APK-4400 Lecture Notes - Lecture 9: Behavior Modification, Cognitive Therapy, Goal Setting
15 Nov 2017
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Why pst is important: olympic athletes see mental toughness as a prerequisite of success, coaches view sport to be 50% mental. Psychological skills training: the systematic and consistent practice of mental or psychological skills, enhancing performance. Increasing enjoyment: achieving greater self-satisfaction, pst methods and techniques come from a variety of sources, mostly from mainstream psychology, behavior modification, cognitive therapy, goal setting, pst can have major effects on performance. Mental toughness: a(cid:374) athlete"s a(cid:271)ilit(cid:455) to fo(cid:272)us, (cid:396)e(cid:271)ou(cid:374)d f(cid:396)o(cid:373) failu(cid:396)e, (cid:272)ope (cid:449)ith p(cid:396)essu(cid:396)e, a(cid:374)d pe(cid:396)sist i(cid:374) the face of adversity. It is a form of mental resilience: mentally tough athletes have a high sense of self-belief and an unshakeable faith that they can control their own destiny. Four c model of mental toughness: control. Is the capacity to feel and act as if one could exert an influence on the situation in question. Is a tendency to take an active role in events.
