Statistics for A Level PE - Further psychological influences on the individual

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Defintion	Keyword	% Correct
A level of nerves and irrational thinking	Anxiety	100%
Intent to harm outside the rules; hostile behaviour	Aggression	83%
A drive to succeed	Motivation	83%
A set of questions to measure or assess something	Questionnaire	83%
Well motivated behaviour within the rules	Assertion	67%
Motivation from an outside source	Extrinsic	67%
Non-physical rewards	Intangible	67%
Rewards that can be touched or held, physical	Tangible	67%
Cleansing the emotions; using sport as an outlet for aggression	Catharsis	50%
A psychological response such as worrying about losing	Cognitive anxiety	50%
Gaining a measure of anxiety simply by watching the performer	Observation	50%
Learning by associating with others and copying behaviour	Social learning theory	50%
A physiological response to a threat such as increased heart rate	Somatic anxiety	50%
A nervous response to specific sporting situations	Competitive state anxiety	33%
A disposition to suffer from nervousness in most sporting situations	Competitive trait anxiety	33%
Suggests that aggression is caused by a learned trigger	Agressive cue hypothesis	17%
When aggression is spontaneous and innate	Instinct theory	17%
Motivation from within	Instrinsic	17%
Has an intent but is withing the rules	Instrumental aggression	0%
A questionnaire used by sports psychologists to measure anxiety	Sports Competitive Anxiety Test (SCAT)	0%