Self-Confidence

Question 1

What is Self-Confidence?

Answer 1

The Belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior.

Question 2

State Self Confidence

Answer 2

The Degree of certainty that individuals have a particular moment of their ability to succeed. (More Unstable)

Question 3

Trait Self confidence

Answer 3

The degree of certainty individuals usually have about their ability to succeed. (More Stable)

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Self-Fulfilling Prophecy

Answer 4

Expecting something to happen actually helps cause it to happen

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Negative self-fulfilling prophecy

Answer 5

This is the psychological barrier whereby the expectation of failure leads to actual failure.

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What are the benefits of self-confidence?

Answer 6

Arouses positive emotions
Facilitates concentration
Affects the setting and pursuit of challenging goals
Increases Effort
Affects game strategies
Affects psychological momentum
Affects performance

Question 7

Arouses positive emotions

Answer 7

Feel Confident -> More likely to remain calm/relaxed under pressure

Question 8

Facilitates concentration

Answer 8

Confident -> Focus on task
Not Confident -> Worry about how you are performing

Question 9

What is the Self Efficacy Theory?

Answer 9

The perception of one’s ability to perform a task successfully.

Question 10

What are the main premises of the self efficacy theory?

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Affects an athletes choice of activities, level of effort, and persistence
It generalizes other similar skills and situations
High Self Efficacy -> are more likely to set challenging goals

Question 11

What are the Six main sources of self-efficacy?

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Performance accomplishments
Vicarious Experiences
Verbal Persuasion
Imaginal Experience
Physiological States
Emotional Stress

Question 12

Performance Accomplishments

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Most dependable source of self-efficacy because it is based on one’s master experiences

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Vicarious Experiences

Answer 13

Seeing others modeling (or demonstrating) a skill influences efficacy. Best understood through a 4 stage process.

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What is the 4 stage modeling process?

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Attention
Retention
Motor Reproduction
Motivation

Question 15

Attention

Answer 15

Paying attention to key points in the activity several times

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Retention

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Having to be committed to retain the skills to memory

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Motor reproduction

Answer 17

Learning how to coordinate their muscles actions with their thoughts

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Motivation

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This final stage affects all other stages, must be motivated to do all other three.

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Verbal Persuasion

Answer 19

Persuasive techniques can improve self efficacy, self talking can also enhance it.

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Imaginal Experiences

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Imaging oneself or others behaving in future situations can generate belief about personal efficacy/lack of efficacy.

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Physiological States

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Influences self efficacy when they are associated with aversive physiological arousal.

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Emotional States

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Emotional states, or moods, are another source of efficacy information.

Question 23

What is Collective (team) self efficacy?

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The belief or perception shared by members of the team regarding the capabilities of their teammates

Question 24

What are some ways that we can build self confidence?

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Focus on performance accomplishments
Acting confident
Responding with confidence
Thinking confidently
Using imagery
Using goal mapping
Optimizing physical conditioning and training
Preparing
Fostering social climate

Question 25

Focusing on performance accomplisments

Answer 25

The most powerful way to build confidence

Question 26

Acting Confidently

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The more confident an athlete acts - the more likely they are to feel confident

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Thinking confidently

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Focus on instruction/ motivations self talk and good performance, disregard negative thoughts

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Use Imagery

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Imagine yourself successfully performing a skill you have never done or have had difficulty executing

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Goal Mapping

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Use a personalized goal achieving plan

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Optimizing physical condition and training

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Training and physical states are keys to confidence

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Preparing

Answer 31

develop performance plans and pre competitive routines

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fostering social climate

Answer 32

Leadership style, types of goals, social support network, and social feedback sources, availability and characteristics of models all influence confidence

Question 33

What are the three primary self regulatory tools recommended by sports to enhance confidence

Answer 33

Self talk, imagery, goal mapping