Revision Notes, Psychology and Sports, Physical Education

Psychology and Sports

10.1 Definition and Importance of Psychology in Physical Education and Sports
10.2 Define and differentiate between Growth and Development
10.3 Developmental characteristics at different stages of development
10.4 Adolescent problems and their management
10.5 Define Learning, Laws of Learning and Transfer of Learning
10.6 Plateau and Causes of Plateau
10.7 Emotion: Concept and controlling of Emotions

a. Psychology: Psychology is the study of mind and behavior.

b. Sports Psychology: Sports Psychology is an applied Psychology involving applications of psychological principles to the field of physical education.

c. Importance of sports psychology:

d. Growth and Development: Growth "The term growth of parts of the education and the growth of parts of the body, may be in size, height and weight.
 Development can be defined as a progressive series of changes in an orderly coherent pattern.

e. Different stages of growth and development
 5 stages of growth and development Infancy

f. Adolescence, Problems of Adolescence and Management of Problems of Adolescents

Adolescence: Adolescence Is the period of change from childhood to adulthood.

g. Define Learning, Laws of Learning and Transfer of learning

Learning: Learning is a lifelong process: it starts in the womb and ends in the tomb.

Learning is adaptation and adjustment.

Transfer of learning, Types of Transfer of learning, factor affecting the transfer of learning

Transfer of learning: Transfer of learning occurs when a person's learning in one situation influence his learning and performances in other situation.
Types of is a transfer of learning:

(i) Positive Transfer: When there is an improvement in performance as a result of previous learning or training

(ii) Negative Transfer: When learned one skill makes the learning of the second skill more difficult

(iii) Application Transfer: When previous learning is applied successfully to life situations

(iv) Bilateral Transfer: When there is a change of performance in a number on one side of the body as a result of training the corresponding member on another side (v) Proactive Transfer: Learning of skill affects the learning of skill yet to be learned.

(vi) Retroactive Transfer: A skill recently being learned effects the previously learned skill.

h. Plateau and causes of Plateau Plateau:- A period of little or no apparent progress in an individuals learning, marked by an inability to increase speed, reduce the number of errors etc and indicated by a horizontal stretch in a learning curve or graph.

i.  The concept of emotions and methods of controlling emotions.
Emotions:- emotions are intense feelings that are directed at someone or something. Emotions are subjective conscious experiences characterized by expressions, biological reactions, and mental status.