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The International Association of Applied Psychology has joined the SHARE pro-
gram. SHARE (Sharing the Home and Round the World Experiences) is a joint pro-
ject of the International Council of Psychologists, the Interamerican Society of
Psychologists, the Division of School Psychologists of A P A and the International
School Psychology Committee. I t has been in operation since 1975. If you want
more information or if you want to register a s a potential host for travelling
psychologists, please contact Frances A. Mullen. 4014 Cody Road, Sherman Oaks,
CA 91403, USA.

L’Association Internationale de Psychologie Appliquee participe au programme

SHARE. SHARE (Hospiialitk et contacts auiour du monde) est un projet commun
du Conseil International des Psychologues, de la Societe Inter-Americaine de
Psychologie, de la Division Psychologie Scolaire de la Societe Americaine de
Psychologie et du Comite International de Psychologie Scolaire. Ce programme existe
depuis 1975. Pour avoir des informations ou pour vous inscrire comme hate poten-
tiel de psychologues etrangers, contacter Frances A. Mullen, 4014, Cody Road,
Sherman Oaks, CA 91403, USA.

Applied psychology at the Wingate Institute for Physical

Education and Sport (Wingate, Israel)
The Wingate lnstitute is an institution involved in the field of physical education and
sport. In addition t o the administration, sport facilities, library, publishing depart-
ment and hotel - all related to physical education and sport interests - the Institute
has three instructional institutions (Physical Education Teachers’ College, School of
Physical Therapy, and School of Coaches) as well as a Department of Research and
Sports Medicine.
Psychology applied t o the area of physical education and sport, and other related
areas, is taught in the three instructional institutions. Research in applied
psychology - mainly sport psychology and educational psychology - is performed
in the Department of Research (Dr Ema Geron) and by some of the lecturers in the
Physical Education Teachers’ College (Dr A. Sherman, Dr M. Sterzer, D. Eldar, S.
Raviv) and the School of Coaches (Dr G. Weingarten, U. Shaeffer).
Four general courses of psychology are taught in the Physical Education
Teachers’ College: Introduction to Psychology, Developmental Psychology, Educa-
tional Psychology, and Psychological and Social Aspects of Sport. In addition, the
students at the College have available some psychological courses related to their
specialization. For example, for those specializing in Physical Education for Infants
there is Early Psychological Development, and for those specializing in Physical
Education for Exceptional Children there is Children’s Psychopathology. Each year
the students of the third course choose some additional seminars in special topics,
among them psychological seminars. For the school year 1979/1980 [he following
psychological topics will be presented for I he students: Sport Psycholopy’s Con-
tribution to Achievements in Sport; Self-Assessment as a Means to Develop Perccp-
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tual-motor Abilities during Physical Education in School; Influence of Body Sen-

