Deck 3: Psyching up and Calming Down: Anxiety in Sport

Question 1

The tension felt by anxious people is normally accompanied by a heightened state of physiological arousal mediated by the:

A) Automatic nervous system
B) Associative nervous system
C) Autonomic nervous system
D) Asymmetric nervous system

Answer 1

C

Question 2

Worrying or having negative expectations about the future is known as:

A) Affective anxiety
B) Cognitive anxiety
C) Somatic anxiety
D) Behavioural anxiety

Answer 2

B

Question 3

What is the term used in psychology to describe a form of bodily energy which prepares the body for emergency action?

A) Fear
B) Inertia
C) Flow
D) Arousal

Answer 3

D

Question 4

The distinction between "trait" and "state" anxiety is associated mainly with research by:

A) Broadbent
B) Seligman
C) Spielberger
D) Yerkes

Question 5

The tendency by certain people to respond to a questionnaire or psychological test in a particular way, regardless of their actual attitudes or beliefs, is known as:

A) Insight
B) Perseveration
C) Ceiling effect
D) Response set

Question 6

In research on anxiety measurement, the acronym CSAI refers to:

A) Competitive Situation Appraisal Inventory
B) Competitive State Anxiety Inventory
C) Choking Susceptibility Assessment Inventory
D) Choking Situation Anxiety Inventory

Question 7

The issue of whether an athlete regards anxiety as facilitative or debilitative of his or her performance is studied under the heading:

A) Direction of anxiety
B) Catastrophe theory
C) Personal control theory
D) Attribution theory

Question 8

The process of interpreting a given event or situation is known as:

A) Cognitive appraisal
B) Cognitive dissonance
C) Cognitive rehearsal
D) Cognitive rationalization

Question 9

According to reversal theory, a paratelic dominance state is characterized by:

A) Unpleasant tension and high levels of distractibility
B) A feeling of panic
C) A fun-loving, present-centred focus
D) Anticipation of future problems

Question 10

Which famous psychologist developed drive theory?

A) Albert Bandura
B) Alan Kazdin
C) Clark Hull
D) Ole Lovaas

Question 11

According to drive theory, the relationship between arousal and athletic performance is:

A) Negative and linear
B) Positive and curvilinear
C) Positive and linear
D) Negative and curvilinear

Question 12

In sport psychology, the cusp catastrophe theory of anxiety is associated mainly with the research of:

A) Yerkes-Dodson
B) Masters
C) Martens
D) Hardy

Question 13

The memory system that stores, retrieves and manipulates transient information for current use is known as:

A) Semantic memory
B) Working memory
C) Iconic memory
D) Implicit memory

Question 14

The conscious processing hypothesis is also known as the:

A) Reinvestment hypothesis
B) Reversal theory
C) Cognitive dissonance theory
D) Catastrophe theory

Question 15

The Reinvestment Scale purports to measure:

A) People's motivation to play different sports at the same time
B) People's self-consciousness in everyday situations
C) People's experience of fatigue in endurance events
D) People's ability to perform two or more tasks at the same time

Question 16

In research on anxiety in sport, the acronym ACT stands for:

A) Attentional Control Theory
B) Adaptive Control Theory
C) Automatic Control Theory
D) Anxiety Control Theory

Question 17

In research on anxiety in sport, the acronym PET stands for:

A) Personal Environment Theory
B) Purposeful Emotions Theory
C) Processing Efficiency Theory
D) Planning Evaluation Theory

Question 18

In their research on stress, Lazarus and Folkman (1984) distinguished between:

A) Proactive coping and retrospective coping
B) Avoidance coping and engagement coping
C) Suppressive coping and repressive coping
D) Problem-focused and emotion-focused coping

Question 19

The strategy of encouraging athletes to practise under conditions that replicate key aspects of an impending challenge is known as:

A) Immersion conditioning
B) Periodization training
C) Simulation training
D) Distributed practice

Question 20

The strategy of cognitive restructuring teaches people to:

A) Avoid all stressful situations
B) Look at pressure situations as controllable challenges
C) Relax in the face of adversity
D) Focus on their emotions at all times