Question 16 1 pts An athlete is experiencing heightened anxiety before a crucial competition. According to catastrophe theory, how might their performance be affected if their cognitive anxiety remains high while their physiological arousal exceeds an optimal level? Performance will remain stable despite fluctuations in anxiety and arousal. Performance will steadily decline in a linear fashion as arousal increases. Performance may suddenly and dramatically drop rather than gradually decline. Performance will improve as long as arousal continues to rise.