Midterm 3 Flashcards
What is self efficacy
self efficacy refers to the belief in your ability to organize and execute the cause of action required to produce a given attainment/result
Who developed the concept of self efficacy?
Albert Bandura
list all sources of efficacy belief
- past performance (mastery performance)
- vicarious experience (learning through someone else; observational learning)
- verbal persuasion (pep talk)
- physiological state (can also influence self esteem)
what is required for vicarious experience to occur?
The person you’re copying/ observing must be on a similar level as you
Factor/ variable which influences self efficacy
Affective Priming
- > when a particular emotion/ feeling is allied with an activity you did, it influences whether or not you will will do that activity again
Exercise Efficacy
- > people who belief they can exercise/ do an exercise are more likely to actually do the exercise
- > people are much more likely to engage in a behaviour that they intend to do
What are the basic/key factors of moral development
- > Fair play
- > Adhering to the rules
- > Sportspersonship
- > Integrity
how is morality in sport determined
what is morally acceptable in sports differs from person - person, culture - culture and sport - sport
sports in relation to children morality/ moral development
there is a belief that sport are a good place to teach children morality and moral development
- > teaches children how to play together, make moral decisions
downside of sports in relation to morality
- > win at all cost mentality
- > parents can be too aggressive/ negatively involved in the play
- > enjoying for fun can become the secondary reason to play sport
results of taking a sport too seriously
loses the fun aspect of the sport
Who conducted an experiment in Quebec which tested child athletes morality
John Partington
Explain John Partingtons experiment
asked 1000+ athletes ages 10-18 questions relating to morality in sport (i.e. what does being a good sport mean)
What was the groups answer in Partington’s experiment in response to the question “What does being a good sport mean?”
- > you need to be committed (give it your all)
- > have respect for the rules
- > have respect for social convention (handshakes)
- > have respect and concern for opponents
What is moral reasoning
the thought process people go through when deciding on a course of action
According to Partingtons research, what are the 5 levels of moral reasoning
Level 1 - > Do whatever you have to do to be successful; don’t get caught
Level 2 - > An eye for an eye; retaliation/revenge
Level 3 - > Treat others in sport the way you want to be treated (golden rule)
Level 4 - > Follow rules and regulations
Level 5 - > Doing what’s best for all involved and for the best of the sport (little kid new teams example)
Reasons why champions don’t stay champions
- > Hard for teams to keep winning in North America because of salary caps
- > Other teams become motivated to play/beat the champions
- > Champions can sometimes be unmotivated; been there done that attitude
- > champions start cutting corners (star trip syndrome)
star trip syndrome
when athletes observe media which praises their skills and how good they are they start to believe it and cut corners (don’t train as much, misses practice for endorsement deals)
What does it mean when an athlete wins and continues to win
They are probably process oriented and not result oriented; put in the work for the result
Things athletes should do to ensure that they keep winning
- > Set out their priorities
- > come up with a well thought out plan for the future
Barb Ramsey
tested/investigated the sexual behaviour of varsity athletes before games
how many athletes have heard of the relation between sex and sport
- > around 85% of the people in Barbs experiment knew about the link, heard about the negative effects
According to Dr. Froid, what are the three things people need to live
- > food
- > water
- > sexual activity
Explain the how the frustration-aggression theory fits into sport and Dr. Froids life essentials
- > If people don’t/can’t have the three things (food, water, sexual activity) they get frustrated which lead to aggression
- > when athletes are deprived sexual activity, they can become frustrated/ violent which can be good for a contact sport
what are the three main arguments against Dr Froids theory
- frustration does not always lead to aggression (rise above, look the other way)
- you should engage in normal behaviour before you play (pregame routine, ie. curfew diet)
- people actually play better after sexual activity because they sleep better and are well rested afterwards
How has sport changed in recent years
- > more female sport interest, commentators and coverage
What is the downside of listening to sports commentators
Sports are rarely/not presented in an unbiased fashion
what does sports provide to sports viewers
sports provide a form of escape/escapism
i. e.
- > sport allows men to be emotional (one of the few outlets where men can be emotional)