Bandura- self efficacy can
be influenced by four factors
Performance accomplishments, if the
athlete has been successful in the past
then self confidence is likely to be high
Vicarious
experience; if the
athleye watches
others perform and
achieve success,
then self confidence
is likely to be high
Verbal persuasion;
significant others
can encourage and
motivate e.g coach
Emotional arousal;
how a performer
feels about arousal
and anxiety levels
Discuss how external
influences can affect sport
Social loafing refers to a loss in
motivation when group sizes get too big
Home advantage can have a positive
effect on the motivation of athletes
Social facilitation; refers to the
positive influence other people can
have on performance e.g. team mates
Social inhibition; refers to the
negative effects an audience
can have on performance
Anxiety and its effects
on performance
A natural reaction to threat in the enviroment.
COGNITIVE; worry and negative
feeling about your own performance
SOMATIC; Physiological
symptoms such as raised HR
BEAVIOURAL; experiencing
tension, agitation and restlessness
State anxiety; situaition
specific e.g taking a penalty
Trait anxiety; more
associated with
someones anxiety
Drive theory; the higher the
arousal, the greater performance
Inverted U theory; predicts a relationship between
arousal and performance as an inverted U shape
Catastrophe theory;
arousal will increase
performance when
cognitive anxiety is low
but there will be a big
decline in performance
when cognitive anxiety
is high