Physical Education A-Level
Arousal and performance relationships
What Arousal and performance relationships means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Arousal and performance relationships
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An inverted-U curve rises to an optimum then falls, showing moderate arousal benefiting performance, whereas a linear graph shows a direct increase or decrease.
Topics that use Arousal and performance relationships
- Sport psychology (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Graphical literacy in sport psychology
- Data interpretation from plotted points
- Theory-to-graph matching
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