Self-Confidence in Sports

What term is used to describe athletes who blame themselves for losing and experience anxiety due to low self-efficacy?

• Learned helplessness

• Self-motivation

• Positive reinforcement

• Intrinsic motivation

What is the relationship between self confidence and anxiety?

• Low confidence can lead to anxiety.

• High confidence causes anxiety.

• Confidence has no effect on anxiety.

• Anxiety increases confidence

Which type of self-confidence is more specific to a sporting situation?

• Trait self-confidence

• State self-confidence

• General self-confidence

• Cognitive self-confidence

What does competitive orientation involve?

• The ability to relax under pressure

• The urge to succeed in challenging situations and how competitive you are

• The skill to work in a team

• The level of competition

What can a subjective outcome be based on?

• Internal motivation

• Feedback from am External source

• Setting Personal goals

• The overall team performance

What happens to competitive orientation and self confidence if the subjective outcome judgment is bad?

• It increases

• It decreases

• It remains unchanged

• It becomes more important

​ (a)   and ​ (b)   self confidence combine to produce a level of ​ (c)   in an ​ (d)   sporting situation.

• State
• Trait
• confidence
• objective
• anxiety
• competitive

Which one is not one of the factors of Self efficacy

• Performance accomplishments

• Vicarious experience

• Verbal persuasion

• Psychological core

Match the following

• “I’m feeling good at this moment”

• Vicarious experience

• “I’ve done this before”

• Emotional control

• “If they can do it so can I”

• Verbal persuasion

• “Go on you can do it”

• Performance accomplishment

The positive effect the home advantage has on performers is called

(a)