This document discusses sports and exercise psychology. It defines sports psychology as the application of psychological knowledge to athletes, sports, and exercise. It outlines several key points:
1. It describes the roles of a sports psychologist which include researching, teaching, and consulting. Research involves advancing knowledge, teaching involves university courses, and consulting involves working with athletes.
2. It identifies two main specialties - clinical sport psychology which treats mental health issues in athletes, and educational sports psychology which teaches athletes psychological skills.
3. It explains three approaches used by sports psychologists: psychophysiological which examines brain processes, social-psychological which considers environmental and personal factors, and cognitive-behavioral which focuses on thoughts and environment.
This document discusses sports and exercise psychology. It defines sports psychology as the application of psychological knowledge to athletes, sports, and exercise. It outlines several key points:
1. It describes the roles of a sports psychologist which include researching, teaching, and consulting. Research involves advancing knowledge, teaching involves university courses, and consulting involves working with athletes.
2. It identifies two main specialties - clinical sport psychology which treats mental health issues in athletes, and educational sports psychology which teaches athletes psychological skills.
3. It explains three approaches used by sports psychologists: psychophysiological which examines brain processes, social-psychological which considers environmental and personal factors, and cognitive-behavioral which focuses on thoughts and environment.
This document discusses sports and exercise psychology. It defines sports psychology as the application of psychological knowledge to athletes, sports, and exercise. It outlines several key points:
1. It describes the roles of a sports psychologist which include researching, teaching, and consulting. Research involves advancing knowledge, teaching involves university courses, and consulting involves working with athletes.
2. It identifies two main specialties - clinical sport psychology which treats mental health issues in athletes, and educational sports psychology which teaches athletes psychological skills.
3. It explains three approaches used by sports psychologists: psychophysiological which examines brain processes, social-psychological which considers environmental and personal factors, and cognitive-behavioral which focuses on thoughts and environment.
This document discusses sports and exercise psychology. It defines sports psychology as the application of psychological knowledge to athletes, sports, and exercise. It outlines several key points:
1. It describes the roles of a sports psychologist which include researching, teaching, and consulting. Research involves advancing knowledge, teaching involves university courses, and consulting involves working with athletes.
2. It identifies two main specialties - clinical sport psychology which treats mental health issues in athletes, and educational sports psychology which teaches athletes psychological skills.
3. It explains three approaches used by sports psychologists: psychophysiological which examines brain processes, social-psychological which considers environmental and personal factors, and cognitive-behavioral which focuses on thoughts and environment.
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Sports and Exercise Psychology:
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Sports and Exercise Psychology MA. SHEILA D. FLOJEMON, ED.D Intended Learning Outcomes: At the end of the lesson, the students must have: 1. defined the meaning of sports and exercise psychology through picture analysis; 2. described the role of a sports and exercise psychology using pictures; 3. identified the descriptions of the specialties of a sport and exercise psychology on the table provided; 4. matched the approaches of the sports and exercise psychology to its given situations; 5. compared and contrasted clinical and educational psychology; 6. created a role play on roles and approaches of sports and exercise psychology. Unit 1: Sports and Exercise Psychology: Roles, Specialties, Approaches in Sports and Exercise Psychology INTRODUCTION: psychology field of sport psychology sport sciences
sport psychologist a PhD in clinical or counseling psychology
mental coaches performance consultant Unit 1: Sports and Exercise Psychology: Roles, Specialties, Approaches in Sports and Exercise Psychology Coleman Griffith - ‘‘father” of sport psychology. - created and developed the first sport psychology laboratory based at the University of Illinois in 1925. - hired by the Chicago Cubs baseball team and acted as their consulting sport psychologist in 1938. Unit 1: Sports and Exercise Psychology: Roles, Specialties, Approaches in Sports and Exercise Psychology two important organizations in Sport and Exercise Psychology American Psychological Association Association for Advancement of Applied Sport Psychology Unit 1: Sports and Exercise Psychology: Roles, Specialties, Approaches in Sports and Exercise Psychology Sport psychologists may teach relaxation exercises to overly anxious athletes to help them calm down before games, or they might explain visualization techniques to maintain a focus on success. may act as an objective listener to overwhelmed or frustrated athletes who are expected to “do too much” or perhaps aren’t getting the playing time promised ACTIVITY: A. SPORT AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGIST Look each of the pictures below and answer the following guide questions:
Picture 2 Picture 1 Picture 3
Guide Questions: 1. All the pictures that are collated in picture #1 speaks about games, entertainment, and for wellness. What does the picture implies? 2. On picture # 2, Are all activities says that it keeps you active? Yes or No? ____. What is the common thing that they do to keep them being active and being healthy? 3. The word Psychology speaks about behaviors. Is it True or False? _____________. So, Sports and exercise is all about an athlete who has that knowledge in the application of behaviors in sports and exercise. Is it True or False? ___ 4. Based on your answers in #’s 1, 2, and 3, define Sports and Exercise Psychology. ANALYSIS: A. ROLES OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY
Instruction: Study the description and the picture below and pick what best describe as each role performed by a sports and exercise psychologist and write the number on the blank box. A. ROLES OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Descriptions of each Role: 1. Inquiry aimed at advancing knowledge and sharing it through professional meetings and journal articles.
