confidence and self efficacy Flashcards
what is sports confidence
the belief or degree of certainty individuals possess about their ability to be successful in sport
what is self efficacy
the self-confidence we have in specific situations
what is the impact of sports confidence on sports performance
more motivated to achieve and will make decisions that have positive outcomes
eg athlete with high sports confidence is more likely to get a better 100m sprint time
what is the impact of sports confidence on participation
those with low sports confidence may shy away from activities and avoid situations related to competition
eg high sports confidence will participate with others, no inhibition and team activities
what is the impact of sports confidence on self-esteem
high levels of sports confidence will have high self-esteem which helps performance as high arousal needed
eg low sports confidence have low self-esteem and feel not good enough to compete at high level or in team
what is self esteem
the feeling of self-worth that determines how valuable and competent we feel
what does Vealey’s sport confidence model investigate
the relationship between achievement motivation and competitiveness/self confidence in sport
what is a sc trait
enduring, stable, innate and long term
what is competitive orientation
existing competitiveness
goals
eg outcome or performance
what is sc state
learned, self-efficacy and changeable
what does vealey’s model show
-everyone has an existing sc trait and competitive orientation
-sc trait + comp orien = sc state
-sc state dictates behavioural response
-behavioural response dictates subjective outcome
what effect does subjective outcome have on future competitions
can change the sc trait and comp orient
-can be bad as confidence can change on controllable factors
sources of sports confidence
-styling eg vicarious reinforcement and demo for models
-physical and mental prep
-social reinforcement
-effective leadership
-mastery of skills
-environmental comfort eg fun, space, time and equipment
what is Bandura’s theory of self efficacy
self-confidence is specific to particular situation (self-efficacy)
-can vary from situations
what are the 4 types of info that effect bandura’s self efficacy
-performance accomplishments
-vicarious experienes
-social persuasion
-emotional arousal
what are performance accomplishments
the strongest influencers on self-confidence
eg success raises self-efficacy
success attributed to controllable factors
vicarious experiences
what we have observed before
-role models and friends act as success guide
if they were successful we are more likely to have high self-efficacy
social persuasion
confidence in situations may inc if we were encouraged to try that activity
depends on persuader
eg coach, family, friend
emotional arousal
perception of arousal affects our confidence in situations
strategies to control arousal lead to high self-efficacy
relationship between self efficacy judgements and behaviour/performance
higher self-efficacy judgements leads to greater performance
