self efficacy + sports confidence

Question 1

What is self efficacy

Answer 1

The self-confidence we have in specific situations.

Question 2

What is sports confidence

Answer 2

The belief of certainty that individuals possess about their ability to succeed in sport.

Question 3

What is Self-esteem

Answer 3

The feeling of self-worth that determines how valuable / competent we feel.

Question 4

What does high confidence do to performance

Answer 4

Better performance

Question 5

What does low sports confidence do to participation

Answer 5

Reduced participation in sport

Question 6

What does high confidence do to self esteem

Answer 6

High self esteem

Question 7

What factors affect self esteem

Answer 7

Relationships with coach,parents,teammates

Question 8

What does high self esteem cause

Answer 8

• Reduced anxiety
• More optimistic view on life
• fewer personal problems
• better body image

Question 9

What does low self esteem cause

Answer 9

• Depressed
• eating disorder
• engaging in risky behaviours

Question 10

What is Vealey’s model

Answer 10

Investigates the relationship between competitiveness and self confidence in sport

Question 11

What is the key finding of vealey’s model

Answer 11

The more confident a person has in general(trait) and in that specific situation(state), the more successful you will be

Question 12

What is the objective sports situation

Answer 12

The nature of the task that is to be performed
-What you are currently doing
-e.g. passing in football

Question 13

What is trait sports confidence

Answer 13

An individual’s innate,natural belief in their general sporting ability
-Fixed/stable

Question 14

What is competitive orientation

Answer 14

How prepared an individual is to compete and the types of goals they have set

Question 15

What is the state sports confidence

Answer 15

-Unstable and unchangeable belief in their ability to be successful at a particular time

Question 16

What is performance of sport

Answer 16

-If SC state is high then their performance will be confident
-If SC state is low then their behaviour will not be confident

Question 17

What is the subjective perceptions of outcome

Answer 17

The extent to which a performer believes that their performance was successful

Question 18

What happens if the subjective perception of outcome is positive

Answer 18

It will increase trait sports confidence

Question 19

What happens if the subjective perception of outcome is negative

Answer 19

It will decrease trait sports confidence

Question 20

What is bandura’s theory of self efficacy

Answer 20

-Self confidence can be specific to a particular situation
-Self-efficacy can vary from situation to situation and can affect performance

Question 21

E.g. of banduras theory

Answer 21

If someone expects to be confident in a specific situation,they are more likely to choose that activity

Question 22

What are the 4 types of information our expectations of self-efficacy depend upon

Answer 22

• Performance accomplishments (e.g. past experiences)
• Vicarious experiences(e.g.modelling by others)
• Social persuasion(e.g. coaching feedback)
• Physiological and emotional states

Question 23

Raising self-efficacy

Answer 23

• Ensure success to start with(e.g. high jump and start with bar low)
• Demonstrate using someone with the same ability level
• Verbal encouragement
• Explain that is natural to be worried,which prepares the body

Question 24

Bandura suggested people with high self efficacy

Answer 24

• Seek challenges - approach behaviour
• Attribute success to internal factors such as ability and effort.
• The above would elevate confidence and increase expectation of success in next challenge.

Question 25

Bandura suggested people with low self efficacy

Answer 25

• Adopt avoidance behaviour
• Give up easily and become anxious when task is difficult
• They attribute failure to internal factors
• The above would decrease confidence and reduce expectation of success in next challenge and introduce learned helplessness.