SPORT PSYCHOLOGY Flashcards
What are the two important components to self-confidence?
Global self-confidence
Situation-specific self-confidence
What is a form of situation-specific self-confidence?
Self-efficacy
- The belief in your ability to execute the actions required to produce a desired outcome
Where does self-efficacy develop?
- Successful performance
- Vicarious experience
- Verbal persuasion
- Emotional arousal
Name an example of psychological momentum.
‘Hot hand’ phenomenon
-could be an illusion to cognitive biases
What is psychological momentum?
A positive or negative change in cognition, affect, physiology and behaviour caused by an event or series of events that will result in a shift in performance and competitive outcome.
How is arousal’s affect on athletic performance displayed?
Inverted U hypothesis
How does the individual zone of optimal function affect performance?
- Optimal anxiety levels differ between people
- Control techniques can be used to get to optimal range
What are unhelpful stressors that affect performance?
Worry about: Failure Injury Opponents Evaluation
How may someone cope with stressors?
- Approach style of coping
- Problem or action focused coping
What is self-talk and how does it relate to athletic performance?
- Task-specific statements
- Encouragements
- Mood words
self-talk = athletic performance
What are some helpful relaxation strategies?
Progressive relaxation
Autogenic training
Meditation
Biofeedback
What are some energising strategies?
Pep-talks
(High energy self-talk/coach)
Music
Physical movement
