Confidence Flashcards
Define Confidence.
Belief in the ability to master a task.
Explain Vealey’s Model of Sport Confidence.
Trait Sport and Competitive Orientation make Objective Sporting Situations, leads to State Sport Confidence.
Leads to Behavioural response [performance], leads to a Subjective Outcome.
Define Trait-Sport Confidence.
A belief in the ability to do well in a range of sports.
Define Competitive Orientation.
The degree to which a performer is drawn to challenging situation - NACH.
Define Objective Sporting Situations.
Performer takes into account the situation in which the task is being undertaken.
Define State-Sport Confidence.
A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting moment.
Define Positive Subjective Outcome.
Increase SC-trait and state and increase competitive orientation.
Define Negative Subjective Outcome.
Decreased SC-trait and state and decreased competitive orientation.
List the ways to Improve Confidence.
Allow Success.
Mental Practice.
Positive Reinforcement.
Accurate Demonstration.
Stress Management Techniques.
Point out last Successful Performance.
Define Self-Efficacy.
Belief in ability to master a specific sporting situation.
Explain Bandura’s Self Efficacy Theory.
Performance Accomplishments.
Vicarious Experience.
Verbal persuasion.
Emotional Arousal.
All leads to Efficacy Expectations, then Athletes Performance.
Outcome.
Define Performance Accomplishments.
Previous success at the task.
Define Vicarious Experiences.
Watching others of similar standard successfully perform a skill.
Define Verbal Persuasion.
Encouragement from a significant other.
Define Emotional Arousal.
Perceiving cognitive and physiological arousal as indicating emotion.
How can Bandura’s Self Efficacy Theory link to Bandura’s Social Learning Theory?
Performance Accomplishments - Children watched Significant Others hit the doll and nothing bad happened, so they did it.
Vicarious Experience - Children watched SO hit the doll, so they did it too.
Verbal Persuasion - ?
Emotional Arousal - Children have been left in a room on their own, which can be emotionally arousing.
Explain Home Field Advantage.
Confidence.
Home Team > Wins.
- home support [increased confidence/motivation.
- more drive
- fluent attacking style of play
- social facilitation
HOWEVER : pressure can cause loss
Anxiety.
Away Team > Loses.
- increased anxiety + hostile chanting =
= less effective performance
= social inhibition
