PSYC 1210 Study Guide - Comprehensive Final Exam Guide - Ford Focus, Anxiety, Norm (Social)
20 Nov 2018
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*two main objectives: understand the effects of psychological factors on physical performance and understand the effects of participating in physical activity on psychological well-being. Who uses sports psych: anyone seeking to improve performance, youth, high school, college, exercisers, elders, physically/mentally challenged, coaches, teachers, fitness professionals, business professionals, musicians, etc. Specialties: clinical sports psych: licensed, works with athletes with clinically diagnosed issues- eating disorders, substance abuse, etc, educational sports psych: mental coach, trained in pe/sports sciences, works with athletes and coaches on performance enhancement. History of sports psych: period 1: 1895-1920, 1897- norman triplett, indiana university. Conducts 1st sports psych experiment on audience effect of cycling: 1918- coleman griffith, u of illinois. Conducts informal studies of football and basketball: period 2: 1921-1938, coleman griffith: father of american sports psychology, developed first sports psych lab, helped initiate one of the first coaching schools in america and wrote. Psychology of coaching and psychology of athletes: period 3: 1939-1965, franklin henry, uc berkeley.
