Kinesiology 3388A/B Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Big Umbrella, Scientific Method

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 3388A/B
• Professor: Natascha Wesch

Document Summary

What is sport psychology? the behaviour of sport or psychology applied to sport try and relate it back to yourself throughout the course. Everything that you think about has an influence on how you feel. You feel a certain thing based on how you interpret your thought which thoughts are due to how we interpret the world influence your feels and then it influences your behaviour. You can intervene if your thoughts don"t match up to your goals. Sports psychs: big umbrella to talk about the researchers and those who practice it. Thoughts, feelings: frustration, nerves, disappointment, overthinking, gives up, apprehension due to previous performance, decreased confidence, stops going through his normal routine/ speeds up due to nerves. Explain (what can account for what is going on?: nervous due to previous performance doesn"t want to do it again. Predict (what processes are taking place and what can be done to change the outcome)