Course Description
This course will provide an introduction to the field of sport and exercise psychology, including psychological and moral development, goal setting, anxiety. It includes personal and situational factors that influence behaviors and group interactions in sport and exercise performance. Psychological techniques to help improve performance will be discussed.
At the end of this course, students will be able to:
- Demonstrate a basic understanding of the history and theories of sport and exercise psychology.
- Define and understanding of how personality, motivation, arousal stress and anxiety impact sport and exercise behavior and performance.
- Demonstrate an understanding of competition and cooperation, feedback, reinforcement, and motivation and reward.
- Demonstrate an understanding of group processes, such as team dynamics, cohesion, leadership, and communication.
- Demonstrate an understanding of performance improvement, which includes topics pertaining to arousal regulation, imagery, self-confidence and goal setting.
- Demonstrate understanding of other topics like psychological well-being in exercise and sport, injuries, addictive behaviors, burnout and overtraining, aggression in sport, and positive sporting behavior.
- Gain practice reading, writing, and developing opinions about, current research in the field of sport and exercise psychology.
Topical Outline
1. Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology Learning About Participants
2. Understanding Sport and Exercise Environments
3. Focusing on Group Processes
4. Improving Performance
5. Enhancing Health and Well-Being
6. Facilitating Psychological Growth and Development
2. Understanding Sport and Exercise Environments
3. Focusing on Group Processes
4. Improving Performance
5. Enhancing Health and Well-Being
6. Facilitating Psychological Growth and Development