Moral Behaviour Flashcards
What is Moral Behaviour?
The carrying out of an action that is deemed as right or wrong
Learned through the processes of reinforcement and modeling
What are the 6 Factors that impact the development of moral behaviour in sport?
- Sport Environment
- Motivational Climate
- Goal Orientation
- Team Norms
- Bullying and Hazing in Sport
- Aggression
Factors that impact the development of moral behaviour in sport
What is Sport Environment?
Sports can provide an environment for moral practice and development
- Athletes can learn rules and fair play in sport
- Thus, good moral behaviour (e.g., co-operation, team loyalty, respect for opponents etc.) can develop
- Sport can also provide opportunities to engage in unfair play, illegitimate aggression, and intimidation
Coaches act as role models
- Can stop disrespect and rule violation and encourage positive moral behaviour in athletes
- Emphasizing winning or immoral behaviours can lead to unsportspersonlike conduct in athletes
Factors that impact the development of moral behaviour in sport
What is Motivational Climate?
What is Prosocial behaviour?
What is Antisocial behaviour?
Athletes who have coaches that emphasize cooperation and learning from past mistakes may engage in more prosocial behaviour
Prosocial behaviour:
Behaviour intended to benefit or assist another individual or team
Antisocial behaviour:
Behaviour intended to harm or disadvantage another individual or team
Factors that impact the development of moral behaviour in sport
What are Team Norms?
Team norms are “standards or expectations that influence team members’ behaviour”
Teammates’, coaches’, and parents’ expectations have a significant impact on athletes’ moral behaviour
- If it is normal for players on a team to yell at an official then individual players are more likely to yell at the official
Factors that impact the development of moral behaviour in sport
What are Bullying and Hazing in Sport?
Bullying:
- Based on the imbalance of power between peers
- One peer is more powerful and repeatedly attacks the less powerful with intention to harm
Hazing:
- Any potentially humiliating, degrading, abusive, or dangerous activity expected of an individual to belong to a group, regardless of their willingness to participate
