Sport Psychology
Summer 2004
Dr.
Fred Medway, Professor of Psychology
Barnwell
Hall Room 533
Phone:
777-2938
Email:
[email protected]
Class
Schedule: M,T,W,Th 8:00-10:15 AM
BA
room 583
Course
overview:
This
is a survey class that focuses on the applications of basic psychological
principles to sports and similar competitive/cooperative settings. The course is intended primarily for
advanced freshman, sophomore and junior undergraduates. The only prerequisite is an introductory
psychology course.
I
have developed the course so that you can digest the material and so that it is
not overwhelming. The book is lengthy,
although quite readable, and so we must skip areas that are less critical
and/or are often covered in other psychology classes that you may take later in
your career.
The
beginning classes review basic principles and the last few classes are devoted
to short student presentations as indicated later in the syllabus.
You
can access an outline of my lecture at: http://www.geocities.com/medwayf/380.htm
Required
textbook:
Robert
S. Weinberg and Daniel Gould. Foundations
of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 3rd edition. Champaign, IL: Human Kinetics Press, 2003.
Introductory
class
Chapter
1: Welcome to Sport and Exercise Psychology
Answer
review questions 1 and 12
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Chapter
2: Personality and Sport
Answer
review question 8 and 9
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 2
Chapter
3: Motivation (pages 52-68)
Answer
review question 5 and 12
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Quiz 1:
chapters 1, 2, and 3
Chapter
4 (pages 78-94): Arousal, Stress, and Anxiety
Chapter
5: Competition and Cooperation
Answer
review question 4 in Chapter 4
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking questions 1 and 3 in Chapter 5
Chapter
6: Feedback, Reinforcement, and Intrinsic Motivation (pages 124-138)
Answer
review question 3 and 5
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Chapter
7: Group and Team Dynamics
Answer
review question 5
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Quiz 2:
chapters 4, 5, and 6
Chapter
9: Leadership
Answer
review question 7
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 2
Chapter
11: Psychological Skills Training
Answer
review question 6
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Chapter
13: Imagery
Answer
review question 9
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Quiz 3:
chapters 7, 9, and 11
June 16
Chapter
15: Goal Setting
Answer
review question 7
Answer
critical thinking question 1
June 17
Chapter
16 (pp. 358-367): Concentration
Answer
critical thinking question 1
June 21
Chapter
17: Exercise and Psychological Well-Being
Answer
review question 2 and 7
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Quiz 4:
chapters 13, 15, and 16
June 22
Chapter
21 (pp. 468-479): Burnout and Overtraining
Answer
review question 2
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 2
June 23
Chapter
23: Aggression in Sport
Answer
review question 1 and 7
Be
prepared to discuss critical thinking question 1
Student
presentations
Review
for quiz 5
Student
presentations
Quiz 5:
chapters 16, 17, 21, and 23
June
29
Student
presentations
I
will let you know in advance the tables, charts and other material you are
responsible for on the quizzes.
Grading and Assignments:
Grading
is straightforward. Because of time
constraints, you have five quizzes and each is worth 10% of the final grade
(total 50%). Each quiz will have 10
questions that will include multiple-choice and true false. There is no final exam.
Each
day you have a written assignment. You
must turn these in to me in class or, if you are absent, email them to me
before class the next day. You will
receive either a + or – (no points).
There are 21 assignments and you get one point for each (total
21%).
You
will get up to 9 points for participation and attendance. To get all 9 you cannot miss more than 2
classes. If you miss three classes you
will get 5 points; if you miss four classes you will get 3 points. If you miss more than 5 classes, unexcused,
you will get 0 points regardless of your participation.
Presentations. I will ask each of you to choose a
particular sport or exercise and ask that you make a 20-minute presentation to
the class that (1) describes the sport and your involvement, and (2) applies
four principles that you learned this summer to the sport. You should have a poster or overheads with
the principles and applications and a list of two books or articles that apply
sports psychology to this sport. The
presentations are worth 20% of your grade.
Extra
credit. If you want to read one of the
chapters that I did not assign, write a two-page, double-spaced summary of that
chapter, and answer 3 review questions of your choice, I will give you 5 extra
credit points.
Grading
Scale: 92-100 A
87-91
B+
79-86
B
75-78
C+
69-74
C
60-69
D (no D+ grades given)
59
points or less F
Make-up
quizzes:
While
I expect that you will be in class on quiz days, I understand that illness and
other serious events do occur. If you
are ill (and have some documentation) or have proof of some other serious event
you can take a make-up during my office hours on Wednesday afternoon from 4PM
to 5PM or at another arranged time.
Please
let me know, preferably via email, if you will be absent on a quiz day.
Quiz Schedule:
June
3, 9, 15, 21, and 28.
Other:
It
is very important for you to participate in class and ask questions. Remember to turn off cell phones when you
come to class, and let me know when you have to leave early.