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Sports psychology

1. Personality and Sports

2. What is Personality? Personality is a branch of psychology that examines personality and its variation among individuals. It aims to show how people are individually different due to psychological forces. Structure of Personality: Psychological Core Typical Responses Role Related Behavior

3. Psychological Core: Most Basic or deepest level of Your attitudes, Values, interests , motives, and beliefs yourself & Self-worth. Example: A persons Religious values.

4. Typical Responses: The ways we each learn to adjust or respond to the environment. The manner in which a person usually responds to particular environmental situations. Example: Might be happy Go-lucky Shy

5. Role Related Behavior: How you act based on what you perceive your social situation. An individual's behavior that is determined by the role of the person, and the person's perception of how he or she should behave in particular environmental situations. Example: Behavior as a Student/ Athlete Teacher Coach Parents

6. Understanding personality with Five View Points: Five of Major Ways of Studding Personality in Sports & Exercise have been called Psychodynamic Approach Trait Approach Situation Approach Interactional Approach Phenomenological Approach

7. Psychodynamic Approach: Psychodynamic Approach to personality is characterized by two themes ( Cox-1998). First, its places emphasis on unconscious determinants of behavior ( super-ego). Second, This approach focuses on understanding the person as a whole rather than identifying isolated traits or dispositions .

8. Trait Approach: Behavior is determined by relatively stable traits that are fundamental unit of personality. These Traits predispose one to act in a certain way , regardless of the situations.

9. Situation Approach: Behavior is determined largely by the situation or environment. This situation is more important determinant of behavior then particular personality traits. You might act confident for instance, in one situation but tentative in another situation

10. Interactional Approach: Behavior is determined by both the person and the situational factors as well as by their interaction, The majority of contemporary sports and exercise psychologist favor the interactional approach.

11. Phenomenological Approach: Behavior is best determined by accounting for both situations and personal characteristics. A person understanding and interpretations of your self and environment are critical.