Stress Management | OCR A-Level Physical Education (H555)
Stress Management
- 59 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 02: Psychological factors affecting performance
- Component 02
Stress Management is examined in Component 02, Psychological factors affecting performance.
It covers stress and stressors in sport, self-talk, thought stopping and rational thinking, mental rehearsal, imagery, goal setting and mindfulness and relaxation, biofeedback, centring and breathing control.
Sample questions from Stress Management
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Stress and stressors in sport
How can conflict cause stress in a team?
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Disagreement with teammates or the coach creates tension. Conflict can distract a performer from the task. -
Stress and stressors in sport
What are the cognitive effects of stress?
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Stress brings worry, negative thoughts and poor concentration. Decision making and attention can suffer. -
Self-talk, thought stopping and rational thinking
What is negative thought stopping?
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Negative thought stopping is cutting off a negative thought the moment it appears. A trigger word or action, such as saying ‘stop’, interrupts the thought. -
Self-talk, thought stopping and rational thinking
Why does self-talk work better when it has been practised in training?
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Rehearsed self-talk becomes automatic. The performer can then use it under pressure without having to think. -
Mental rehearsal, imagery, goal setting and mindfulness
What is kinaesthetic imagery?
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Kinaesthetic imagery is imagining the feel of a movement. A gymnast might imagine the feel of the body turning in a somersault. -
Mental rehearsal, imagery, goal setting and mindfulness
How does goal setting lower stress?
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Goal setting gives the performer a clear, manageable target to work on. Worry about the whole event is replaced by attention on the next step. -
Relaxation, biofeedback, centring and breathing control
How does biofeedback help a performer manage stress?
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The performer sees the stress response change while trying relaxation techniques. The performer learns which techniques work and can reproduce the calm state. -
Relaxation, biofeedback, centring and breathing control
How does breathing control reduce stress?
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Slow breathing lowers heart rate and relaxes the muscles. Attention on the breath also distracts from worrying thoughts.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Stress and stressors in sport | Stress, stressors, eustress and distress, competition, conflict, frustration, climate, spectators and injury as stressors, cognitive and somatic effects of stress, and cognitive and somatic management techniques. | 15 |
| Self-talk, thought stopping and rational thinking | Positive self-talk for a tennis server, instructional and motivational self-talk, negative thought stopping for a golfer, rational thinking and irrational thoughts, practising in training, and suiting a worrier. | 14 |
| Mental rehearsal, imagery, goal setting and mindfulness | Mental rehearsal and the nervous system, internal, external and kinaesthetic imagery, relaxation imagery, the injured performer and the high jumper, goal setting to lower stress, and mindfulness exercises. | 15 |
| Relaxation, biofeedback, centring and breathing control | Progressive muscular relaxation, biofeedback and its measures, centring, breathing control, the penalty taker's racing heart, the gymnast the night before a final, and somatic against cognitive techniques. | 15 |
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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