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4. Somatic Cognitive

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7. Physical signs of anxiety Psychological signs of anxiety Somatic anxiety Cognitive anxiety

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13. Beginners vs Experts Perform better at lower levels of arousal Skills are less habitual Increased arousal will take away attention from the skill performance Attention to cues is heightened, missing the unexpected, unable to react, therefore performance declines Perform better at higher levels of arousal Skills are more habitual and well learned Increased arousal allows the performer to attend to the important cues as doesn’t have to think about the skill doesn’t rely as much on cues so can attend to the unexpected

14. Mr Beaumont Performance Arousal Beginner Improver Expert Each type of performer exhibits the same pattern of performance Beginners at a lower level of arousal Experts at a higher level of arousal

15. Mr Beaumont Gross motor skills and large muscle movements = higher levels of arousal E.g. Sprinter, weight lifter Fine motor skills, smaller muscle group movements = Lower levels of arousal E.g. Darts players, archery Performance Arousal

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18. A D C B Optimum Arousal Extreme Decline Recovery or further decline Arousal Performance

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27. Presence of others Audience/coactors Simple task / expert Social Facilitation Hard task/ novice Social Inhibition

28. Mr Beaumont Describe the performance in this video

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