Sports Psychology2 Flashcards
Somebody who deems ‘failure is inevitable’ is a condition called?
Learned helplessness
Using a sporting example, define ‘competitive orientation’ in relation to Vealey’s model of sports confidence?
Our degree of competitiveness e.g. volunteering to take a penality
What are the success attributions associated with mastery orientation?
Internal stable (ability) e.g. ‘we won because we were the better team’ and internal unstable (Effort) e.g. ‘we won because we tried harder’
Identify the following cognitive (psychological) stress management technique m_______ r_________and give a sporting example of how it could be used.
Mental rehearsal
E.g. A high jumper closes their eyes and pictures themselves clearing the bar.
Using a sporting example, define ‘emotional arousal’ that may LOWER self-efficacy in relation to Bandura’s model of self efficacy?
Performer is unable to control arousal e.g. footballer worries more about missing the penality than concentrating on scoring
Give an example of a internal stable attribution.
Ability e.g. ‘we won because we were the better team’
Using a sporting example, define ‘vicarious experiences’ that may have LOWERED self-efficacy in relation to Bandura’s theory of self efficacy?
Seeing someone in their team fail e.g. team mate keeps missing penalties
Evaluate an emergent leader being voted in as a new captain?
+ Already accepted by group
+ Understands group dynamics
- Maybe over familiar with group/have no new ideas
Somebody who is ‘motivated to become an expert’ is a condition called?
Mastery orientation
Using a sporting example, define ‘trait sports confidence’ in relation to Vealey’s model of sports confidence?
Our innate, stable and enduring position to be confident e.g. confident in a wide range of sports
Using a sporting example, define ‘verbal persuasion’ that may LOWER self-efficacy in relation to Bandura’s model of self efficacy?
Not receiving any encouragement/positive feedback e.g. the coach not praising the footballer in training or matches
Give an example of a internal unstable attribution.
Effort e.g. ‘we won because we tried harder’
Identify the following cognitive (psychological) stress management technique r________ t_________and give a sporting example of how it could be used.
Rational thinking
E.g. An Olympic 400m runner starts to worry about their upcoming race but instead thinks about all the times they have won and how well they did in qualifying.
What are the failure attributions associated with mastery orientation?
Internal unstable (effort) e.g. ‘I lost because I need to try harder’
Identify the following somatic (physiological) stress management technique b__________ and give a sporting example of how it could be used
Biofeedback
E.g. an athlete uses a heart rate monitor in her pre-race routine to help her recognise if she is becoming too anxious in order to control her arousal levels before the start of the race.
Using a sporting example, define ‘state sports confidence’ in relation to Vealey’s model of sports confidence?
Situation specific confidence e.g. when taking a penality
Using a sporting example, define ‘emotional arousal’ that would help increase self-efficacy in relation to Bandura’s model of self efficacy?
Understanding high arousal can lead to high performance e.g. a footballer scoring a penalty in a final under high arousal
Using a sporting example, what type of leader is selected from outside the group/externally appointed?
Prescribed leader e.g. a new football manager or captain appointed from another team
Low sport confidence will lead to decreased m__________ and decreased pe___________
motivation, performance
Identify the following cognitive (psychological) stress management technique i________ and give a sporting example of how it could be used.
Imagery
E.g. when a golfer is getting too nervous before tee-off she imagines being on a beach lying in the sun
Attributions are the process of giving reasons for s_____ or f______.
success, failure
Using a sporting example, define an ‘objective sports situation’ in relation to Vealey’s model of sports confidence?
The skill to be undertaken e.g. a penality
According to Vealey’s model of sports confidence a positive subjective outcome will increase? (5 answers required)
- Trait sports confidence,
- Competitve orientation,
- State sport confidence,
- Self-efficacy,
- Approach behaviour
The ‘social learning’ theory of leadership states that leadership characteristics are l_______ from others (copied). It considers the social e___________ you have been exposed to and leadership behaviour is learned if re__________. It completely dis_______ with the ‘trait’ theory of leadership.
Learned, environment, reinforced, disagrees.
E.g. you copy the leadership behaviours of the school rounders captain