SPMT 304 Exam 3
Why "Butterflies Are a Good Thing" - correct answer ✔Author encourages
clients to embrace the physical response of "the butterflies" that come with
high pressure jobs.
Like Almost every animal, humans have bimodal sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system that have evolved over thousands of years
Body's way of making us perform more efficiently when we're under the gun
Arousal vs. Anxiety - correct answer ✔- Arousal is viewed negatively and
thus avoided or buried by over-work
- Remedy doc prescribes for self-intimidation is unlinking arousal from anxiety
- Anxiety is a result of a psychological misinterpretation of that arousal
Self-Intimidation - correct answer ✔- Stress is not the cause of everything
that doesn't have a clear diagnosis; it's how you interpret stress that causes
psychosomatic illness
- You feed your mind with thoughts and instructions that your body is doing
something wrong
- You undermine your confidence by creating an irrational fear of yourself
Practicing Pressure - correct answer ✔- Pressure often signals "this is an
opportunity to excel"
- Practice the WAY you perform
- Kids picture the most stressful high pressure situation when practicing a
sport of their own
Progressive Relaxation - correct answer ✔- Relaxation teaches your
muscles to lose tone and your brain to be passive
, - When you're about to embark on a high leverage performance, why would
you want to be more relaxed?
- Progressive relaxation: you tense a certain muscle group as you breath in
and relax as you breathe out; helps relieve tension
Thoracic vs. Diaphragmatic Breathing - correct answer ✔- Thoracic: Takes
place by expanding and contracting the chest only which allows the middle
lobes of the lungs to fully activate
- Diaphragmatic: (abdominal / belly) breathing is the process of taking deep
breaths to allow air to flow into the lowest and largest part of the lungs (slow
and deep breaths).
Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets - correct answer ✔- Fixed: this mindset voice will
say that a certain challenge would have been easier if you actually had talent.
- Growth: this mindset that you're not sure if you can do it now, but that you
can learn with time and effort
The Ability to "Mess Around" - correct answer ✔- Best performers treat what
they do as if it were a hobby or as if they were mad scientists" they have fun
exploring the limits of their potential
- Being childlike is a secret to many artist' success
- Art often depends on mistakes and serendipity
Performance Philosophies (what are they, how do you effectively craft one,
and what is YOURS?) - correct answer ✔- Guiding principle for what it takes
to perform to our complete potential
- Effective philosophy should be simple and unambiguous
- Philosophy has to be specific to you
- You CAN'T control events, but you CAN control your reaction to them
Why "Butterflies Are a Good Thing" - correct answer ✔Author encourages
clients to embrace the physical response of "the butterflies" that come with
high pressure jobs.
Like Almost every animal, humans have bimodal sympathetic and
parasympathetic nervous system that have evolved over thousands of years
Body's way of making us perform more efficiently when we're under the gun
Arousal vs. Anxiety - correct answer ✔- Arousal is viewed negatively and
thus avoided or buried by over-work
- Remedy doc prescribes for self-intimidation is unlinking arousal from anxiety
- Anxiety is a result of a psychological misinterpretation of that arousal
Self-Intimidation - correct answer ✔- Stress is not the cause of everything
that doesn't have a clear diagnosis; it's how you interpret stress that causes
psychosomatic illness
- You feed your mind with thoughts and instructions that your body is doing
something wrong
- You undermine your confidence by creating an irrational fear of yourself
Practicing Pressure - correct answer ✔- Pressure often signals "this is an
opportunity to excel"
- Practice the WAY you perform
- Kids picture the most stressful high pressure situation when practicing a
sport of their own
Progressive Relaxation - correct answer ✔- Relaxation teaches your
muscles to lose tone and your brain to be passive
, - When you're about to embark on a high leverage performance, why would
you want to be more relaxed?
- Progressive relaxation: you tense a certain muscle group as you breath in
and relax as you breathe out; helps relieve tension
Thoracic vs. Diaphragmatic Breathing - correct answer ✔- Thoracic: Takes
place by expanding and contracting the chest only which allows the middle
lobes of the lungs to fully activate
- Diaphragmatic: (abdominal / belly) breathing is the process of taking deep
breaths to allow air to flow into the lowest and largest part of the lungs (slow
and deep breaths).
Growth vs. Fixed Mindsets - correct answer ✔- Fixed: this mindset voice will
say that a certain challenge would have been easier if you actually had talent.
- Growth: this mindset that you're not sure if you can do it now, but that you
can learn with time and effort
The Ability to "Mess Around" - correct answer ✔- Best performers treat what
they do as if it were a hobby or as if they were mad scientists" they have fun
exploring the limits of their potential
- Being childlike is a secret to many artist' success
- Art often depends on mistakes and serendipity
Performance Philosophies (what are they, how do you effectively craft one,
and what is YOURS?) - correct answer ✔- Guiding principle for what it takes
to perform to our complete potential
- Effective philosophy should be simple and unambiguous
- Philosophy has to be specific to you
- You CAN'T control events, but you CAN control your reaction to them
