5.3.2 Types of feedback

• There are two main types of feedback: intrinsic and extrinsic
• What is extrinsic feedback in sports psychology?

  External information about performance
• Intrinsic feedback helps athletes develop self-awareness
• Steps involved in the positive feedback process:

  1️⃣ Affirmation and praise for good performance

  2️⃣ Reinforcement of successful behaviors

  3️⃣ Increased motivation and confidence

  4️⃣ Positive training environment
• Positive feedback can lead to overconfidence if it is excessive or unfounded
• Steps involved in the negative feedback process:

  1️⃣ Identifying weaknesses in performance

  2️⃣ Providing guidance for correction

  3️⃣ Maintaining performance standards
• Negative feedback always demotivates athletes.

  False
• What is one purpose of negative feedback?

  Identifying weaknesses
• What are three key principles for delivering effective negative feedback?

  Specific, timely, behavior-focused
• Match the advantage of negative feedback with its corresponding disadvantage:

  Highlights areas for improvement ↔️ Can be demoralizing if not handled sensitively

  Maintains high performance standards ↔️ Can undermine confidence if not balanced with positive feedback
• What is intrinsic feedback based on?

  Sensory information
• Intrinsic feedback helps athletes develop self-awareness
• What are three benefits of positive feedback for athletes?

  Reinforces behaviors, motivates, boosts confidence
• What is positive feedback focused on?

  Correct actions
• What does negative feedback focus on in sports psychology?

  Areas for improvement
• Poorly communicated negative feedback can demotivate athletes.

  True
• What is the purpose of negative feedback in sports psychology?

  Correcting mistakes
• What type of feedback is Knowledge of Results (KR)?

  Extrinsic feedback
• The benefit of KR is that it reinforces successful behaviors
• Arrange the steps in how Knowledge of Results (KR) helps athletes improve their performance:

  1️⃣ Highlighting success with positive KR

  2️⃣ Identifying improvement areas with negative KR

  3️⃣ Motivating continued practice

  4️⃣ Building confidence through positive outcomes
• Intrinsic feedback comes from within the athlete
• Extrinsic feedback provides an external perspective to identify areas for improvement.

  True
• Positive feedback reinforces successful behaviors
• Excessive positive feedback can lead to overconfidence.


  True
• Negative feedback helps athletes identify their weaknesses
• Negative feedback focuses on what the athlete did incorrectly
• Purposes and uses of negative feedback

  1️⃣ Identifying weaknesses

  2️⃣ Guiding improvement

  3️⃣ Maintaining standards

  4️⃣ Promoting self-awareness
• Poorly communicated negative feedback can damage an athlete's confidence.


  True
• Knowledge of Results (KR) focuses on the outcome
• KR provides information about the outcome
• KPA provides information about the technical aspects of performance
• What is feedback in sports psychology?

  Information about performance
• Intrinsic feedback includes sensory information about a movement.


  True
• Match the type of feedback with its definition:

  Intrinsic Feedback ↔️ Based on sensory experiences

  Extrinsic Feedback ↔️ From external sources like coaches
• What are the two main types of feedback in sports psychology?

  Intrinsic and extrinsic
• Positive feedback always leads to overconfidence.

  False
• What is negative feedback in sports psychology?

  Information about mistakes
• Match the type of feedback with its purpose:

  Positive Feedback ↔️ Reinforces successful behaviors

  Negative Feedback ↔️ Identifies areas for improvement
• Negative feedback focuses on what the athlete did incorrectly
• Negative feedback helps athletes maintain expected performance levels.


  True