Period 3 Sun 23rd

• Physical education
• Vocational Education

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Unit 5 Sports Psychology 

1. Define what anxiety is (Trait and state).
2. Identifies the symptoms of anxiety.  
3. Describes how anxiety can impact sports performance. 

Do you know what Anxiety is?

Which one best describes Anxiety?

1. A negative emotional state due to stress.
2. A positive emotional state due to stress.
3. A negative feeling you can't cope with.

What type of situations cause you to feel Anxious or Anxiety?

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Trait سمة Anxiety 

• This is part of a persons personality and cannot be changed.
  
• You are born with this.
• People with high Trait Anxiety will be worried in lots of different situations even when it is not threatening. 

State حالة Anxiety

• This is a learned behavioural response.
• Depending on the situation your Anxiety may change.
• State anxiety may be high before a big competition but as you start to play, this anxiety may go down.

If you worry a lot, you have high levels of Trait Anxiety

True

False

If you do not worry too much you have low levels of Trait Anxiety

True

False

State Anxiety is part of your personality

1. True
2. False

State Anxiety changes with

1. Your personality
2. The situation

Trait Anxiety 

State Anxiety

Part of personality

Changes with the situation

Cannot be changed

Born with these levels of Anxiety

Depends on what you are doing and how threatening you find it

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Somatic State Anxiety 

Cognitive State Anxiety