KINE 3000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Agreeableness, Reality Principle, Aerobic Conditioning
9 Apr 2014
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Profession to help young athletes need to know how psychological factors may influence performance + motivation, intervention skills to design + implement an effective intervention. For example someone who is experiencing anxiety, the consultant may need to know relationship between different types of anxiety + self- confidence, different strategies to deal with anxiety and how to put it into practice. Myths: only athletes w/serious mental problems need sport/exercise psychologist and that all sport psychologist work w/elite athletes to enhance sport performance. Sport + exercise are important in canadian life. Sport + exercise psyc has gained national crediting especially in discipline of kinesiology as core subject to be covered. Most university suggest it is branch of sport science that involves scientific study of human behavior in sport + practical application of knowledge in sport. Others say it is science in which principles of psychology are applied in sport/exercise setting. Majority of theories is dominated by field of psychology.
