UNIT 3: SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sport and Exercise Sciences Yr1
ASSIGNMENT 1: THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY, MOTIVATION AND AGGRESSION ON SPORTS PERFORMANCE
Sophie House
Personality
Personality is all of our characteristics added together to make each person unique. The effect personality has on sports performance has interested sports psychologists since the 1800’s, however conclusive evidence on whether personality directly affects personality has not been found.
Athletes show their own unique patterns of behaviour whilst participating in sports performance. Many psychologists believe that the quality of performance and sport participation are determined by personality.
A psychologist called …show more content…
E.g. In the morning you are captaining a team and have to show leadership skills, in the evening, you work a part time job and need to follow instructions.
Interactional View
Most psychologists accept the interactionist view when explaining behaviour, it says that you need to consider how situation and personality traits link together. It suggests when situational factors are strong, like in a penalty shoot-out in football, they are more likely to predict behaviour rather than personality. An athlete may be very quiet in everyday life, but will scream and behave erratically if they scored a winning goal.
Psychodynamic Theory
This approach to personality suggests that personality is made up of the conscious and the unconscious. The first part is called the ‘id’ which stands for the instinctive drive. This is the part of your personality that is unconscious, and makes you do things without thinking. E.g. a sprinter at the starting line in an Olympic final may unconsciously start to feel threatened by all of the expectations riding on them, causing their muscles to freeze through high anxiety. The second part of your personality is the ego, the conscious part. Then the final part is your super ego, which is the moral conscience you have. The effects of the ego and super ego can be seen when a football player wont take a penalty in a shoot-out because they are worried about letting their team down.
The psychodynamic view tries
BTEC Level 3 Subsidiary Diploma in Sport and Exercise Sciences Yr1
ASSIGNMENT 1: THE EFFECTS OF PERSONALITY, MOTIVATION AND AGGRESSION ON SPORTS PERFORMANCE
Sophie House
Personality
Personality is all of our characteristics added together to make each person unique. The effect personality has on sports performance has interested sports psychologists since the 1800’s, however conclusive evidence on whether personality directly affects personality has not been found.
Athletes show their own unique patterns of behaviour whilst participating in sports performance. Many psychologists believe that the quality of performance and sport participation are determined by personality.
A psychologist called …show more content…
E.g. In the morning you are captaining a team and have to show leadership skills, in the evening, you work a part time job and need to follow instructions.
Interactional View
Most psychologists accept the interactionist view when explaining behaviour, it says that you need to consider how situation and personality traits link together. It suggests when situational factors are strong, like in a penalty shoot-out in football, they are more likely to predict behaviour rather than personality. An athlete may be very quiet in everyday life, but will scream and behave erratically if they scored a winning goal.
Psychodynamic Theory
This approach to personality suggests that personality is made up of the conscious and the unconscious. The first part is called the ‘id’ which stands for the instinctive drive. This is the part of your personality that is unconscious, and makes you do things without thinking. E.g. a sprinter at the starting line in an Olympic final may unconsciously start to feel threatened by all of the expectations riding on them, causing their muscles to freeze through high anxiety. The second part of your personality is the ego, the conscious part. Then the final part is your super ego, which is the moral conscience you have. The effects of the ego and super ego can be seen when a football player wont take a penalty in a shoot-out because they are worried about letting their team down.
The psychodynamic view tries