Performance Under Pressure Flashcards

Flashcards about Performance Under Pressure

What is the Illustration of Stress as a Process?

A process involving an event, appraisal, perception of demand, and perceptions of ability to cope, leading to emotional, physiological, and behavioral responses.

What does Appraisal Theory suggest about the stress response?

The stress response is largely dependent on perception/interpretation of events.

What is the difference between Challenge and Threat responses?

Challenge response represents active coping, while threat response is a distress response.

What are the two key theories related to approach to a motivated situation?

The Biopsychosocial Model of Challenge & Threat and The Theory of Challenge & Threat States in Athletes.

What are the components of Demands vs Resources according to The Theory of Challenge and Threat States in Athletes (TCTSA: Jones et al. (2009)?

Self-efficacy, perceptions of control, achievement goals versus perception of danger, uncertainty, required effort.

What defines a Challenge State?

When personal coping resources are evaluated as sufficient to meet or exceed situational demands.

What defines a Threat State?

When personal coping resources are evaluated as insufficient to meet situational demands.

What leads to more facilitative emotions and better decision making

Being in a Challenge State

What are specific rational beliefs that accompanies psychological health?

Preferences, Anti-Awfulizing, High Frustration Tolerance (HFT), Acceptance.

What are the specific irrational beliefs?

Demandingness, Awfulizing, Low-frustration tolerance (LFT), Depreciation

What is the aim of REBT?

Reduce the amount of irrational beliefs.

What are the components of REBT Disputation (D) process?

Evidence, Logic, Pragmatics

What does Peeters et al's meta-analysis suggest in terms of Personality and team performance ?

Suggests similarity in personality among individuals of a team were related to performance such as Agreeableness and conscientiousness

What is included in the Big Five

Openness, Conscientiousness, Extraversion, Agreeableness and Neuroticism

What's the personality differences between elite and amateur athletes?

Elite athletes are more extraverted and emotionally stable than amateur athletes

What is a great way to interactively engage with psychology

Participating in research