Week 7 - Sport Psychology Flashcards
What is Sport Psychology?
A science that focuses on psychological principles applied in a sport/exercise setting.
Sport psychologists help people reach what 3 potentials?
Confidence
Motivation
Self-Control
What are the (2) types of self-confidence?
Global-Self Confidence: General
Situation-Specific Self-Confidence: eg soccer player shooting for goal
Self-efficacy is a form of what type of S-C?
Situation specific
What is self-efficacy in a sporting context?
Belief in your ability to execute actions required to produce a desired outcome.
It is a strong predictor of athletic performance
What are Bandura’s 4 elements of self-efficacy?
Successful Performance
Vicarious Experience
Verbal Persuasion
Emotional Arousal
Explain what it means by Successful Performance
Experiences success helps athletes develop a sense of self-efficacy
Explain what it means by Vicarious Experience
Self-efficacy can be derived from observing the success of others
What is participatory modelling?
Observing performance and then attempting with assistance
What does it mean by Verbal Persuasion?
Encouragement from coaches, family and friends can develop self-efficacy
Explain what it means by Emotional Arousal
Emotional and physical arousal can impact attention and skill development
What is Psychological Momentum?
A positive or negative change in cognition, physiology and behaviour caused by an event or series of events that will result in a commensurate shift in performance and competitive outcome eg slam dunk
What is the Hot-Hand Phenomenon?
Idea that performance improves a string of success
What are the (2) types of arousal hypotheses?
Inverted U Hypothesis
Individual Zone of Optimal Functioning
Explain the Inverted U Hypothesis
At extreme highs and lows in arousal we find detriments in performance
When arousal is moderate, there is an ideal level of heightened arousal that results in maximal performance