Chapter 15: Self-Confidence

Comprehensive vocabulary flashcards covering the concepts, models, and theories of self-confidence and self-efficacy from Chapter 15.

Self-confidence

The belief that you can successfully perform a desired behavior.

Trait self-confidence

The degree of certainty individuals usually have about their ability to succeed.

State self-confidence

The belief of certainty that individuals have at a particular moment about their ability to succeed.

Self-fulfilling prophecy

Expecting something to happen actually helps cause it to happen.

Negative self-fulfilling prophecy

A psychological barrier whereby the expectation of failure leads to actual failure.

Robust Sport Confidence

A set of enduring yet malleable positive beliefs that protect against the ongoing psychological and environmental challenges associated with competitive sport.

Optimal confidence

Involves being so convinced that you will achieve your goals that you strive hard to do so.

Lack of confidence

Also known as self-doubt; creates anxiety, breaks concentration, and causes indecisiveness.

Overconfidence

Also known as false confidence; causes you to prepare less than you need to in order to perform, which can undermine performance.

Consequences of sport confidence

Refers to athletes’ affect (A), behavior (B), and cognitions (C).

Step 1 of Coach Expectation Cycle

Coaches form expectations based on personal cues (e.g., gender, race, body size) and performance information (e.g., skill tests, practice behaviors).

Step 2 of Coach Expectation Cycle

Coaches’ expectations influence their behaviors regarding interaction frequency/quality, quantity/quality of instruction, and type/frequency of feedback.

Step 3 of Coach Expectation Cycle

Coaches’ behaviors affect athletes’ performance by causing low-expectancy performers to perform more poorly due to less reinforcement and confidence.

Step 4 of Coach Expectation Cycle

Athletes’ performances confirm the coaches’ expectations, feeding back into the initial stage of the process.

Self-efficacy

The perception of one’s ability to perform a task successfully; it is a situation-specific form of self-confidence.

Self-regulatory efficacy

Focuses on one’s abilities to overcome obstacles or challenges to successful performance.

Learning efficacy

Individuals’ beliefs in their capability to learn a new skill.

Decision-making efficacy

Individuals’ beliefs that they are competent decision makers.

Coping efficacy

Individuals’ beliefs in their ability to cope in the face of perceived threats.

Self-presentational efficacy

Individuals’ beliefs in conveying a desired impression to others, such as appearing strong, coordinated, or fit.

Other efficacy

Individuals’ beliefs in the ability of others, such as a partner, teammates, or coach.

Performance accomplishments

The most dependable source of self-efficacy, where successful experiences raise efficacy and failure lowers it.

Vicarious experiences (modeling)

The process of seeing others perform, which influences efficacy; it involves attention, retention, motor reproduction, and motivation.

Attention (Modeling)

The first stage of modeling where careful attention must be given to the person observed.

Retention (Modeling)

The second stage of modeling where observers must commit the observed acts to memory.

Motor reproduction (Modeling)

The third stage of modeling where performers coordinate muscle activity with their thoughts.

Motivation (Modeling)

The final stage of modeling that affects all other stages; observers must be encouraged to attend to, retain, and practice acts.

Verbal persuasion

Encouragement from oneself or others (coaches, teachers, peers) that can enhance feelings of self-efficacy.

Imaginal experiences

Generating beliefs about personal efficacy by imagining oneself or others behaving effectively or ineffectively in future situations.

Mastery

A source of sport self-confidence focused on developing and improving skills.

Demonstration of ability

Showing ability by winning and outperforming opponents.

Situational favorableness

A source of confidence derived from seeing breaks going one’s way and feeling that everything is going right.

Goal mapping

A method for building self-confidence that involves having personalized goal achievement plans.

Coaching efficacy

The extent to which coaches believe they have the capacity to affect the learning and performance of athletes.

Relational-inferred self-efficacy (RISE)

Represented by coaches’ perceptions about what their athletes believe about their capabilities as a coach.

Collective efficacy

A belief or perception shared by members of the team regarding the capabilities of the team as a whole.