Anxiety | OCR A-Level Physical Education (H555)
Anxiety
- 42 questions
- 3 subtopics
- Component 02: Psychological factors affecting performance
- Component 02
Anxiety is examined in Component 02, Psychological factors affecting performance.
It covers state and trait anxiety, somatic and cognitive anxiety and the zone of optimal functioning.
Sample questions from Anxiety
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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State and trait anxiety
Who first distinguished between state and trait anxiety?
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Charles Spielberger distinguished state anxiety from trait anxiety. Spielberger developed the State-Trait Anxiety Inventory to measure both. -
State and trait anxiety
Which situational factors raise state anxiety?
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An important event, a large or hostile crowd and a strong opponent all raise state anxiety. Fear of failure and of being judged also increase it. -
Somatic and cognitive anxiety
How does cognitive anxiety usually change in the days before a competition?
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Cognitive anxiety rises gradually as the event approaches. Cognitive anxiety stays high during the event if the performer expects to fail. -
Somatic and cognitive anxiety
How can a coach tell whether a performer's anxiety is cognitive or somatic?
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Physical signs such as fidgeting and sweating point to somatic anxiety. A conversation about worries and self-doubt reveals cognitive anxiety. -
The zone of optimal functioning
Describe the graph of the zone of optimal functioning.
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The graph shows a flat band of peak performance across a range of anxiety. The position of the band differs for each performer, low for some and high for others. -
The zone of optimal functioning
What happens if a performer's anxiety falls below their zone?
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The performer is under-aroused and lacks focus. A coach might use a motivational talk or a demanding warm-up to raise arousal.
The 3 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| State and trait anxiety | Anxiety and arousal, trait and state anxiety and how they are linked, Spielberger, state anxiety through a competition, the penalty taker, competitive trait anxiety and situational factors. | 14 |
| Somatic and cognitive anxiety | Cognitive and somatic anxiety and their symptoms, how each changes before and during competition, their effects on performance and fine skills, telling them apart, self-confidence and multidimensional anxiety. | 14 |
| The zone of optimal functioning | Hanin's zone of optimal functioning, how it differs from inverted-U, individual differences, the graph, being in the zone and flow, pre-race routines, anxiety above and below the zone, and finding it. | 14 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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