Question

write about a paragraph about "Creed II" movie and related to following topics:

1- Theories of arousal and performance

2- The stress process

3- How arousal, stress, and anxiety affect performance

Psychology of sport

Answer 1

Creed II has a lot of emotional and psychological undertones, with the heavyweight championship being symbolic of the mental conflict and feelings of vengeance being translated into actions in the fighting arena.

All these factors are subtly highlighted during various points in the movie.

The stressors in the movie for the characters are the fear of failure and past experiences each of them has had, which motivates and enables a person to perform his best, or can impede performance. Stress can impede performance when the levels of arousal lead to a drop in performance. Stress can also be present in the form of biological markers such as increased heartbeat and sweating, increased blood pressure, muscular tension, along with thoughts about the perception of one's ability to cope with the situation, the situational demands and importance. Arousal refers to mental and physical readiness which can have positive and negative impacts on sports performance. According to the Inverted U shaped theory, as arousal levels increase, performance decreases- and performance is optimal when the level of arousals is moderate. Arousal may also be dependent on the situation one is in-ie one would perform better in the test itself rather than in the practice due to higher levels of arousal(Drive theory). Factors such as mental processes triggering anxiety such as inability to think, apprehension, nervousness and fear self doubt and worry also impact one's performance negatively.(Catastrophe theory).