of strangers, rather than in the presence of supportive friends, family, or fans.

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One behavioral indicator of stress is nause

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Which of the following states that as arousal increases, so does performance, and does not distinguish between somatic and cognitive anxiety?

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How can being the home team be both an advantage and a disadvantage for athletes?

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What is a major reason certain situations cause athletes to feel stressed?

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Milton, Solodkin, Hlustik, & Small (2007) examined how experience affects brain activity during an athletic task by having amateur and professional golfers imagine hitting a golf ball to a hole very far away. What did they find?

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According to theories on the effect of stress and arousal on performance, at which of these levels would stress be most likely to actually increase levels of performance?

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Cognitive anxiety and somatic anxiety are positively correlated, meaning that as one goes up, so does the other.

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Some disadvantages to using physiological measures such as fMRI and EEG are that they are expensive and may in themselves cause stress to those being evaluated

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Which of the following athletes is most likely to experience flow?

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An ice skater is starting to feel very nervous about the competition she is participating in next week. She has practiced hard, but her routine is difficult. Which type of anxiety is she likely to be feeling, in increasing amounts, as the competition draws closer?

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Which type of anxiety is likely to spike or peak just before beginning a gymnastics routine in a major competition?

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