Upon completion of this course, students will be expected to:
* demonstrate an understanding of applied sport related psychological concepts such as anxiety, motivation, and social reinforcement;
* apply sport psychological intervention strategies using mental preparation, imagery, selective attention and motivation;
* identify and demonstrate an understanding of physical activity behaviour to develop appropriate interventions for children and adolescents;
* demonstrate knowledge and skills related to increasing motivation in physical education;
* become familiar with recent research regarding sport and exercise psychology and interventions to promote physical activity.

The following content will be covered in this course:
* Social facilitation and reinforcement;
* Anxiety and stress, arousal, concentration and attention control;
* Motivation strategies for sport, exercise and physical education;
* Mental preparation and imagery, goal setting;
* Physical/mental relaxation, attributions in sport;
* Exercise adherence and behaviour modification strategies;
* Theories of physical activity behaviour change;
* Interventions to promote physical activity, and
* Psychological strategies for injured athletes.

This course replaces EDUC2058

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Internal Mode

Lecture
Integrated Learning

Lecture: for 1 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks
Tutorial: for 2 hour(s) per Week for 12 weeks