Study guide 1

sports & exercise psychology

the scientific study of people and their behavior in sport and exercise context

Psychophysiological approach

examine the physiological process of the brain and their influence on physical activity

Cognitive Approach

emphasize the athletes cognition, thoughts, and behaviors. Thought is central in determining behaviors

social psychological approach

assume behavior is determined by a complex interaction between environment and personal makeup of athlete

Development approach

How people develop over the course of their life

Psychodynamic approach

psychological forces that underlie human behavior, emphasizing unconscious and conscious behavior

Sports psychologist who discovered social facilitation in cyclists?

Norman Triplett (1897)

Who opened the first sports psychology lab at the university of Illinois in 1925?

Coleman Griffith

Father of sports psychology in north america?

Coleman Griffith

Researcher who focused on motor learning, personality and athletic performance?

Coleman Griffith

Father of applied sports psychology?

Bruce ogilive

Who researched problem athletes and how to handle them?

Bruce Ogilive

father of modern sports psychology?

Rainer Martens

Who created a human kinetics publishing format that psychologists can share new research/ techniques to prevent using outdated techniques?

Rainer Martens

Systemic

Follows structured order

Controlled

Be able to control as many variables as possible in research study to know what is causing outcome

emprical

see it to believe it

critical

Testing it out/ try it out for yourself