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PSYC 460 Week 3 Quiz

1. To understand the relationship between anxiety and performance
2. A substantial imbalance between demand and response capability under conditions in which failure has important consequences refers to
3. There is a positive correlation between one’s level of
4. Arousal refers to the
5. The importance placed on an event and the uncertainty that surrounds the actions of that event are sources of
6. A highly trait-anxious athlete (compared to a less trait-anxious athlete) would perceive competition as
7. Athletes lower in self-esteem are more likely to experience
8. Which theory predicts a linear relationship between arousal and performance?
9. In Hanin’s work on individualized zones of optimal functioning, he argues that for best performance to occur, an athlete needs
10. Increased arousal affects attentional focus in which of the following ways?
11. One’s general level of anxiety that stays relatively stable over time refers to
12. In evaluative situations, individuals with high trait anxiety tend to exhibit
13. The inverted-U hypothesis predicts that psyc 460 week 3
14. Appropriate guidelines for applying arousal and anxiety knowledge include
15. Which of the following is NOT symptomatic of heightened state anxiet ?