Year 2 - Confidence & Self-efficacy

Question 1

Define self-efficacy

Answer 1

Self-confidence within specific situations

Question 2

Define sports confidence

Answer 2

Belief individuals possess about their ability to be successful in sport

Question 3

What is self-esteem

Answer 3

Feeling of self-worth that determines how valuable and competent we feel

Question 4

Explain why sports confidence is important

Answer 4

Increases motivation levels resulting in firm decisions being taken and more likely to have positive outcomes

Question 5

Who is the theorist that devised the sport confidence model back in 1986?

Answer 5

Vealey

Question 6

What do the following mean?
SC-state
SC-trait

Answer 6

SC-state is how self confident someone is in a certain situation
SC-trait shows how much sports confidence someone possesses

Question 7

What is a subjective outcome from Vealey’s confidence model?

Answer 7

How an athlete interprets their performance in sport

Question 8

Who is the theorist behind self-efficacy?

Answer 8

Bandura (1977)

Question 9

What is self-efficacy?

Answer 9

Confidence within a specific situation

Question 10

How can previous matches against an opponent affect self-efficacy?

Answer 10

If you beat them before you will be more confident (higher self-efficacy). If they beat you before you would be less confident (lower self-efficacy).

Question 11

What are the 4 factors that influence self-efficacy?

Answer 11

Previous accomplishments
Vicarious experiences
Verbal persuasion
Emotional arousal

Question 12

If you are more confident in a situation, are you more likely to be successful?

Answer 12

Yes - Vealey states that ‘the more confident you are, the more successful you will be…and the more successful, the more confident you will be’

Question 13

How does arousal influence self-efficacy?

Answer 13

Perceptions of arousal will impact on confidence - too aroused and we stress, under aroused and we under-perform