anxiety in sport

which is the correct definition of anxiety?

• a level of nerves and irrational thinking

• a degree of readiness to perform

• a value aimed at an attitude object

• intent to harm outside the rules

anxiety can be cognitive or (a)  

competitive trait anxiety is when a player feels nerves...

• occasionally

• to a specific sporting situation

• before most games

• all day every day

competitive state anxiety is...

• a lack of belief in ability

• a more temporary response to a specific sporting situation

• a feeling of nerves before most games

• irrational thinking

cognitive anxiety is physiological

• true

• false

which is a symptom of somatic anxiety?

• increased heart rate

• loss of concentration

• irrational thinking

• calmness

once a sporting performance has commenced, levels of cognitive anxiety decline in a negative linear fashion

• true

• false

which are the 3 measures of anxiety?

• questionnaires, observations and physiological testing

• drive theory, questionnaires, observations

• catastrophe theory, drive theory and inverted U theory

• questionnaires, physiological testing and SCAT

taking a penalty in football can cause state anxiety

• true

• false

which of the following is an advantage of questionnaires?

• large numbers can be accessed quickly

• they are true to life

• they are factual