Question

ALTHOUGH THERE ARE SEVERAL THEORIES PROPOSED TO DESCRIBE THE ANXIETY/PERFORMANCE RELATIONSHIP, IT IS YET UNCLEAR IF ANXIETY IS SOLELY DEBILITATIVE TO PERFORMANCE OR IF ANXIETY CAN ALSO BE PERCEIVED AS FACILITATIVE. IS THERE A FACILITATIVE INFLUENCE OF ANXIETY? WHY OR WHY NOT?

Answer 1

• Facilitative anxiety a level of anxiety that an individual (e.g., a musician, an athlete) perceives as assisting performance.Competitive anxiety can be both facilitative and debilitative to performance.
• Most students, before sitting an examination that will affect their later life will psyche themselves up (facilitative anxiety) for the exam.Normally an athlete, would consider to actually become advantageous to their performance, such as warming up or becoming 'psyched up' and ready.
• This facilitative anxiety can be motivating for a student or an athelete in a competitive situation,wherein certain level of arousal is needed to put oneself in that zone of competing with others. The truth is that anxiety is a powerful motivating force, and it drives us to do things in a way that few others feelings do.
• If you have a big speech, test or event on the horizon, you may feel anxious as it approaches. This anxiety drives you to prepare for the situation, to cover all the bases and to consider what you would do in worst-case scenarios.This is facilitative anxiety.
• Anxiety can be useful or facilitative when we want to communicate our feelings,it is a way our body helps us find support and a safe place, and it can be effective in helping relationships work properly.