Module SPRT3071: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Department: APPLIED SOCIAL SCIENCES (SPORT)

SPRT3071: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Prerequisites

• Sport in the Community students: none; Combined Social Sciences students: SPRT1201 and SPRT2061.

Corequisites

• For Sport in the Community degree : Sport and Exercise Physiology III, Physical Activity and Health, Community Placement in Sport, Dissertation, Combined Honours students: refer to degree regulations.

Excluded Combination of Modules

• None.

Aims

• to enable students to acquire an applied knowledge and understanding of the role of intra and inter-personal factors in optimising performance in sport and in developing psychologically healthy sports participants.

Content

• The content of the module focuses on the role of psychological and psycho-social factors in optimising performance in sport and in developing psychologically healthy participants.
• Attention is given to the application of psychological skills and techniques for the purpose of performance enhancement, and to the role of interpersonal relationships among coaches, athletes and parents in the establishment of a psychologically optimal training and performance environment.
• Furthermore, a developmental perspective is taken to examine the role of psychological and psycho-social processes throughout an athlete's sporting career.

Learning Outcomes

• Students should be able to explain the principles of a range of psychological skills and intervention techniques used to enhance performance
• critically evaluate theoretical models and research underpinning the application of psychological techniques for performance enhancement purposes
• explain the dynamics of interpersonal relationships among coaches, athletes and parents
• identify and discuss critical psychological and psychosocial processes in athletes' career development.

Modes of Teaching, Learning and Assessment and how these contribute to the learning outcomes of the module

• Lectures serve to provide general outlines of concepts and theories, and to direct student stop relevant literature.
• Practical sessions serve to familiarise students with basic practical applications of psychological skills and techniques, and to examine case studies.
• Seminar sessions serve to provide students with opportunities to critically reflect on research articles.
• Assessment: assessment 1 provides students with an opportunity to reflect critically on theoretical models and available research in relation to relevant psychological or psycho-social processes.
• assessment 2 provides students with an opportunity to integrate information form a number of different psychological and psycho-social components in applying their knowledge to a case study and presenting this to their fellow students.

Teaching Methods and Learning Hours

Summative Assessment

Formative Assessment:

Assignment: 1000 - 1500 words.

■ Attendance at all activities marked with this symbol will be monitored. Students who fail to attend these activities, or to complete the summative or formative assessment specified above, will be subject to the procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University