Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Stationary Bicycle, Pain Management, Mantra

• School: Western University
• Department: Psychology
• Course: Psychology 2990A/B
• Professor: Doug Hazlewood

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Goal setting thus is the practice of establishing desirable objectives for one"s actions. Goal setting works in various ways: goals direct attention, mobilize effort, foster persistence, and promote development of new learning strategies, goals may influence athletes performance by enhancing confidence and sense of satisfaction. Most athletes rate goals as being only moderately effective likely due to the fact that athletes do(cid:374)"t k(cid:374)o(cid:449) ho(cid:449) to effe(cid:272)ti(cid:448)el(cid:455) set goals: barriers like lack of time, distractions, hinder practice of goal setting. Identify key performance characteristics of an elite athlete in your sport: 2. Identify the ideal rating for each of your characteristics, indicate your ideal scores, this rating is your target: 3. Rate your current ability for each characteristic on scale of 1 to 10: 4. find your discrepancy by subtracting your current rating from your ideal rating, 5. Having an identified performance characteristic most in need of attention, you can implement strategies (set goals) to improve these characteristics.