Confidence and Self-Efficacy

What Confidence and Self-Efficacy covers

Confidence and Self-Efficacy is examined in Component 2, Psychological and social principles of physical education. It covers self-confidence and its effect on performance, Vealey's model of sport confidence, Bandura's four sources of self-efficacy and learned helplessness.

The 4 subtopics

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• Self-confidence and its effect on performanceSelf-confidence and self-efficacy, the effects of high and low confidence, anxiety, overconfidence, achievement motivation, attention, signs of low confidence, experts and novices, tactics, and building confidence before competition.Open →
• Vealey's model of sport confidenceTrait and state sport confidence, the objective sport situation, competitive orientation, performance and outcome orientations, the behavioural response and subjective outcomes, the tennis player and the club golfer.Open →
• Bandura's four sources of self-efficacyPast accomplishments, vicarious experiences with a model of similar ability, verbal persuasion and control of emotional arousal, the young diver before her first competition, and why self-efficacy is situation-specific.Open →
• Learned helplessnessGlobal and specific learned helplessness, how it develops, Seligman, its effects on performance, participation and emotions, the need to avoid failure, self-efficacy, the netball shooter who stops shooting, and prevention and recovery.Open →

What you need to know

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Commonly confused

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• Self-confidence vs Self-efficacy

  Self-confidence: a general belief in one's ability to succeed. Self-efficacy: belief in success in one particular situation or task.

• Trait sport confidence vs State sport confidence

  Trait sport confidence: a performer's usual, stable belief in their sporting ability. State sport confidence: belief in one's ability at a particular moment.

• Performance orientation vs Outcome orientation

  Performance orientation: judging success by personal technique and improvement. Outcome orientation: judging success by winning.

Questions from this topic

Each one with the model answer underneath.

1. 1

   What is self-confidence?

   Model answer

   Self-confidence is a performer's belief in their ability to succeed. Self-confidence can be general or specific to a situation.

2. 2

   How does self-confidence differ from self-efficacy?

   Model answer

   Self-confidence is a general belief in one's ability to succeed. Self-efficacy is confidence in a specific situation or task.

3. 3

   How can high self-confidence improve performance?

   Model answer

   Confident performers try harder and persist for longer. Confident performers also stay calmer and attempt more challenging skills.

4. 4

   How does self-confidence affect anxiety?

   Model answer

   A confident performer sees competition as a challenge rather than a threat. Cognitive anxiety is lower, so arousal is easier to control.

5. 5

   How can low self-confidence harm performance?

   Model answer

   Low confidence brings worry, low effort and avoidance of difficult tasks. The performer may fear failure and choke.

6. 6

   Why is overconfidence a problem?

   Model answer

   An overconfident performer may underestimate opponents and prepare poorly. Effort and concentration drop, which leads to mistakes.

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What does Confidence and Self-Efficacy cover in Edexcel A-Level Physical Education?

4 subtopics: self-confidence and its effect on performance, vealey's model of sport confidence, bandura's four sources of self-efficacy and learned helplessness. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.

How is Confidence and Self-Efficacy organised?

By the Edexcel 9PE0 specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.