Psychology 2990A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 4: Pain Management, Energizer, Steve Podborski

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

Document Summary

Psychological intervention strategies: goal setting, most commonly used performance enhancement strategy. It"s a drill to help me trust my feel. I remember nick price saying that he saw the hole with a third eye once he looked back from the hole and then hit his put. I"m trying to do that. : some say imagery is central pillar of applied sport psychology , coaches feel it"s the most important psychological skill to teach their athletes. Imagery an experience that mimics real experience. We can be aware of seeing, feeling, smelling, tasting, or hearing an image without actually experiencing the real thing (different from dreams because we are conscious and awake when we form image) If youth athlete (any level) wants to increase confidence or self-efficacy through the use of imagery, the motivational general-master function should be emphasized. Assessment of self-talk: the self-talk grid measures 2 dimensions of self-talk: valence (positive vs negative),