Anxiety and Arousal (1 Viewer)

[ccc123]

Hey, I'm doing syllabus notes for PDHPE, and one of the dot points is

'discern the difference between anxiety and arousal in terms of their effect on performance.'

Ok. So i know that anxiety is essentially a psychological process an arousal is a physiological process, but in terms of their effect on performance, would it be correct to say that high levels of anxiety are always detrimental to performance, whereas the optimum level of arousal differs from sport to sport?

Thanks.

 

[loki911]

I don't know if im correct so anyone feel free to correct me. Too much anxiety for the athlete causes a decrease to performance and if anxiety overwhelms the athlete then the freeze and this is called chocking. Level of arousal depends on the sport e.g. in the refined sports (archery and target shooting) does not require as much arousal because these sports requires concentration compared as the less refined sports e.g. (rugby and soccer). Does this make sense? well
In a nut shell

1. in refined sports not much arousal is needed, but enough to make them interested
2. In unrefined sports more arousal is needed to give them the extra drive

I am pretty tired msg me if this does not make sense and ill try harder to explain it.

 

[calslut]

This is my point on arousal, pretty much arousal is good to a point, after that point it is detrimental. This point differs from sport to sport like you said.

Arousal equals the emotional, mental and physiological activation required to produce a response. It’s the drive, readiness, excitedness required for optimal performance. One theory is the inverted U hypothesis which suggests there is an optimum level. However too little or too much leads to a decline in performance.

Optimum level of arousal varies from skill to skill. In difficult tasks involving few muscle groups e.g. putting in golf or archery level of arousal need not be high to be optimum. Easier skills involving large body movements e.g. running or weight lifting need increased level of arousal for performance to be optimal.

 

[mandoush]

just remeber. optimal does not mean maximal.