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Session Outcomes:
At the end of the session, the students are expected to:
Demonstrate understanding of the effect of arousal and anxiety on decision making and performance.
Explain the application of the different principles and theories of attention as it applies to sports and activity
Explain how performance decrements occur under conditions of low and high arousal and anxiety
Analyze the attentional demands of different performance situations in the activity.
General Instructions:
1. Perform the 7 tasks listed below (8 mins per task).
2. Answer the guide questions that follow. These would be collected at the end of the session.
3. Each group will be assigned a certain task to report. This will be reported to class next meeting using the
following guidelines:
a. PowerPoint presentation (minimum requirement)
b. Content should be backed up by a recent journal article, research paper or any relevant reference
material.
c. Duration of presentation (5-10 mins)
d. Outline should include: General description of topic, Result and analysis.
COMPETITIVE: TALLY NUMBER OF POINTS PER TASK PER GROUP. THE GROUP WITH THE HIGHEST TOTAL POINTS WINS
A BONUS SCORE IN LABORATORY ACTIVITY GRADE.
Task 4: Competitive trial (Automaticity)
1. Repeat task 1 for 2 minutes. Record the total number of shots and compare them with other groups.
2. The highest number of shots made by a group in this task will be awarded points to be tallied at the end of the
class session.
INSTRUCTIONS:
1. Explain the terminologies accompanying your assigned task.
2. Fill up the charts and guide questions below.
GUIDE QUESTIONS:
1. What are the attentional demands of the tasks given? Describe in terms of observations received, reactions prompted
and performance displayed in the task.
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2. How did arousal, stress and anxiety affect decision making during the tasks above?
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FOR REPORTING:
1. Given the following terminologies in your assigned task, define what this terminology is and explain its mechanism.
2. What are the attentional demands of the task assigned to you? What reactions and outcomes were observed from the
shooters, catchers and their performance?
3. How do these demands relate to stimulus identification, response programming or movement programming?
4. How does arousal and anxiety relate to attention, focus and decision making in your assigned task?
5. What are the implications of your findings to sport and performance? How can you utilize these factors or arousal and
anxiety to improve sport performance?