SPEX 101

Sport, Science & Society

Week 6 Lectures: Professor Ken Hodge

 SPEX 101
‘Psychology of Sport’

Ken Hodge

Rm 202, 55 Union
St.
Ph. 479-8945
e-mail:
ken.hodge@otago.ac.nz
 Required Reading: Week 5

 Week 5 (Guest Lecturer: Professor Ken Hodge)

 Hodge, K.P. (2010). Introduction and Chapter 1

(pp. 9-27). Sport Motivation: Training Your
Mind for Peak Performance (2nd Edition).
Auckland, NZ: Reed.

-- available on Blackboard (PDF file)

-- also on Close Reserve; Central Library
Sport & ‘Science’ (social sciences)

Culture
What is SportPsych (SP)?
PSYCHOLOGY & SPORT PSYCHOLOGY
A. What is Psychology?

How do YOU define

psychology???
Definition: "The ___________ study of ________;
where __________ is broadly defined”.
(ie., unit of study = cell thru to society)

B. What is Sport Psychology?

"the scientific study of human _________
________ in the sport (exercise) context –
the ‘____’ and ‘____’ of human _______
________ in the sport (exercise) context".
 Two General Questions of SP
How psychological
factors effect her
____________?

How her
involvement
influences her psych
_____________?
Psych Factors Influence Sport Performance

Social/Environmental Influences
(eg, ______, teammates, task _________)


Psych Profile (eg, ________, confidence, ________)
Brain Function (eg, cognitions, motor control)


Movement-specific ______________ Activity

Skill Performance (_______________)
Psych = Putting the ‘Driver’ in the Car
 What is Sport ?

How do YOU define SPORT??? (see earlier SPEX 101 notes)

Definition: "Sports are institutionalized competitive

activities that involve vigorous physical
exertion or use of relatively complex
physical skills...“. (Coakley, 2008)
 What is Competition ?
How do YOU define
Competition???
"A situation in which a _____________ of an
individual’s performance is made with a
standard of _________, in the presence of
others who are aware of the _______
(standard) for comparison and can __________
the comparison process“. (Martens, 1975, 1976)
 What is Competition ?
How do YOU define
Competition???
"A situation in which a ___________of an
individual’s performance is made with a
standard of ___________, in the presence of
others who are aware of the criteria
(standard) for comparison & can __________
the comparison process“. (Martens, 1975, 1976)
 Personality & Sport
WHAT IS PERSONALITY?

Definition of Personality: (Allen et al., 2013; Weinberg & Gould, 2019)

What is Your definition???

Psychological definition:

“Personality reflects psychological qualities that

contribute to an individual’s __________ and
__________ patterns of feeling, thinking and
behaving”. (Pervin & Cervone, 2010)
Personality “Traits”:

TRAIT = a relatively ______ disposition to behave

in a certain way; traits are the __________ units
of personality -- How you _________________
act or behave.

Two ‘Key’ Personality Traits in Sport/Exercise =

 Motivation

 Anxiety
Motivation (achievement motivation)

General Definition of ‘Motivation’:

"Anything that ________ a person to ______"

ACTION is reflected in:

(1) The _______________ of behaviour

(2) The __________ of the behaviour
(3) The __________ of the behaviour
 Achievement Motivation:

"Striving toward a standard of ___________ or

attempting to reach/achieve a specific ______
(e.g., __________________). Person will ______ in
the face of failure, and experience _____ in goal
accomplishment".

==> Achievement motivation in sport

is popularly called ________________
 Motivation -- Personality Traits (motives)
(general psych -- Atkinson, 1974; Raven, 2001)

Ms = motive to _______________ (pride in _______)

Maf = motive to _______________ (shame in ______)

Key Personality Factor = Ms - Maf

Hi achievers
 higher on ___ than ___

Higher on ___ (than ___)  ???


_______