Studiehåndbok 2016-2017
   
   
  
TCI250 Sports Psycology 1 - Motivational and learning in sport and physical activity (10 ECTS) 
Course facts
Course codeTCI250
Course titleSports Psycology 1 - Motivational and learning in sport and physical activity
ECTS10 ECTS
Course languageEnglish
Academic responsibleTynke Toering
Teaching semesterFall
Introduction

Students shall dedicate themselves to acquiring research based knowledge about the central motivational processes and constructs that have meaning for children and adults taking part in physical activity, exercise and sport. Students shall acquire sport psychological knowledge and insight into promoting the motivation of individuals within learning and achievement contexts, and promoting the learning and development of individuals in physical activity and sports.

Learning outcome

 

Knowledge
The students should know:

  • general understanding of the process of motivation;
  • general understanding of the major approaches to motivation in sport and exercise
  • general understanding of the expertise development process and its relationship with the major motivational approaches in sport and exercise

Skills
Students should know:

  • how to interpret motivation research;
  • how to develop basic but appropriate motivation interventions
  • how to interpret expertise development research
  • how to design learning environments to optimize motivation and development
Course organization

Classes will go through the whole of the Autumn semester. The structure of the course will be a combination of formal lectures and discussion, some individual and group work that will be student driven, and presentation of projects.

Assessment

Individual written assignments - Pass/fail.  In order to be permitted to do the final exam, students must fulfill the work requirements by passing 2 out of 3 assignments.

All assignments must be submitted via Fronter, and will be run through Ephorus for plagiarism control.

Individual written exam - Graded  4 hours.

Recourses/materials which may be used in the exam: Dictionary

 

Syllabus






Core material

MAIN TEXTBOOK:    
Schacter, D. L., Gilbert, D. T. & Wegner, B. M. (Eds.). (2012). Psychology. Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan.
To read:
Chapter 1
(pp. 2-37), Psychology: the evolution of a science
Chapter 2 (pp. 38-77), The methods of psychology
Chapter 3 (pp. 92-121) Neuroscience and behavior (N.B. not the whole chapter!)
Chapter 10 (pp. 370-405), Emotion and motivation
Chapter 11 (pp.406-447), Cognitive development
Chapter 12 (pp.448-487), Social development
Chapter 14 (pp.524-537 and 546-565), Social psychology (N.B. not the whole chapter!)
* You will find the book in the Library, here: ORIA


1 DIGITAL COMPENDIUM:
Tynke, T. (Ed.). (2016). TCI 250: Sports Psycology 1 - Motivational and learning in sport and physical activity: Fall 2016. (Digital compendium). Oslo: Norges idrettshøgskole.
** This is available through Fronter.

The reference list for the Digital Compendium, alphabetical in APA-style:
Baars, B. J. (2011). Thinking about consciousness. In: M. A. Gernsbacher, R. W. Pew, L. M. Hough & J. R. Pomerantz, Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society. (pp. 108-113). New York: Worth Publishers.

Bailey, R. (2008). Youth sport and social inclusion. In: N. L. Holt (Ed.), Positive youth development through sport. (International studies in physical education and youth sport). (pp. 85-96). New York: Routledge. 

Cox, R. H. (2012). Youth sports. In: R. H. Cox (Ed.), Sport psychology: Concepts and applications (7th ed.). (pp. 100-122). New York: MacGraw-Hill.

Duda, J. L.  & Treasure, D. C. (2010). Motivational processes and the facilitation of quality engagement in sport. In: J. Williams (Ed.), Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance. (pp. 59-80). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Dweck, C. S. & Master, A. (2012). Self-theories motivate self-regulated learning. In: D. H. Schunk & B. J. Zimmerman (Eds.), Motivation and self-regulated learning: Theory, research, and applications. (pp. 31-51). New York: Routledge.
 
