How Emotions Affect Sports
Title: Midterm Examination TREX 1001
In partial requirement for
TREX 1001 Mythbuster's
Prepared By: Lex Brown
Prepared For: Dr. Rich Miller
10/19/2013
1. Feelings can affect the decision making of a person drastically. Sometimes this affect can be positives, whereas at other times it is not. The most common instance in which emotions can get the best of a person’s actions or decision making that I can think of is sports. In sports emotions can be both a positive and a negative when it comes to affecting decisions. Sometimes if the game is close, and emotions are high it can lead you to make a good, quick, muscle-memory like play that would be near impossible to complete if you just stepped on the field. Although at other times you let the emotions of a game get to you, and get inside of your head which causes you to make a poor decision. A common phrase you hear in sports is “He let his emotions get to him” usually when a player takes a cheap or dirty shot to an opposing player. This is a result of a player letting his emotions control his decision making. An example that was given in “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer was the pilot who during a flight simulation had his engine catch fire by his instructor. Inside the simulator his body and mind took control by making quick decisions realizing what was going on, twisting and tilting the wings as he watched his altitude drop before landing it with nothing but a rough stop. “By the time my ride was over my veins were full of adrenaline” (Lehrer xiii). Emotions helped this pilot in a positive was by giving him adrenaline and focus to safely maneuver and land the out of control plain. This was caused by his body releasing adrenaline out of his adrenaline glands. Emotions the pilot was feeling released this which caused the “flight or fight” decision where you either fight, or run. Adrenaline regulates your heart beat and makes your blood vessel bigger to carry more oxygen to your brain. This is an example of
In partial requirement for
TREX 1001 Mythbuster's
Prepared By: Lex Brown
Prepared For: Dr. Rich Miller
10/19/2013
1. Feelings can affect the decision making of a person drastically. Sometimes this affect can be positives, whereas at other times it is not. The most common instance in which emotions can get the best of a person’s actions or decision making that I can think of is sports. In sports emotions can be both a positive and a negative when it comes to affecting decisions. Sometimes if the game is close, and emotions are high it can lead you to make a good, quick, muscle-memory like play that would be near impossible to complete if you just stepped on the field. Although at other times you let the emotions of a game get to you, and get inside of your head which causes you to make a poor decision. A common phrase you hear in sports is “He let his emotions get to him” usually when a player takes a cheap or dirty shot to an opposing player. This is a result of a player letting his emotions control his decision making. An example that was given in “How We Decide” by Jonah Lehrer was the pilot who during a flight simulation had his engine catch fire by his instructor. Inside the simulator his body and mind took control by making quick decisions realizing what was going on, twisting and tilting the wings as he watched his altitude drop before landing it with nothing but a rough stop. “By the time my ride was over my veins were full of adrenaline” (Lehrer xiii). Emotions helped this pilot in a positive was by giving him adrenaline and focus to safely maneuver and land the out of control plain. This was caused by his body releasing adrenaline out of his adrenaline glands. Emotions the pilot was feeling released this which caused the “flight or fight” decision where you either fight, or run. Adrenaline regulates your heart beat and makes your blood vessel bigger to carry more oxygen to your brain. This is an example of