EXS 310 - Psychology of Sport and Exercise

Introduction to Sport Psychology examines the cognitive, social, behavioral, and neurophysiological factors influencing sports performance and other motor performance endeavors. The field of sport psychology actively promotes the scientist-practitioner model. Utilization of the scientist-practitioner model involves the ability to consume and appropriately apply contemporary theory and scientific findings to the practice of applied sport psychology. Accordingly, this course will explore how sport psychology science and theory inform the practical application of psychological skills interventions. Topics covered include examining how motivation, emotion, attention, performance attributions, and confidence influence performance; how goal setting, emotion regulation, attention training, attribution training, mental imagery, & practice structures can be incorporated into psychological skills training programs designed to improve performance; and how psychological factors influence teams, leaders, sport injury, and career transition in youth sport, sub-elite sport, and elite sport contexts.

Credits: 3

Class Level Junior Undergraduate
Program Undergraduate