General Developmental and Sports Psychology (VPUPK_249)
About Study Course
Objective
To develop student's understanding of sports psychology and the psychological aspects of sports, the main trends and branches of psychology, research methods; psychological processes, personality, individual's emotional and cognitive development at different ages, aspects that influence personality development.
Prerequisites
Not required.
Learning outcomes
• describes psychology as a science and its main tasks;
• identifies the main trends in modern psychology;
• characterizes the historical development of psychology;
• describes the aspects of human psyche;
• characterizes the main aspects of psychological development;
• recognizes a person's psychological characteristics, states and psychological processes;
• names the main research methods in psychology;
• characterizes the individual's cognitive and emotional development at different ages;
• identifies environmental factors in sports;
• describes the types of motives in sports;
• recognizes different emotions and feelings;
• understands the psychological aspects of physical, technical and tactical preparation;
• describes the main types of psychological training;
• describes the psycho-emotional aspects of sports competitions;
• characterizes the psychological preparedness of athletes in training and competitions;
• understands the socio-psychological aspects of sports.
• describes the main fields in psychology;
• describes the basic aspects of psyche;
• describes the individual typological traits of the personality.
• distinguishes different psychological phenomena;
• differentiates between different fields of psychology;
• discusses basic concepts of sports psychology.
