ESS 131 Lecture Notes - Lecture 10: Gamesmanship, Goal Setting, Substance Abuse
15 Nov 2017
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Goal: to provide an introduction to mental training and applied sport psychology. For example: stands for eye, the sign+ stands for the process of addition. Awareness of things, but minimal connection with words. Relating to things as they are, at the present moment. Not requiring a basis of reason or facts, willingness to suspend. Systematic and consistent practice of mental skills for purposes of performance enhancement, increasing enjoyment or achieving greater sport self-satisfaction. Mental factors cause day to day performance changes. Overemphasis on body mechanics occurs after skill is learned. General physiological and psychological activation, varying on a continuum from deep sleep to intense excitement. Is a negative emotional state in which feelings of nervousness, worry, and apprehension are associated with activation or arousal of the body. A substantial imbalance between demand and response capability, under conditions where failure to meet the demand has important consequences conditions where failure to meet the demand has important consequences.
