PSYC 421
Sports Psychology · 3 credits · Fall 2026
Requirements
PSYC 421 PRE-REQ - STUDENT NEEDS ANY 200 LEVEL PSYCHOLOGY COURSE PRIOR TO REGISTERING FOR PSYC 421.
About this course
This course explores the application of psychological principles to the sports arena. It brings together well-established findings from the areas of personality, motivation, social and physiological psychology and encompasses theory and methodology ranging from the experimental to the clinical areas. The course will include such issues as the complex relationship of anxiety to performance, the spectators' contradictory expectations of sports heroes and heroines (which may account for their frequent falling from grace), and the predictability and variability of certain individual types on the playing field. Applications of Sports Psychology to other areas of life will also be explored.
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