sitivity on the State of Consciousness and Attention; Characteristics of the
Psychology of Competitive Sport; Personality and Adjustment to Psychological
Stress. The following exercises in psychology are also included in the teaching pro-
gram for the students: Psychology of Learning and Instruction; Methods of Influen-
cing Behavior; Psychological Research in Education; and others.
In the SchoOl of Physiotherapy, three psychology courses are taught: General
Psychology; Developmental Psychology; and Psychology of the Disabled.
There is no systematic course of psychology in the teaching program of the School
of Coaches. Instead, various subjects are taught for a total of thirty lecture hours.
The subjects are: Motivation in Competitive Sport; Arousal, Activation Level and
Sport Performance; Personality Traits and Sport Participation; Behavior Modifica-
tion; Structure of Skills in Sport; Motivational Regulation; Biofeedback
Mechanisms and Sport; Psychological Evaluation of Athletes.
Psychological research and counseling is done in the Department of Research and
Sports Medicine at the Wingate Institute. A Section of Behavioral Sciences is includ-
ed in this Department, and it is responsible for the psychological research projects
and psychological counseling in the domain of physical education and sport. Some
of the research done in the Department is interdisciplinary and has been performed
together with the other sections in the Department - Exercise Physiology, Sports
Medicine, and Biomechanics. Such projects are:
( I ) A longitudinal follow-up of a group of children gifted in sporr, including the
selection of these children, periodical evaluation of their progress, and consultation
with their,coaches and families.
( 2 ) A longitudinalfollow-up of a group of paraplegics - war invalids, including an
evaluation of the influence of a sport rehabilitation program on their physiological
and psycho-social state.
( 3 ) A research project on the motivational influences on anaerobic performance.
In addition to their participation in these intradisciplinary projects, the staff of
the Section of Behavjoral Sciences develops its own research projects and provides
individual psychological evaluation of athletes, and counseling together with
athletes and coaches.
Psychological research projects that are now being developed in this Section are:
(1) MMPl for athletes (a study of the validity of an abbreviated form of the MMPl
- 221 items, in evaluating personality differences in top athletes and their
behavioral characteristics during competition).
(2) Intelligence profile of athletes (a study of the intellectual characteristics that are
dominant in different kinds of sport).
(3) Psychomotor abilities in children and their development through physical educa-
tion and a self-assessment technique.
(4) Academic achievement, social position, level of motivation, anxiety, and reac-
tions to frustration in children who participate in sport.
Some projects related to adaptation of psychological tests to Israeli children and
athletes (the Analitisher lntelligenz Test of Meili, the Picture-Frustration Test of
Rosenzweig, the Anxiety Test of Spielberger) as well as the development of new
tests, are being pursued. The Section of Behavioral Sciences is now developing and
testing three tests: A moloric achievement morivation rest (MAM) for testing level of
aspiration and reactions to success and failure during motor activity (tapping) in a
laboratory competitive situation; a kinestheric measuremenr rechnique based on
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reproduction of real gross body movements; and a rest ro measure the abiliry ro
learn m o m reacrions to signals in different space positions.
Some teachers in the instructional institutions at the Wingate Institute have also
developed research projects, some in collaboration with the Department of Research
and Sports Medicine. In the area of applied psychology the following topics are now
being studied:
( I ) Effects of cardiorespiratory conditioning increase upon mental performance
under physiological stress and on personality variables (Dr G . Weingarten).
(2) The effect of frequency and content of physical education classes upon
sociometric status in 9-10 year old girls and boys (Dr G . Weingarten).
(3) The relationship between various motor and sport attributes and sociometric
standings in grades 5 to 12 (Dr G . Weingarten).
(4) The psychology of the teacher of physical education (D. Eldar).
( 5 ) The relationship between the motivation to choose physical education as a pro-
fession and the preponderance of men in this profession (D. Eldar).
(6) Comparison of the effects of the English movement approach and the tradi-
tional Swedish approach to school gymnastics on certain psychological, physical and
perceptual motor measures (D. Eldar).
(7) The influence of genetics, age and training on the reactions to frustration in
children who participate in sport (S. Raviv).
(8) The effect of a daily program of physical education on the mentally retarded (Dr
A. Sherman).
(9) Changes in states of consciousness and in behavior following the increase of
muscular sensations of the body periphery (N. Raz).
(10) The evaluation of academic and sport achievements and their influence on the
social status in a special group of sport instructors (U. Shaeffer).
Every year the Wingate Institute holds one or two international symposia or
seminars. Some of them are devoted to psychological topics, and others include in
their programs psychological papers related to the general program of the sym-
posium. Thus in 1976 the Wingate lnstitute held a seminar on ‘Motor Learning in
Physical Education and Sport’ (Chairman Dr A. Sherman), and in 1977 a sym-
posium on ‘Psychological Assessment in Sport’ (Chairman Dr E. Geron). In
December of 1979 an International seminar on ‘Art and Science in Coaching’
(Chairman Dr G . Weingarten) will take place at the Wingate Institute. A
psychological section will be included in the seminar to discuss psychological pro-
blems in coaching.
The Publishing Department of the Wingate Institute publishes the Proceedings of
all symposia and seminars (in English) and also monographs and collections of
papers (in English or Hebrew). In the domain of applied psychology, in addition to
the proceedings of the two symposia mentioned above, a book was recently publish-
ed entitled f.sychica/ frepararion oj’Athlere.7 by Professor Ema Geron (1976). and
two collections included papers with psychological topics: ‘To the Sports Sciences’,
1977; and ‘Coach and the Coaching in Israel’, 1979.
A Handbook oJ Sporr Psychology (in English), with the participation of experts
in this area from all over the world is now in preparation (edited by Dr E. Geron). I t
will include four volumes devoted to the different domains of sport psychology
(General Topics, Motor Learning, Psychology of Competitive Sport, and
Psychological Aspects to the Recreation and Rehabilitation by Sport).
The Wingate Institute also sponsors the Israeli Association of Sport Psychology.
This is a voluntary association (group member of the International Society of Sport
Psychology) with 25 members - people from all over the country with an academic
degree in psychology or physical education who are interested and participale in
research, promotion, teaching and dissemination of sport psychological science.
They meet bi-monthly and discuss research projects in sport psychology or receive
lectures from members o r specially invited guests. Lately some meetings habe been
organized together with coaches and physical education teachers in which wnie
psychological topics of practical interests to I hese specialists were discussed. The
Israeli Association of Sport Psychology sends delegates to participate in the Interna-
tional and European Congresses o f Sport Psychology and organizes symposia and
meetings in this area in Israel. It was the organizer of the International Symposium
on Psychological Assessment in Sport.

Professor Emu Geron

Wingare Insrirute for Physical Education ond Sporr, lrruel

Congresses, conferences and symposia 0 Congres,

conferences et symposiums
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