Week 1: Introduction Flashcards
3 roles of sport and exercise psychology specialists?
-teaching
-research
-consulting
Consulting and interventions in sport and exercise psychology
-emotional: changing negative emotions to more positive ones (thinking a team is better and you will already lose)
-cognitive: how someones thoughts influence experience
-behavioural: things you do such as “tapping the roof to let go of negative emotions” before you start your game
History 1: The early years
-norman triplett
-social facilitation study: had people exercise together and alone (cycling) and there was an increase in performance in the presence of others
History 2: The griffith era
-coleman griffith
-first laboratory in sport psychology, published 25 articles about sport psychology, published 2 books
-hired by chicago cubs
-focused on cpncentration techniques in coaching
History 3: Preparation for the future
-franklin henry and ferruccio antonelli
-beginning of academic disipline of exercise and sport science, international development, establishment of ISSP (international society of sport psychology)
History 4: The establishment of academic sport psychology
-bruce ogilvie, thomas tutko and bryan cratty
-beginning of applied sport psychology, establishment of NASPSPA (establishment of canadian society for psychomotor learning and sport psychology)
History 5: Contemporary sport and exercise psychology
-many people
-establishment of JSEP, TSP, and JASP
-creation of AAASP
Ontology
-is there a reality, or is it an interpretation
-will define sport differently depending on country/own experiences
Epistemology
-if there is a reality, can we measure it?
-objectivism: there is a reality and im going to try to measure it
-constructivist: in between the 2
-subjectivist: everyone will have a different interpretation
Methodology
-what are ways of finding out knowledge
Research paradigms
-quantitative (positivist): numbers, data etc
-qualitative (interpretivist): words
