PSYC 1210 Study Guide - Fall 2018, Comprehensive Midterm Notes - Ford Focus, Anxiety, Goal Setting
12 Oct 2018
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PSYC 1210
MIDTERM EXAM
STUDY GUIDE
Fall 2018
What is Sports Psych?
● 3 words
○ (the way you) Think (about something)
○ (affects how you) Feel (in that situation)
○ (which affects) Perform (which affects how you think)
● Becomes a cycle that can either be positive or negative
● Just because you’re positive/negative doesn’t mean you will/won’t play well
● Mindset of avoidance → trying to avoid failure
● You need a mindset to achieve in order to be successful
● You are the one who controls thinking, feeling, and performance…..butttt…. No one
controls the outcome
● Athletes who get hung up on outcome, forget about process
● Negative thoughts affect performance most
○ “I can’t…”
○ “I won’t...”
● Based in cognitive behavioral therapy
○ Change the way you think to change the way you behave (to change the way you
perform)
○ Raise self worth → make someone feel good about themself
Role of a Sports Psychologist
● How do psychological factors affect how you perform?
○ Personality might call for someone to be more anxious to perform well
● How does participation in a sport affect someone?
○ Exercise makes people feel good
○ Exercise psychology has become a bit of its own field
Who Uses Sports Psych?
● Anyone involved in athletics
● Even recreational sports
● Coaches
● Anyone who needs to perform
What do Sports Psychologists do?
● Consultant
● Teacher
● Research
● Most do a combo of teaching and consulting but depends on type of sports psychologist
● Psychologist → legally protected, if clinically licensed can be called psychologist
● “Clinical sports psychologist”
○ Licensed
○ Trained to work with people who have clinical issues
● “Mental conditioning coach” “sports psychology consultant”
Psychologist vs. Not
● Education
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○ Not → focus on exercise science
○ Clinical → clinical courses
● Clinical → can bill through insurance
● Not → can’t take insurance
● Not → can be more beneficial
Being successful is about knowing the right people
History
● 1890s-1920s
● Norman Triplett → looked at cyclists
○ Cycle faster with group or alone?
■ With group
● 1920s-1930/40s
○ Coleman Griffiths
■ Worked with chicago cubs
■ Research
● 1940s-1960s
○ Franklin Henry
■ Started training young physical educators
● 1960s-1970s
○ Bruce Moberly
■ Applied sports psychology
● 1980s-2000
○ Expanded, could get degree, journals came out, research
● 1980
○ USOC developed first sports psych advisory
○ Olympics did nothing formal with sports psych until 1980
● 1985
○ USOC hired first sports psychologist
● 1986
○ Association for (the Advancement of) Applied Sports Psychology (AASP) created
■ Became governing body
■ Get certified as mental conditioning coach
● Member of APA and AASP consultant, name on registry for
olympic sports psychologist
● Don’t need to be AASP certified to work with individual, team, or
organization
● 2000-Today
○ Lots of changes
Practical vs. Empirical Sports Psych
● How to apply theories to practice
● Everyone is different and has different issues → individualized approach
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Document Summary
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