2. Teaching university courses in either psychology or exercise and
sport science. 3. Working with athletes of all ages and abilities in the fitness industry and in sports medicine and physical therapy. A. ROLES OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Guide Questions:
1. What is the connection of the picture in Teaching as one of the role in the sport and exercise psychology to the description you have posted. __________________ 2. What is the role as a Consultant in the picture being a role of a sports and exercise psychologist based on the description you have posted on the box. __________ 3. How does inquiry. Interviewing and reading of journals advanced the knowledge of a sports and exercise psychologist to which you picked the description under Researcher as a role? 4. How does the entire role connected with each other? ____________________ SPECIALTIES OF SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Instruction: Below are the descriptions of two Specialties that can be done by a sports and exercise psychologist. Identify each description as to whether it belongs to Clinical Sport Psychology and Educational Sports Psychology based on the guide questions formed: Clinical Sport Psychology Educational Sports Psychology 1 1 2 2 3 3
1. Use mental coach approach to understand psychology of human movement.
2. They have training in physical education, kinesiology, or exercise and sport science. 3. Educate and increase athletes’ and coaches’ awareness of issues such as anxiety management and confidence development. 4. They are licensed psychologists 5. They are trained to work with people with severe emotional disorders 6. They are trained to help athletes with problems such as eating disorders and substance abuse. C. APPROACHES TO SPORTS AND EXERCISE PSYCHOLOGY Instructions: On the table are the three approaches to Sport and Exercise Psychology. Read and understand each description and match its description to its sample situation given by writing the letter of your choice under the Letter Approaches column provided. Letter Situation Psychophysiological orientation a. Coach Rene’s style and strategies foster cohesion. Meaning, all players of his Basketball - Examines underlying psychophysiological processes team characterizes good interaction with each of the brain in terms of primary causes of behavior. other and there is this force among them to push each other’s players to work closer together for the betterment of the team.
Social–psychological orientation b. The tennis players of the Bago City College
are doing each of their part to study the - Behavior is determined by a complex differences of each member with confidence interaction of the social environment and and even if they experience anxiety during burnout or even without burnout in the entire the personal makeup of the athlete or training program they still manage to exerciser. understand each others weaknesses.
Cognitive–behavioral orientation c. Dan is a basketball player. He got his MVP
award due to his well-planned and hard - Behavior is determined by both the training with progressively growing demands environment and thoughts (cognitions). and challenges over a long period of time that he faces along the way. Sport and Exercise Psychologists vital part of the action, helping individual players or even entire teams realize their potential Psychological factors of athletes concerned by Sport psychology that affect how athletes perform in sport: Anxiety excitement stress Sports psychology as Psychology of coaching Aspects of Psychology of coaching 1. Psychological aspects of performance enhancement 2. Injury prevention/rehabilitation 3. Research areas of sport psychology APPLICATION: COMPARE AND CONTRAST
A. INSTRUCTION: List through a bullet form in the diagram if how does Clinical and Educational Psychology are alike and how are they different from each other.
Answer: Discuss your Diagram in 2-3 sentences. B. Create a Role Play, perform next meeting. Choose one among the 3 Roles Sports and Exercise Psychologist, act and apply one of the approaches you will be choosing. Group yourselves in 5 in this acting activity. ( it shall be within 3-5 minutes only) Evaluation: Compose a song with 4 lines only using concepts of the lesson and using a popular song or melody. Perform this individually on Feb 15. Thank you and God bless! #Docfloj
