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Scientific study of people and their behaviors in sport and exercise contexts and the practical application of that knowledge
Sport & Exercise Psychology
Outgoing, good communication skills
Extrovert
Shy, not good communication skills
Introvert
Practiced or learned
Skill
Genetic, just comes to you
Talent
Psychosocial determinants of exercise behavior
attitude, social support, perceived control
Negative Behaviors
Exercise dependence, eating pathology, body image
Concerned with the psychological factors influencing sport/exercise participation and the psychological effects derived from actual participation
Sport/Exercise Psychology Specialists
3 areas of emphasis of psychology specialists
Teaching, Research, and Consulting
ESS background (e.g PhD in Kinesiology) - qualified for performance enhancement
Educational S/E Psychology
licensed (e.g PhD in Clinical Psychology) - trained to deal with severe emotional cognitive & behavioral disorders
Clinical S/E Psychologists
Straight line - performance will improve over time
Learning line
Ups & Downs - Normal way of development
Learning Curve
Proposed 3 stage acquisition
Fitts (1958)
3 Stages of Acquisition
Acquisition stage, Association Stage, Automatic Stage
Associate what you have in your mind and reality
Association stage
Don't think about what you do - effortless performance - perform without any mental thinking
Automatic Stage
Difference between your intention & the way you perform
Delta Error
To achieve understanding of "Performance errors" - execution error - biomechanical constraints - physiological efficiency
Fundamental Principle 1
Mental errors, planning errors, cognitive error, visualiztion error, attention error, multiple concern (multiple task, multiple focus error)
Fundamental Principle 2
To achieve understanding of "Learning Curve" - Stages of Learning
Fundamental Principle 3
Consider the amount of information : how much is too much - memory storage and information processing pathways - perceptual trace and conflict of resources - posture and math tasks - cognitive to cognitive dual tasks
Effective Communication Principle 1
Information content: appropriate to the performers' skill level - notice versus experts athletes - stages of practice and mental fatigue - competition vs practice - gender specificity
Effective Communication Principle 2
Consider to use non-verbal types of information - Body language, gesture signs, imitations - Films and videos - Pictures
Effective Communication Principle 3
How fast we speak or how slow
Behavioral Anxiety
How long your memory is on - can all change when your anxious - short term memory loss - focus attention & concentration - cannot pay much attention or focus - you have to make correction in your mind before its done physically
Cognitive Anxiety
Psychologist from Indiana University - wanted to understand why cyclists sometimes rode faster in groups versus alone - in 1897 he conducted first sport psychology experiment on cyclists' performance
Norman Triplett
Father of American Sport Psychology - U. Illinois psychologist in PE and athletics - initiated one of the first coaching schools in US - 1925 first sport psychology program
Coleman Griffith
U. Cal. Berkeley - 1st to study psych aspects of sport/motor skill - 1938, established psychology of physical activity graduate program
Franklin Henry
San Jose State University - considered "Father of APPLIED sport psychology"
Bruce Ogilvie
Trying to rush and go fast leads to more errors - Tradeoff would make you find the balance
Speed-Accuracy Tradeoff
Less performance is no good - you need a little bit of stress
Tension
Fat, Thick personality type - Happy, outgoing
Viscerotonic
Muscular, Mesomorphic personality type - Assertive, Risk-taking, bold
Somatotonic
Thin, Wiry, Ectomorphic personality type - Studious, tense, introverted
Cerebrotonic
Sum of characteristics - or blend of characteristics - making a person unique.
Personality
Assumes that traits are stable or consistent across variety of situations
Trait Approach
5 key dimensions in trait approach
neuroticism, extraversion, openness to experience, agreeableness, conscientiousness
Argues behavior is determined by situation/environment
Situation Approach
Observational learning and reinforcement/feedback
Social Learning Theory
Considers person and situation as co-determinants of behavior
Interactional Approach
Focuses on person's understanding and interpretation of him/herself and the environment
Phenomenological Approach
Adequate aptitude or ability in one direction, above the normal average
Talent
Simulates area on spinal cortex & tries to send stimulation to the muscle
TIVIS