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Undergraduate Handbook 2006-2007 (archived)

Module SPRT3071: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Department: Applied Social Sciences (Sport)

SPRT3071: SPORT PSYCHOLOGY

Type	Level	Credits	Availability	Module Cap	Location
Tied	3	20	Available in 2006/2007	None.	Durham

Tied To

Pre-requisites

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 Combinations

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

Subject-specific Knowledge

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.

Subject-specific Skills

Key Skills

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

Activity	Number	Frequency	Duration	Total Hours
Lectures	22	Weekly	1 hour	22
Seminars	11	Fortnightly	1 hour	11
Practicals	11	Fortnightly	1 hour	11
Preparation and Reading				156
Total				200

Summative Assessment

Component	Component Weighting	Element	Element Weighting
Paper	50%	3500 word paper	100%
Group presentation	50%	overall presentation as a group	17%
		individual contribution to group presentation	8%
		individual presentation	25%
		individual write up of group presentation 1500 words	50%

Formative Assessment

Assignment: 1000 - 1500 words.

Students who do not attend monitored activities shown under Teaching Methods and Learning Hours, or who fail to complete the summative or formative assessment(s) specified above, may be subject to the Academic Progress procedures defined in the University's General Regulation V, and may be required to leave the University.