Horn, T. S., Lox, C. L. & Labrador, F. (2010). The self-fulfilling prophecy theory: When coaches' expectations become reality. In: J. Williams (Ed.), Applied sport psychology: Personal growth to peak performance. (pp. 81-105). New York: McGraw-Hill.

Kahneman, D. (2011). Attention and effort. In: D. Kahneman, Thinking fast and slow. (pp. 31-38). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Kahneman, D. (2011). The characters of the story. In: D. Kahneman, Thinking fast and slow. (pp. 19-30). New York: Farrar, Straus and Giroux.

Lane, A. & Devonport, T. (2011). The nature of sport and exercise psychology. In: G. Davey (Ed.), Applied psychology. (pp. 529-546). Chichester: BPS Blackwell.

MacNamara, A. & Collins, D. (2012). Building talent development systems on mechanistic principles: Making them better at what makes them good. In: J. Baker, S. Cobley & J. Schorer, Talent identification and development in sport. (pp. 25-38). New York: Routledge.

Wegner, D. M. (2011). When you put things out of mind, where do they go? In: M. A. Gernsbacher, R. W. Pew, L. M. Hough & J. R. Pomerantz, Psychology and the real world: Essays illustrating fundamental contributions to society. (pp. 114-120). New York: Worth Publishers.

Weinberg, R. S. & Gould, D. (2010). Motivation. In: R. S. Weinberg & D. Gould, Foundations of sport and exercise psychology (5th ed.). (pp. 51-75). Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics.

Weinberg, R. S. & Gould, D. (2011). Welcome to sport and exercise psychology. In: R. S. Weinberg & D. Gould, Foundations of sport and exercise psychology (5th ed.). (pp. 3-26). Champaign, Ill.: Human Kinetics.


7 ONLINE ARTCLES :

NB! To open electronic articles and books off campus, you must use the following VPN connection: Click here to download.

Baker & Young (2014). 20 years later: Deliberate practice and the development of expertise in sport. International Review of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 7(1), 135-157. doi: 10.1080/1750984X.2014.896024
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Bhalla, J. A. & Weiss, M. R. (2013). A cross-cultural perspective of parental influence on female adolescents' achievement beliefs and behaviors in sport and school domains. Research Quarterly for Exercise and Sport, 81(4), 494-505.
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Eime, R. M., Young, J., Harvey, J. T. & Charity, M. J. (2013). A systematic review of the psychological and social benefits of participation in sport for children and adolescents: Informing development of a conceptual model of health through sport. International Journal of Behavioral Nutrition and Physical Activity, 10, 98. doi: 10.1186/1479-5868-10-98.
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Mischel, W., Ayduk, O., Berman, M. G., Casey, B. J., Gotlib, I. H., Jonides, J. ... Shoda, Y. (2011). 'Willpower' over the life span: Decomposing self-regulation. Social Cognitive and Affective Neuroscience, 6(2), 252-256. doi: 10.1093/scan/nsq081.
* This article is available online: Click here to download.
** The article is also available here: Click here  to download.

O'Rourke, D. J., Smith, R. E., Smoll, F. L. & Cumming, S. P.  (2014). Relations of parent- and coach-initiated motivational climates to young athletes’ selfe-esteem, performance anxiety, and autonomous motivation: Who is more influential? Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 26(4), 395-408. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2014.907838.
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Smith, N. Tessier, D., Tzioumakis, Y., Fabra, P, Quested, E., Appleton, P. ... Duda, J. L. (2016). The relationship between observed and perceived assessments of the coach-created motivational environment and links to athlete motivation. Psychology of Sport and Exercise, 23, 51-63. doi:10.1016/j.psychsport.2015.11.001
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Vella, S, Oades, L. & Crowe, T. (2011). The role of the coach in facilitating positive youth development: Moving from theory to practice. Journal of Applied Sport Psychology, 23(1), 33-48. doi: 10.1080/10413200.2010.511423.
* This article is available online: Click here to download

Total number of pages: 550 of maximum 600

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