PSYCH 124S Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Stage Fright, Posttraumatic Stress Disorder, Personalization
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Video: pressure, in the dressing room, how good you manage the pressure-- how good you can perform. Bill(tennis team) : athletes may be bored of the sport and want to change, but they can"t. Abnormal psychological disorder: ocd, aggressiveness, ptsd, anxiety, panic. Attack, depression, addiction(alcohol, drugs, gambling, sexual) -- substantial abuse, eating disorders, body image issues, Three approaches to sport and exercise psychology: psychophysiological orientation, social-psychological orientation, cognitive-behavioral orientation : remove negative thoughts, strategy: sleep, get social, train appropriately. Case study: jill, the excellent, perfect student: Problem: cannot take harsh words, black and white thinking, tend to redo things. Coaching jill is a nightmare, jill doesn"t accept advises. Make everything her fault, take responsibility, way too hard on herself, might not do transition very well, she is hard to try new sport. Take into cultural situation: change the perception (asian family) To success: motivation --- persistent ----- balance (rest) Create steps, see improvements --- to keep motivated.
