Sport Psychology
Sport Psychology
Concepts and Applications
Bakker, F.C.; Whiting, H.T.A.
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
09/1990
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Attempts to provide examples of empirically-based answers to questions arising directly from the field of sport. Each chapter presents a number of questions posed by coaches and athletes, followed by a discussion of the pertinent psychological concepts and concluding with an evaluation.
Part 1 Introduction: depature points; the role of the sport psychologist. Part 2 Motivation and sport: motivation psychology; motives and motivation; motives for participation in sport; intrinsic motivation; exploring boundaries and taking risks; motivation and achievement. Part 3 Personality and sport: sport and personality - two streams; personality; criticism of personality traits; personality and sport - what is the relationship; influence of sport participation on personality; differences between athletes and non-athletes; personality and motor learning. Part 4 Sport and aggression: psychological theories about aggressive behaviour - aggression as inborn behaviour, physiological activation, emotion and aggression, aggression and learned behaviour; disinhibiting influences; reactive and instrumental aggression; sociological therory-forming; research into sport and agrression; aggressive behaviour of sport performers; aggressive behaviour and the nature of the sport; situational factors; socialization processes; aggression of spectators; the effect of watching sport competitions on the aggression of the spectator; situational factors that have an influence on the aggression of spectators; violent sub-cultures and attendance at sport competitions. Part 5 Motor learning: general characteristics of the learning process; classical and operant conditioning; social learning theory; information processing. Part 6 Decision-making in sport situations: psychology and decision-making; uncertain outcomes - the home-field advantage; ballistic actions - individual differences. Part 7 Sport psychology and practice: sport psychology and (top-level) performance; the problem of generalisation; the problem of suitable subjects; the problem of the small margins; the probabilistic nature of (sport) psychological pronouncements; sport, psychology and well-being; sport, well-being and prejudice; maintaining prejudices.
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Attempts to provide examples of empirically-based answers to questions arising directly from the field of sport. Each chapter presents a number of questions posed by coaches and athletes, followed by a discussion of the pertinent psychological concepts and concluding with an evaluation.
Part 1 Introduction: depature points; the role of the sport psychologist. Part 2 Motivation and sport: motivation psychology; motives and motivation; motives for participation in sport; intrinsic motivation; exploring boundaries and taking risks; motivation and achievement. Part 3 Personality and sport: sport and personality - two streams; personality; criticism of personality traits; personality and sport - what is the relationship; influence of sport participation on personality; differences between athletes and non-athletes; personality and motor learning. Part 4 Sport and aggression: psychological theories about aggressive behaviour - aggression as inborn behaviour, physiological activation, emotion and aggression, aggression and learned behaviour; disinhibiting influences; reactive and instrumental aggression; sociological therory-forming; research into sport and agrression; aggressive behaviour of sport performers; aggressive behaviour and the nature of the sport; situational factors; socialization processes; aggression of spectators; the effect of watching sport competitions on the aggression of the spectator; situational factors that have an influence on the aggression of spectators; violent sub-cultures and attendance at sport competitions. Part 5 Motor learning: general characteristics of the learning process; classical and operant conditioning; social learning theory; information processing. Part 6 Decision-making in sport situations: psychology and decision-making; uncertain outcomes - the home-field advantage; ballistic actions - individual differences. Part 7 Sport psychology and practice: sport psychology and (top-level) performance; the problem of generalisation; the problem of suitable subjects; the problem of the small margins; the probabilistic nature of (sport) psychological pronouncements; sport, psychology and well-being; sport, well-being and prejudice; maintaining prejudices.
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