Course Attributes:
Gen Ed - Social Sciences, Liberal Arts and Science
Description:
This course is an introduction to sports psychology, a scientific discipline that studies the psychological/mental and behavioral factors that influence and are influenced by the participation in and performance of sports and physical activity. Specific topics include personality and motivation; cognition and decision making; stress and arousal; violence in sports; team dynamics, the history of sports; rituals and bonding; mental imagery; and performance and spectator behavior.