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Sports Psychology


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Sports Psychology
A look at cognitive issues of sports psychology, including mental imaging, concentration, theory, self-image and dreams.
1,575 words (approx. 6.3 pages) | 4 sources | 1993 United States


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"The purpose of this research is to discuss strategies in cognitive psychology relevant to sports psychology. These are strategies that motivate an athlete to achieve success in sports. Cognitive psychology is based on the discovery that certain kinds of thoughts, called automatic thoughts, lead to the production of many emotions. Some people refer to this as the ABCs of emotion. For example, an activating event will bring about a belief system, and this, in turn, will have an emotional consequence. Cognitive psychology seeks to recognize this automatic thought and find a more positive response, thus ending the negative belief system.


Once considered a form of psychic voodoo, sports psychology is rapidly becoming an integral part of nearly every elite athlete's normal training routine (Allman, 1992, p. 50). The new..."

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APA Citation:

Sports Psychology (2012, January 31). Retrieved February 12, 2012, from http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Sports-Psychology/20094

MLA Citation:

"Sports Psychology" 31 January 2012. Web. 12 Feb. 2012. <http://www.academon.com/Term-Paper-Sports-Psychology/20094>




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