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The student will at the end of the semester:
1. Interpret the conditioning process which influences our behavior
toward sport.
2. Define the barriers and obstructions which exist in our sport
culture.
3. Examine the characteristics that achieve success.
4. Define their own responsibilities to behavior.
5. Evaluate conditioned responses to sport in comparison to scientific
interpretation of events.
6. Modify performance behavior in order to increase skills and revise
attitudes that inhibit individual improvement.
7. Explore their feeling in regards to their concept of sport.
8. Define and analyze sport psychology and peak performance.
9. Identify and define learning and coaching styles.
10. Analyze participants in sports and the relationship of self-esteem
and performance.
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1. HISTORICAL ASPECTS OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
a. Personalities in the field of sport psychology (past and present.)
b. Research models
c. Comparative sport psychology - East vs. West
2. INTRODUCTION TO THE SCIENTIFIC BASIS OF SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
a. Stress and pressure - stimulation, arousal and anxiety
b. Fight or flight syndrome
c. Stressors - physical, emotional and social
d. General adoption syndrome
e. Aggression and violence in sport
3. THE PSYCHOLOGY OF COMPETITION
a. Competition environments
b. Stress response and performance
c. Training concentration techniques
d. Personality theory and athletic participation
4. MOTIVATIONAL CONCEPTS
a. Theories of motivation in sport
b. Motivational enhancement in sport and exercise
c. Principles of positive reinforcement and performance
d. Personality and ego
5. SPORT AND MOTOR BEHAVIOR
a. Motor learning and performance variables
b. Information processing and decision making
c. Motor control and movement accuracy
d. Injury - physical and psychological issues of athletic
rehabilitation
e. Other disorders
6. COACHING STYLES AND BEHAVIOR
a. Decision process styles in coaching
b. Coach/athletic relationship
c. Coach/parent(s) relationship
d. Youth sports issues
e. Gender and sport
f. Minorities and sport
g. Ethics and responsibilities to society
7. PSYCHO-PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS OF COMPETITION
a. Cerebral organization
b. Autonomic nervous system
c. Endocrine system
d. Effects on the organ system of the body
8. SPORT PERFORMANCE ENHANCEMENT AND SYSTEMATIC RELAXATION TECHNIQUES
a. Imagery and visualization training
b. Goal setting procedures
c. Biofeedback techniques
d. Positive thinking
e. Team building and group dynamics
f. Affirmation techniques
1. group cohesion
2. leadership development
g. Concentration and attention styles
h. Stress regulators
I. Overtraining and burnout in athletic and exercise
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1. SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY, Unes & Nation, 2nd edition, 1996
2. SPORT AND PLAY IN AMERICAN LIFE, Figler & Whitaker, 1991
3. SPORTS PSYCHOLOGY, Tutko & Tosi, 1986
4. PSYCHOLOGY OF COACHING, Tutko & Richards, 1982
5. FOUNDATIONS OF SPORT & EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY, Weinberg & Gould, 1995
6. APPLIED SPORT PSYCHOLOGY, Williams, 1993
VIDEO CASSETTES:
1. DO IT RIGHT
2. HOOP DREAMS
3. TIN CUP