Confidence

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Define sport confidence
degree of certainty one possesses about the ability to be successful in sport
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Define sport self-confidence
belief one can perform successfully in competition
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Define self-efficacy
Belief one can successfully organise and execute a course of action to reach specific goal
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When is self-belief strongest?
When accompanied by humility - don't take things personally, negative feedback means moving forward, no need to inform others of achievements, occasional doubt prevents complacency
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Performers who actually believe in themselves do what?
learn from criticism, tackle weaknesses head on, take risks, control fear, bounce back
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Performers who APPEAR to have self-efficacy do what?
tell you about ability, verbalise it, self-belief is exposed and vulnerable
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What does Bandura's self-efficacy theory claim?
That efficacy expectations can be predicted by: performance accomplishments, vicarious experiences, verbal persuasion, physiological states, emotional states and imaginal experiences
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Describe performance accomplishments
most powerful predictor of SE, personal mastery experiences, positive linear relationship which is influenced by: perceived difficulty, effort, physical guidance received and success/failure over time. Complacency can be combated with self-doubt
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Define vicarious experiences
info gained from observation or comparison to others. Modelling provides instructional and efficacy info. Model those of similar/slightly higher ability
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When are vicarious experiences important?
when you have limited personal experience of task or perceive similarities to model
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Define verbal persuasion
techniques used by self and others to manipulate behaviour. Eg. self talk, evaluative feedback and expectations of others.
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What are the mediating factors of verbal persuasion?
prestige, trust, expertise and credibility of persuader
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Describe physiological states
appraisal of ones physiological state/condition. Can be positive or negative to enhance or compromise SE. Include strength, pain, fitness and fatigue
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What are the most important physiological states appraised for SE?
physical adeptness and fitness
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Describe Emotional states
appraisal of emotional experiences/cognitive processes. Can be +ve or -ve.
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What are emotional states mediated by?
recall of past success/failure
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What are imaginal experiences?
imagining self-others success.
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What are imaginal experiences mediated by?
one's efficacy in imagery ability
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Why might imaginal experiences not work for everyone?
1 in 50 can't imagine or picture
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What are the consequences of SE beliefs?
Cognitions (choice/attributions), Affect (mood/emotions) and behaviour (peformance/effort)
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What is Vaeley's revise SC model?
General conception of SC to predict behaviour in wide range of sport situations. organizational strucure interacts with athlete charactersitics which predict sport confidence sources which predict sport self-confidence which predict athletes a,b,c
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How can we develop SC?
Combat self doubts thorugh recent accomplishments, self-talk, drawing on experiences and positive perceptions of readiness to perform
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Describe recent accomplishments
replay in mind, write down in diary
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Managing self-talk =
negative self-talk = critic, victim, worrier. Counter by avoding negativity, using present tense and using personally credible sentiments
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Readiness to perform =
intense preperformance mental/physical response = facilitative to performance. Phyiscal and mental.
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Drawing on experiences =
role models and team mates. identify characteristics of environment before going into it. competitive simulation
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What are some other strategies to develop SC?
avoid self handicapping - blame externally
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