HL10525: Sport and exercise psychology
[Page last updated: 03 August 2022]
| Academic Year: | 2022/23 |
| Owning Department/School: | Department for Health |
| Credits: | 10 [equivalent to 20 CATS credits] |
| Notional Study Hours: | 200 |
| Level: | Certificate (FHEQ level 4) |
| Period: |
- Academic Year
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| Assessment Summary: | EX 100% |
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| Supplementary Assessment: |
- Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
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| Requisites: |
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| Learning Outcomes:
| 1. Discuss the relevance of psychology in the contexts of sport, exercise, and health
2. Describe and explain concepts within sport, exercise, and health psychology
3. Discuss the measurement of psychological constructs in the context of sport, exercise, and health
4. Distinguish between dominant theoretical approaches in psychology.
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| Aims: | To provide a general introduction to the academic discipline of psychology in the contexts of sport, exercise, and health. Students will have the opportunity to familiarise themselves with dominant theoretical approaches in psychology and will be introduced to key psychological concepts.
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| Content: |
* Introduction to psychology: aims of the discipline; key organisations; working domains and practitioner roles.
* Dominant theoretical approaches: schools of thought; psychodynamic; behaviourist; cognitive; humanistic; personality theories.
* Key concepts: motivation; confidence & self-efficacy; emotion & stress; competitive anxiety; coping & resilience; concentration & attention.
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| Programme availability: |
HL10525 is a Designated Essential Unit on the following programmes:
Department for Health
- UHHL-AFB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science (Year 1)
- UHHL-AKB21 : BSc(Hons) Health and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 1)
- UHHL-AFB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 1)
- UHHL-ACB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 1)
- UHHL-AAB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- UHHL-AKB22 : BSc(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 1)
- UHHL-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 1)
- UHHL-ACM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 1)
- UHHL-AAM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 1)
- UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 1)
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Notes: - This unit catalogue is applicable for the 2022/23 academic year only. Students continuing their studies into 2023/24 and beyond should not assume that this unit will be available in future years in the format displayed here for 2022/23.
- Programmes and units are subject to change in accordance with normal University procedures.
- Availability of units will be subject to constraints such as staff availability, minimum and maximum group sizes, and timetabling factors as well as a student's ability to meet any pre-requisite rules.
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