BIOS Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Psychology

Dave Shaw, Trish Gorely, Rod Corban

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2004
• eBook ISBN: 9781135319984
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Psychology
• Subtopic: Physiological Psychology
• Index: Psychology

Instant Notes in Sport and Exercise Psychology provides concise coverage of sport and exercise psychology at the undergraduate level, and also covers the crucial basic psychology that underpins the subject. It has four main themes:

• theoretical approaches and research methods
• sport psychology at both the individual and group level of analysis
• exercise psychology
• practical applications including performance enhancement and ethics.

Suitable for students in sport and exercise science, sport psychology, sport studies and sports management, it will be useful for coaches and athletes who wish to gain an up-to-date understanding of the key concepts, theories and research in this area.

Table of contents

• Cover Page
• Half Title page
• Series Page
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Abbreviations
• Preface
• 1 Definitions
• 2 Psychology and common sense
• 3 The scientific approach
• 4 Research methods
• 5 The qualitative-quantitative issue
• 6 The history of psychology
• 7 Theoretical perspectives
• 1 Vision
• 2 Indirect and direct theories of motor control
• 3 Motor learning
• 4 Attention and concentration in sport
• 5 Memory and decision making in sport
• 6 Imagery
• 1 Introduction to motivation
• 2 Cognitive evaluation theory
• 3 Achievement goal theory
• 4 Attribution theory
• 5 Confidence
• 6 Goal-setting theory
• 1 Definitions
• 2 Mood and performance
• 3 Anxiety The basics
• 4 Multidimensional anxiety theory
• 5 Catastrophe theory
• 6 Reversal theory
• 7 Other theories
• 1 Introduction to individual differences
• 2 Personality and sport
• 3 Problematic issues
• 1 Social cognition
• 2 Conformity and compliance
• 3 Obedience to authority
• 4 Pro-social behavior
• 5 Anti-social behavior
• 1 Groups and teams
• 2 Social facilitation
• 3 Social loafing
• 4 Leadership
• 5 Cohesiveness
• 6 Group decision making
• 7 De-individuation
• 8 Home advantage
• 9 Inter-group processes
• 1 Psychological Well-Being
• 2 Mental Health
• 3 Negative outcomes
• 1 Determinants of Exercise
• 2 Participation Motivation
• 1 Cognitive-Behavioral Theories
• 2 Process models of exercise
• 3 Ecological models
• 1 Consultancy Basic Issues
• 2 Listening Skills
• 3 Questioning
• 4 Giving Feedback
• 5 Counseling skills
• 6 The Consultancy Process
• 7 Baseline Assessment
• 1 Issues of motivation
• 2 Issues of Arousal and Anxiety
• 3 Issues of Concentration
• 4 Issues of Confidence
• 1 Stress and Coping
• 2 Injury
• 3 Burnout and Over-Training
• 4 Drugs in Sport
• Further Reading
• References
• Index