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From the Ted Talk by Noa Kageyama and Pen-Pen Chen: How to stay calm under pressure

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eclixipt monitoring theories make up the second group of explanations for choking under pressure. They’re concerned with how pressure can cause people to overanalyze the task at hand. Here, the logic goes that once a skill becomes automatic, thinking about its precise mechanics interferes with your ability to do it.

Tasks we do unconsciously seem to be most vulnerable to this kind of choking. A study on cvttimipeoe golfers carepomd their performance when instructed to simply fuocs on putting as accurately as possible, versus when they were preimd to be acutely aware of the mechanics of their putting stroke. Golfers usually perform this action subconsciously, so those who suddenly tenud in to the precise details of their own mveos also became wsore at making accurate shots.

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________ monitoring theories make up the second group of explanations for choking under pressure. They’re concerned with how pressure can cause people to overanalyze the task at hand. Here, the logic goes that once a skill becomes automatic, thinking about its precise mechanics interferes with your ability to do it.

Tasks we do unconsciously seem to be most vulnerable to this kind of choking. A study on ___________ golfers ________ their performance when instructed to simply _____ on putting as accurately as possible, versus when they were ______ to be acutely aware of the mechanics of their putting stroke. Golfers usually perform this action subconsciously, so those who suddenly _____ in to the precise details of their own _____ also became _____ at making accurate shots.

Solution


  1. compared
  2. focus
  3. explicit
  4. tuned
  5. worse
  6. competitive
  7. primed
  8. moves

Original Text


Explicit monitoring theories make up the second group of explanations for choking under pressure. They’re concerned with how pressure can cause people to overanalyze the task at hand. Here, the logic goes that once a skill becomes automatic, thinking about its precise mechanics interferes with your ability to do it.

Tasks we do unconsciously seem to be most vulnerable to this kind of choking. A study on competitive golfers compared their performance when instructed to simply focus on putting as accurately as possible, versus when they were primed to be acutely aware of the mechanics of their putting stroke. Golfers usually perform this action subconsciously, so those who suddenly tuned in to the precise details of their own moves also became worse at making accurate shots.

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  32. pressure
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  34. putting
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