A2 Physical Education Sport Psychology PERSONALITY AND AROUSAL Revision week 1

Overview Week 1 Aspects of personality Arousal Week 2 Controlling anxiety Attitudes Week 3 Aggression Confidence Week 4 Attribution theory Group success Week 5 Leadership and any questions

Aspects of personality – traffic light sheet What do I know? What do I need to know? Anything new that I’ve learnt

Review your summary sheet

Personality TIPS! Do not need to learn the specific definition of personality! Have awareness of the links between personality and sports performance. It is important to understand the NATURE (trait) V NURTURE (social learning) and interactionist perspectives of behaviour. Be aware of the problems associated with the use of personality profiling in sport.

Personality “The sum total of an individuals characteristics which make him unique” (Hollander).

Personality Theories Social Learning Theory (Bandura) NATURE vs NURTURE Personality Theories Social Learning Theory (Bandura) “All behaviour is learned through interaction with the environment” BEHAVIOUR = FUNCTION OF ENVIRONMENT -ve = Does not consider inherited behaviour (traits) Trait Theory (nature) “People are born with established personality characteristics” Inherited at birth. Stable Enduring consistent in all situations. BEHAVIOUR = FUNCTION OF PERSONALITY +ve = Can be easily measured through questionnaires -ve = Does not take into account environmental influences. It is not a true indicator of behaviour. CATTELL (1965) identified 16 personality traits INTROVERT & EXTROVERT Interactionist Theory “Behaviour occurs from the interaction between inherited traits and learned experiences” BEHAVIOUR = FUNCTION OF PERSONALITY × ENVIRNOMENT

Personality Theories – Pg 164 Concentric Ring Theory (Hollander 1967) Role Related Behaviour – Surface of personality Typical Response – Your usual response in most situations The Psychological Core – The ‘real you’ The boundary line of each layer gets wider as you get closer to the centre of the model which shows that each layer is harder to enter. As you move closer to the centre, your ‘real’ personality begins to surface

Page 162 – 165 Lewin’s approach to personality (interactionist approach) Combining social learning and trait theories.

Is it possible to identify links between personality and sporting performance? Sceptical Credulous There is no link between personality type and success in sport There is no link between personality and choice of sport

How can knowledge of the interactionist perspective Improve performance? The coach could predict situations or remove them eg aggression The coach could identify situations and place them in training Use the model to modify their behaviour

Aspects of personality – traffic light sheet Anything new that I’ve learnt

Anything to add to the summary sheet? Any further questions? Homework – Exam questions and devised questions due in on Friday

A2 Physical Education Sport Psychology Arousal Revision

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Name and describe the three theories of……..?

Key terms Arousal Somatic Reticular activating system (RAS) P = f (H X D)

Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (Hanin) Athlete A (low ZOF) In zone (best performance) Out of zone Athlete B (moderate ZOF) Out of zone In zone (best performance) Out of zone Athlete C (high ZOF) Out of zone In zone (best performance) Increasing Arousal An athlete will enter the zone when arousal is at an optimum level and the situation matches the athlete’s strongest attentional style.

Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (Hanin) Different people perform better under different (arousal) conditions: Personality Task Type Stage of Learning Experience Low Zone of Functioning (low arousal) INTROVERT SIMPLE/ GROSS SKILLS, E.G. SHOT PUT COGNITIVE/ ASSOCIATIVE PHASE NOVICE PERFORMERS High Zone of Functioning (high arousal) EXTROVERT COMPLEX/ FINE SKILLS, E.G. SPIN BOWLING AUTONOMOUS EXPERIENCED PERFORMER

Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning (Hanin)……… Teachers and coaches should guide the performer towards their personal ‘optimal threshold’ or ‘individual zone of optimal functioning’. EFFORTLESS PERFORMANCE THE ATHLETE FEELS IN FULL CONTROL IN THE ZONE! ATTENTION AND CONCENTRATION OF THE PERFORMER IS FOCUSED EXECUTION OF THE SKILL BRINGS ENJOYMENT AND SATISFACTION

PEAK FLOW – Pg 173 Excitement, happiness Anxiety, anger Relaxation, PEAK FLOW: Optimal experience that facilitates best performance and is intrinsically valuable. (Csikzentmimalyi) Peak flow occurs when somatic anxiety has reached an appropriate threshold and cognitive anxiety is low. flow state is attained when the performer has a balanced perception of the demands of the situation and his/her ability to cope. a high incentive value is to be gained from a challenge that is both realistic and attainable. The focus of attention and concentration is maximised. there is a self-confident belief that nothing could go wrong. the situation suits the athlete’s strongest attentional style. High somatic arousal Excitement, happiness Anxiety, anger High cognitive Arousal anxiety Low cognitive Arousal anxiety Relaxation, Drowsiness Boredom fatigue Low somatic arousal During these rare moments in sport, the athlete assumes control over all internal and environmental variables and a time of greatest happiness and self-fulfilment is experienced.

Attentional narrowing Cue utilisation theory Attentional narrowing Attentional wastage Stress management techniques

Examination questions

Anything to add to the summary sheet? Any further questions? Homework – Exam questions

Week 1 Aspects of personality Arousal Week 2 Controlling anxiety Attitudes Week 3 Aggression Confidence Week 4 Attribution theory Group success Week 5 Leadership