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TOPIC 1 Concepts and research methods in Sport Psychology Psychology of Physical-Sport Activity Beatriz Garrido López Sciences of Physical- Sport Activity ÍNDICE INDEX CONTENTS CONTENIDOS 1. Sport Psychology definition 2. Science and practice...

TOPIC 1 Concepts and research methods in Sport Psychology Psychology of Physical-Sport Activity Beatriz Garrido López Sciences of Physical- Sport Activity ÍNDICE INDEX CONTENTS CONTENIDOS 1. Sport Psychology definition 2. Science and practice 3. Activity 4. Bibliographic references 2  ? ogy l c ho P sy t or Sp e th t is ha W 3 What is the Sport Psychology? What would be your definition of Sport Psychology? Keywords Short definition 5 6 Sport psychology definition Scientific study of people and their behaviors in the sports context, and the practical application of this knowledge. 7 1. Sport psychology definition OBJECTIVE A: understanding the effects of psychological factors on sports performance Does lack of self-confidence affect a child's ability to learn to swim? OBJECTIVE B: understanding the effects of sports practice on a person's psychological development, health and well-being Does daily participation in physical education classes improve a child's self-esteem? 8 Professional areas Deepen knowledge through research. Share their knowledge with their RESEARCH ROLE colleagues, promoting advances, exchange of ideas and healthy debates. Diffusion of knowledge in the TEACHER ROLE educational field Develop psychological skills to CONSULTING/ADVISORY improve performance during training ROLE and competitions. 9 Distinction between specialities SPECIALISTS TEACHING SPORTS CLINICAL PSYCHOLOGY PSYCHOLOGY Extensive training in psychology. Highly trained in sports They can detect and treat people science and physical with emotional disorders. education. Special training in sport and Often advanced psychology exercise psychology. Necessary because athletes or courses but, are not trained people who practice physical to perform treatment of activity develop emotional people with emotional disorders. disorders. Substance abuse, eating "Mental skills trainer" disorders... some areas where they can help. 10 2. Science and practice Scientific knowledge arises to respond to the human need to understand, comprehend, and explain everything that in some way affects them, whether it has a physical or biological nature, or whether it is of a social or psychological kind. Science emerges to gain knowledge, but knowledge emerges to better face the different real or potential challenges that affect us 11 Science and practice Sport and exercise psychology is a science and therefore it is important to understand what the scientific method is, that is, how the knowledge obtained through scientific methods originates. To this end, science has developed certain general research guidelines: 12 ✔ The scientific method determines a systematic approach to study a subject. That is, it requires standardization of conditions. ✔ The scientific method requires control of conditions. ✔ The scientific method is empirical, meaning that it is based on observation. ✔ The scientific method is critical, which implies rigorous evaluation of the researcher and other scientists. 13 Scientific method SM is the way in which scientific knowledge is generated; its basic characteristics are: replicability and the possibility of consensus in the scientific community. SM deals with the systematic acquisition and verification of the information obtained, in order to explain the behavior or phenomenon to be investigated. Sport psychology is a scientific discipline that elaborates its body of knowledge about human behavior in sport, following scientific methods. The objective of science, in general, and that of Sport Psychology research, in particular, is the elaboration of explanatory models of behavior. 14  4. What is applied research in sport? Research is an accurate and systematic system for problem solving (Tuckman, 1978). It is the study of the methods, procedures and techniques used to obtain a scientific knowledge of sports phenomena, as well as to solve sports and social problems (Thomas and Nelson, 2007). 15 16 17  The Bibliographic review The main objective of the review is to avoid conducting research that has already been done. To know what has been published on the problem posed. To know the hypotheses put forward and the procedures used by other authors. To improve the understanding of the problem. To report on the results found so that other authors can benefit and progress taking as a reference point what has already been achieved. This step implies the need to know how to get to this information. 18 19 20 21 What is the research design? Research design describes the way in which relevant information is obtained in order to respond to a research problem, and on the other hand, the way in which the data obtained must be analyzed and interpreted in an appropriate way (Heinemann, 2003). 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 https://apastyle.apa.org/products/publication-manual-7th-edition?tab=13 31 THE RESEARCH REPORT HEADING ASPECTS: Title, authors, summary (abstract) and key words (key words). INTRODUCTION Theoretical foundation (statement of the scientific problem). Establishment of objectives and/or hypothesis METHOD. Participants. Instruments. Procedure (research design, determination of variables and work execution methodology). RESULTS Statistical analysis. Communication of the results (tables and/or graphs). DISCUSSION AND CONCLUSIONS. BIBLIOGRAPHICAL REFERENCES. ANNEXES. 32 33 3. ACTIVITY 34  Beatriz Garrido López [email protected] UCAM Universidad Católica de Murcia © UCAM BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCIAS REFERENCES BIBLIOGRÁFICAS Altman, D.G. (1991). Practical statistics for medical research. New York, United States: Chapman and Hall. Bar-Eli, M., Plessner, H., & Raab, M. (2011). Judgment, decision-making and success in sport. Oxford, England: Wiley. Farrow, D., & Raab, M. (2008). A recipe for expert decision making. In D. Farrow, J. Baker, & C. MacMahon (Eds.), Developing sport expertise: Researchers and coaches put theory into practice (pp. 137-158). London, England: Routledge. Hodges, N. J., Starkes, J. L., & MacMahon, C. (2006). Expert performance in sport: A cognitive process. In K. A. Ericsson, N. Charness, P. J. Feltovich, & R. R. Hoffman (Eds.), The Cambridge handbook of expertise and expert performance (pp. 471-788). New York, United States: Cambridge University Press. 36