Jul 04, 2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
OHIO University Undergraduate Catalog 2023-2024
[Archived Catalog]
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PSY 3820 - Sport Psychology
This course presents the human factors and psychological dynamics of sports performance as it relates to individual and team sports. Students learn methods and techniques for developing psychological skills to enhance both individual and team performance. The course focuses on learning strategies to increase the ability to influence others’ behavior such as leadership, motivation, flow, group cohesion, team dynamics, imagery, and goal setting. The course also addresses critical issues that can impact not only sport performance but also personal well being such as anxiety, eating disorders, aggression, and addiction.
Requisites: PSY 1010 and SOPH or JR or SR
Credit Hours: 3
Repeat/Retake Information: May be retaken two times excluding withdrawals, but only last course taken counts.
Lecture/Lab Hours: 3.0 lecture
Grades: Eligible Grades: A-F,WP,WF,WN,FN,AU,I
Learning Outcomes:
- Students will be able to analyze and evaluate various techniques (research, theory and practice) to achieve peak performance in sport.
- Students will be able to examine factors related to the social psychological aspects of performance such as coaching, teamwork and participants.
- Students will be able to identify effective goal setting techniques.
- Students will be able to identify critical issues that arise with involvement in sport (e.g., anxiety, eating disorders, aggression, and addiction).
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