SP3007:03
Sport and Exercise Psychology
Townsville
HECS Band 1
39 hours lectures, 13 hours tutorials, 12 hours practicals. Semester 1 or July block mode.
Staff: Ms J Lukins.
Psychological characteristics of athletes in various sports, the role of anxiety and stress in sport performance, motivational states affecting performance and the social dynamics of team performance.
Learning Objectives:
- to understand human behaviour in sport using mainstream psychological theory and established research methods;
- to be able to facilitate athletic performance through application of these theories.
Assessment by a three-hour end-of-semester examination (50%); on-course tutorial assignments (10%); written assignment (40%).