1. Quick Quiz Describe Weiner’s Attribution theory (10)
What is meant by the terms
- learned helplessness
- mastery orientation
- self-serving bias

2. Psychological factors affecting performance
Sports Psychology
Performance

3. Learning Objectives Learning Objective:
Understand the relationship between sports and self-confidence / efficacy
Learning Outcomes:
All: Describe the impact of sports confidence on performance, participation and self-esteem
Most: Explain Vealey’s model of sports confidence and Bandura’s theory of self-efficacy
Some: Apply the theories of sports confidence and efficacy to a variety of sporting situations

4. Key Terms Self-confidence Self-efficacy Self-esteem
Trait sports confidence
Competitive sports orientation
State sports confidence
Performance accomplishments
Vicarious experiences
Verbal persuasion
Emotional arousal

5. Key Terms Self-confidence – your belief in your ability
Self-efficacy – self-confidence in specific situations
Self-esteem – the feeling of self-worth that determines how valuable and competent we feel
Trait sports confidence – natural levels of confidence in sports
Competitive sports orientation – how competitive you are
State sports confidence - confidence in sports situations
Performance accomplishments – past experiences you’ve had
Vicarious experiences – experiences of watching others
Verbal persuasion – feedback and coaching from others
Emotional arousal - level of arousal

6. Vealey’s Sports Confidence Model
Sporting context
How the view competitions (love/hate – more/less arousal/confident)
How confident they are generally
How they feel in a specific situation
How they perform
How someone interprets their performance – satisfied or disappointed

7. Bandura’s Theory of Self-Efficacy
Performance accomplishments (i.e. past experience)
Vicarious experiences (i.e. modelling by others)
Self-efficacy judgements
Behaviour / performance
Social persuasion (i.e. coaching and evaluative feedback)
Physiological and emotional states

8. Exam Questions
June 2015 – 3d – Using one example from sport, explain Vealey’s model of sport confidence. Describe the methods that might be used to raise self-efficacy in sports performance (20)

9. Exam Questions
Jan 2013 – Bandura proposes that self-efficacy can arise from four sources. Using examples from sport, explain how each source can influence performance. (6)