Part 1: intro to the psych of sport and exercise Flashcards
What is sport and exercise psychology? sport and exercise psych as a science
What is brains + brawns
brain and body need to be on the same team
what is Psychology all about
peoples different perceptions and how they view things (often two ways - neither is wrong)
what are some different mental skills seen in the tim the tall man tailor video
- provoking (getting in other persons head)
- intimidation - having an audience
- self talk
- routine/ visualisation
what is the definition for psychology
scientific study of the behaviour, where behaviour is broadly defined
what is social psychology
scientific study of human social behaviour, the hows and why of human social behaviour
what is sport/ exercise psychology
scientific study of human social behaviour in sport/exercise context - the hows and why of human social behaviour in sport/exercise context
what are the two typical questions in sport psyc
- how psych factors effect individual performance
- how individual involvement influences psych development and well being
- how psych factors effect individual performance
what is an example?
the anxiety that effects someone to take a shot
expectations
- how individual involvement influences psych development and well being
what is an example
does running daily reduces anxiety or depression
what is the definition of sport
sport are institutionalised competitive activities that involve vigorous physical exertion or use of relatively complex physical skills
what does sport require to it to be classified as a sport
- rules
- scoring system
- competition
what is competition about
when someone else is making comparison about ypur performance based on critea which will be evaluated
what are the 3 key points to competition
- performance standard
- comparison process
- social evaluation
why should we bother studying sport - because it is clearly popular what 4 aspects is sport popular in
- participation
- spectators
- media, especially TV
4, sport business
can you compete against yourself, why/why not
no - need someone else to observe/ judge performance
what is social psychology
the hows and whys of human social behaviour
in the psychoanalytic theory discovered by Freud a homo valen means what
a striving human
in the psychoanalytic theory behaviour is considered to be a function of what
the person
in the behavioural theory a homo mechanicus is consider to be what
a reactive human
behavioural theory is treated in what analogy
human is programmed like a computer
the behavioural theory, behaviour is a function of what
the environment
in the cognitive theory a homo sapien is what
a thinking human
in the cognitive theory - behaviour is a function of what and what does the computer analogy relate to
what else do you need
person (hardware) and software (environment)
also need a user - at the end of the day its up to you
is mental skill training considered a component of Psych IN sport or psych FOR sport
psych for sport
what does the word systemic mean
collecting info
science has 4 main goals what are these
- systemic
- control
- empirical (data)
- critical
“good science” is ________ if sport/exercise participants are to receive accurate reliable info about human social behaviour
essential
sport psychology builds its body of knowledge by following what type of method
scientific
theory goes beyond observation and descriptions to ______ and _____ behaviour
explain and predict
what are 4 basic elements to the scientific method
- a general approach to research using variety of invesitgate
- relies on observed evidence rather than biased judgements or vague impressions (perfectionism)
- theory
- social psych of sport/ex
