PSCY2019 Social Psychology Assignment
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Social Psychology (PSCY2019)
Added on 2020-05-08
PSCY2019 Social Psychology Assignment
Social Psychology (PSCY2019)
Added on 2020-05-08
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Running head: UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL BEHAVIOURUnderstanding social behaviourName of StudentName of UniversityAuthor Note
1UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL BEHAVIOURThe essay deals with the social issue related to the effectiveness of self-efficacy.According to Schwarzer (2014), self-efficacy can be considered as the ability of an individualto achieve something in life. The belief of an individual is based on the Social CognitiveTheory. Self-efficacy allows individuals to attempt any work that they feel can be achieved.Most individuals tend to avoid the works that cannot be achieved and which produceschallenges to an individual. The essay discusses the ways by which theoretical assumptionscan be related to the self-efficacy intervention for assisting adolescents to cope up with lossessuffered in sports competition. Win and loss are two outcomes that are faced by individuals inthe competitive world (Farmer and Tierney 2017). In the world of sports, a loss for anindividual may prove to be a major factor for the decline in self-confidence. People with highefficacy set challenging goals and ensure that a strong commitment is maintained. In themoments of failure, sustainability of efforts is done in order to be successful. Success orfailure of an individual depends upon the physical and emotional state of an individual. Thearticle provides a comprehensive analysis of the effectiveness of self-efficacy in the field ofsports for adolescent individuals.The issue identified in the article deals with the ways by which individuals cope upwith loss during sports. Self-efficacy during loss decreases with the morale of an individual.This is mainly because of the fact that taking new challenges and achieving the challengeshelp in maintaining the self-efficacy of a person (Maddux 2013). Hence, in competitivesports, self-efficacy proves to be a major factor for the success of an individual. Winning andlosing exist in sports. In order to be successful, it is necessary that individual face losses in apositive manner. According to Antoncic, Auer-Antoncic and Aaltonen (2016), certain waysexist which can boost the self-efficacy of an individual. These ways can be implementedimmediately after suffering a loss or can be implemented in order to prevent loss. It is theduty of the concerned parents, coaches or teachers to ensure that the spirit of the sportsperson
2UNDERSTANDING SOCIAL BEHAVIOURis not dampened due after suffering a loss. In this regard, the success thought proposed byBandura can be used effectively. Positive thoughts help about bringing positive impact on theminds of the people. Hence, the results of losing in a competitive environment can help in theproper analysis of the self-efficacy that exists in an individual.According to Ross, Perkins and Bodey (2016), theoretical implications of the self-efficacy among an individual is influenced by the existence of four factors. These factors canbe implemented effectively in order to influence people to remain competitive in the field ofsports. The application of the mastery experience is considered as the best way to boost theself-efficacy of an individual. These people tend to believe that a new experience can begained if the work done by the individual is similar to a work that has already been donepreviously. This helps in ensuring that the chances of succeeding are more for the individual.Practising can help in the proper mastering of a task. In the same way, excess practice in thespecialised field can help in ensuring that an individual does not have to suffer from loss(Shank and Cotten 2014). This is an important lesson that can be provided to the youthpursuing sports in order to increase the self-efficacy. This can be provided as a vicariouslearning to the individuals by the coaches. The instructions given by the coaches can providethe difference between winning and losing in sports. Hence, the self-efficacy also dependsupon the instructions provided by the coaches (Hsu, Wiklund and Cotton 2017).In the field of sports, verbal persuasion of the coaches increases the self-efficacy of anindividual. This is mainly because the coaches shout out instructions that may help anindividual who is performing badly to improve the level of the game. The use of tactics canhelp an individual or team improve n the performance that they currently have and ensurethat the self-efficacy improves. Proper influential talk can motivate a team and help inimproving the performance (Butz and Usher 2015). In this context, negative factors may alsobe involved in the verbal persuasion cannot be effective. For example, putting doubts on an
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