NSCA CPSS Psychobiology Flow State as a Countermeasure to Mental Fatigue Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+

NSCA CPSS Psychobiology Flow State as a Countermeasure to Mental Fatigue Questions and Complete Solutions Graded A+ mental fatigue - Answer: psychobiological state that manifests as feelings of lethargy, disinterest, or decrease motivation resulting in reduction in cognitive or motor proficiency or both flow - Answer: state of mind which person is completely and effortlessly immersed in an activity rausche - Answer: term by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe "an acceleration of movement leading to flowing joy" self-actualization - Answer: ultimate happiness, pinnacle of human existence termed by psychologist Abraham Maslow 9 characteristics of flow state by Maslow - Answer: 1) goals clearly defined 2) unambiguous feedback is available 3) appropriate ratio of skill level and challenge is present 4) action and awareness merge 5) concentration on task is high 6) sense of control 7) ego vanishes 8) time distorted 9) experience is autotelic transient hypofrontality - Answer: selective deactivation of prefrontal cortex during flow hertz (Hz) - Answer: waves measured per second beta waves - Answer: 13 to 30 Hz during highly engaging states, attentive, normal waking state alpha waves - Answer: 8 to 12.9 Hz during wakeful relaxation or daydreaming, meditative yet alert theta waves - Answer: 4 to 7.9 Hz during REM sleep (dream sleep) and hypnagogic state critical in learning and memory hypnagogic state - Answer: transitional state between wakefulness and sleep delta waves - Answer: 1 to 3.9 Hz during periods of non-REM sleep and increased sleepiness two neurotransmitters that affect flow and prefrontal cortex - Answer: norepinephrine dopamine gamma waves - Answer: > 31 Hz during insight and heightened focus anandamide - Answer: neurotransmitter that enhances pleasure responses in brain burnout - Answer: extreme state of prolonged and excessive amounts of cognitive activity first place mental fatigue shows up in physical performance - Answer: reaction time reaction time - Answer: time that elapses between perception of a stimulus and when a response is initiated how fast brain can process info mental fatigue on endurance tasks - Answer: negatively affects output in endurance tasks, but limiting factor is not physical due to subjectively higher perception of effort mechanisms of fatigue in the brain - Answer: affects cortical regions of brain increased activation of PFC decreased activation of anterior cingulate cortex learning-performance paradox - Answer: experiencing success during practice doesn't indicate actual learning occurred struggle or failure during practice doesnt indicate absence of learning hyperfocus - Answer: increase in sustained attention and heightened perception of task relevant info neurofeedback (NFB) - Answer: type of biofeedback that allows users to view real-time EEG activity with goal of training better awareness of electrical/functional output of the brain wave activity in flow state - Answer: increased alpha/theta decreased beta