BYU IS PSYCH 338 SPORT PSYCHOLOGY LESSON 7

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In order to avoid choking under pressure, athletes should
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In order to avoid choking under pressure, athletes should
practice and compete in pressure situations.
Liz is trying to focus on her 9 iron shot to the green. She is worried about being able to compete with Glenda and notices that Glenda is leading the tournament. Liz thinks that if she does not birdie this hole, she has no chance of winning. Liz is experiencing
cognitive interference.
Choking in sports parlance refers to
inferior performance under pressure.
Cognitive interference is a form of
cognitive anxiety.
Which of the following are characteristics of facilitative anxiety?
All of these:
ability to reduce physiological anxiety during exams
belief that one can control oneself
interpretations that one is prepared to do one's best
Charles almost always interprets ambiguous situations as threatening. He likely has
Trait anxiety
Which of the following lead to choking?
All of the above:
thoughts that one cannot meet a standard for performance.
thoughts about the results of a performance.
thoughts that one cannot measure up to a competitor.
Debilitative anxiety directs attention to
the protection of one's well being
Laboratory research indicates that choking is more likely when people want to impress their audience and
expect failure
________ states that sensory (intended outcome) and motor (bat or club swing) information for distal, environmental events are coded in the same cortical areas.
The common-coding theory
When the content of thoughts conform with the experience of a particular emotion, thoughts areemotionally valenced.The function of working memory's central executive isall of the above shifting attention. inhibiting distractions. directing attention.When choking under pressure, athletes experienceinterference with the execution of automatic skills.Claude is prompted to engage in exhaustive preparation by the experience of anxiety prior to the championship in hockey. He experiencesfacilitative anxiety.If skills have been acquired implicitly, explicit representations of these skills under pressure, and more clumsy performance,is less likely.