Lecture 7-Understanding competition Flashcards
Why study competition
Underlies almost all areas in sport psychology -> very significant part of B=P XE
Competition has a direct and indirect
Impact on all psychological skills needed for performance
The competitive element of sport elicits intense
psychological reactions from participants and spectators
What is competition; General definition
Striving toward a goal or standard
Competition; Reward definition
Competition is a situation where rewards are distributed unequally among participants on the basis of performance
Social evaluation definition
Competition is a situation in which a comparison of an individuals performance is made with some standard, in the presence of others who are aware of the criteria for comparison, and can evaluate the comparison process
comparison with a
standard (evaluation & judgement is a potential threat to self esteem-> stress / anxiety
Cooperation versus competition
Competition and cooperation are NOT mutually exclusive
Sport has defined rules that are implicity or explicitly agreed upon. …….. need to learn how to be …… before they can successfully …..
Opponents
cooperative
Compete
Model of competition
Stage 1
Objective competition
- social environment (opponents)
-Physical environment (weather)
-Available rewards (medals
Task characteristics (level of difficulty)
Model of competition
Stage 2
Subjective competition situation (perception)
- Competitive trait anxiety
-Achievement motivation
-Attitudes towards competition
-Self concept (self confidence)
Model of competition
Stage 4
Consequences
Usually negative or positive
Usually socially evaluated or determined
Sport and competition is good and bad
Its neither its just their perception (whether they believe it is bad or good)
