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A-Level PE AQA Sport Psychology: Self Efficacy
This deck covers key concepts in sport psychology related to self-efficacy, confidence, and the factors influencing performance in sports. It includes definitions, characteristics, and strategies to improve self-efficacy and confidence.
What is confidence in sport?
A belief in your ability to master a specific situation
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Term
Definition
What is confidence in sport?
A belief in your ability to master a specific situation
What is confidence based on according to Vealey?
. Personality . Experience . Situation
What is personality based off?
Your level of competitiveness and achievement motivation
What is experience based off?
Your amount of past success on the task and your belief in your ability to succeed in future
What is situation based off?
Playing at home or away
What is interaction?
The combination of the situational and personality factors that decide the level of achievement motivation
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| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
What is confidence in sport? | A belief in your ability to master a specific situation |
What is confidence based on according to Vealey? | . Personality . Experience . Situation |
What is personality based off? | Your level of competitiveness and achievement motivation |
What is experience based off? | Your amount of past success on the task and your belief in your ability to succeed in future |
What is situation based off? | Playing at home or away |
What is interaction? | The combination of the situational and personality factors that decide the level of achievement motivation |
What are the two types of confidence? | Trait confidence and State confidence |
What are the characteristics of trait confidence? | It is consistent, innate confidence shown in most situations |
What are the characteristics state confidence? | It is situation specific. It is temporary and can vary depending on the interaction of experience and personality |
What is trait confidence? | The belief in the ability to do well in a range of sports |
What is state confidence? | The belief in the ability to master a specific sporting moment |
What is self-efficacy? | A belief in the ability to master a sporting situation |
What does high self-efficacy do? | It increases task persistence and motivation |
According to Bandura, what 4 factors affect confidence in any situation? | Performance accomplishments; Vicarious experience; Verbal persuasion; Emotional arousal |
What are performance accomplishments? | What you have done before |
What is vicarious experience? | Seeing others (models) do it. Most effective if of a similar ability - allows modelling and copying to occur |
What is verbal persuasion? | Reinforcement and encouragement. Most effective from significant others |
What is emotional arousal? | Your interpretation of your level of anxiety. Cognitive or somatic symptoms * a perception of the effects of anxiety on performance* |
How can you improve performance accomplishments. | . Set realistic/attainable goals, develop when required . Allow success in training (early) . Set goals on performance not outcome . Point out past successful performances |
How can you improve vicarious experience? | . Show accurate demonstrations using attainable role models . Allow modelling/copying to occur . Build confidence by seeing a successful performance -> better if performer is of similar ability |
How can you improve verbal persuasion? | . Avoid social comparison . Coach one on one . Use rewards . Give reinforcement and praise . Give support and encouragement . Attribute success internally - to athlete |
How can you improve emotional arousal? | . Stress management techniques to control arousal . Use mental practice, visualisation or imagery . Some factors can fit in other boxes |
What are the positives for a home team? | + home crowd support and encouragement + familiar environment leads to optimal arousal + support increases confidence + support increased motivation + social facilitation + functional assertive behaviour + can lead to more attacking fluent play and more wins + home crowd pressures away team + no tiredness from travelling + more success at home |
What are negatives for a home team? | • can ‘choke’ -> increased pressure and expectation raises anxiety and decreases performance • social inhibition • evaluation apprehension • players put pressure on themselves due to being at home |
What are negatives to away team? | • increased anxiety due to crowd hostility • less effective play due to proximity/hostility of the crowd • more fouls • social inhibition • away team motivated to defend • away team commit more fouls |