Lesson 3.5.1

3.5.1 Arousal and anxiety (biological) Quiz: OCR Psychology, Unit 3

20 questions

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The 20 questions

  1. Which theory suggests performance increases with arousal up to an optimal point?

    • Inverted-U theory
    • Social learning theory
    • Catastrophe model
    • Drive theory
  2. Who originally proposed the Inverted-U hypothesis for arousal and performance in 1908?

    • Yerkes and Dodson
    • Martens and Burton
    • Fazey and Hardy
    • Hull and Spence
  3. Which theory predicts a sudden, dramatic drop in performance when cognitive anxiety is very high?

    • Reversal theory
    • Catastrophe model
    • Drive theory
    • Inverted-U theory
  4. What term describes a performer's general, stable predisposition to perceive situations as threatening?

    • State anxiety
    • Somatic anxiety
    • Cognitive anxiety
    • Trait anxiety
  5. What term describes the immediate, emotional response of apprehension in a specific situation?

    • Trait anxiety
    • Drive
    • State anxiety
    • Arousal
  6. Which dimension of anxiety relates directly to physiological changes like increased heart rate?

    • Trait anxiety
    • Mental anxiety
    • Cognitive anxiety
    • Somatic anxiety
  7. According to Hull's drive theory, what is the direct mathematical relationship between arousal and performance?

    • Curvilinear
    • Exponential
    • U-shaped
    • Linear
  8. Hanin developed which psychological framework linking emotional state directly to elite athletic performance?

    • CSAI-2
    • POMS
    • IZOF
    • SCAT
  9. Which questionnaire is widely used by sports psychologists to measure multidimensional state anxiety?

    • SCAT
    • EPQ
    • CSAI-2
    • STAI
  10. A penalty taker feels their heart pounding and palms sweating right before kicking. What type of anxiety is this?

    • Trait
    • Cognitive
    • Somatic
    • Causal
  11. A gymnast repeatedly worries they will fall off the beam during a routine. What type of anxiety is this?

    • Trait
    • Cognitive
    • Motor
    • Somatic
  12. An athlete who is generally nervous before every competition regardless of stakes has high levels of what?

    • Somatic anxiety
    • State anxiety
    • Cognitive anxiety
    • Trait anxiety
  13. A novice footballer experiences a drop in performance as arousal rises because they lack well-learned skills. Which theory explains this?

    • Drive theory
    • IZOF
    • Catastrophe model
    • Inverted-U theory
  14. A basketball player performs best at moderate crowd noise, but misses shots when the arena is dead quiet or deafening. Which theory applies?

    • Inverted-U theory
    • Catastrophe model
    • Multidimensional theory
    • Drive theory
  15. An elite sprinter panics under extreme pressure, suffering a sudden, catastrophic collapse in race time. Which model predicts this?

    • Drive theory
    • IZOF
    • Catastrophe model
    • Linear model
  16. A tennis player plays brilliantly only when maintaining a narrow, highly specific heart rate range. Which concept describes this?

    • Catastrophe
    • IZOF
    • Habit
    • Drive
  17. Which questionnaire measures competitive trait anxiety specifically in sports performers?

    • POMS
    • SCAT
    • STAI
    • CSAI-2
  18. According to reversal theory, how does an athlete interpret high physiological arousal when they feel excited?

    • Threatening
    • Anxious
    • Debilitative
    • Pleasurable
  19. What general physiological term refers to the activation of the autonomic nervous system ranging from sleep to panic?

    • Motivation
    • Stress
    • Anxiety
    • Arousal
  20. According to reversal theory, how does an athlete interpret high physiological arousal when they feel bored?

    • Aggressively
    • Pleasantly
    • Indifferently
    • Anxiously

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