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HL40580: Psychology of sport and performance excellence

[Page last updated: 19 August 2024]

Academic Year: 2024/25
Owning Department/School: Department for Health
Credits: 7.5 [equivalent to 15 CATS credits]
Notional Study Hours: 150
Level: Masters UG & PG (FHEQ level 7)
Period:
Semester 1
Assessment Summary: CWOA 40%, CWRI 60%
Assessment Detail:
  • Report (CWRI 60%)
  • Oral presentation and assessment (CWOA 40%)
Supplementary Assessment:
Like-for-like reassessment (where allowed by programme regulations)
Requisites: Before taking this module you must take HL30565
Learning Outcomes: Apply knowledge gleaned from theory and research findings to design psychological support programmes to facilitate quests for optimum performance and demonstrate originality in this process
Appraise the psychological research pertaining to elite performance in sport and other performance contexts
Critically appraise and synthesise the social-cognitive processes through which high performers operate
Discuss the theoretical principles that underpin the complexity of psychosocial dynamics in high performance across domains
Evaluate critically the challenges associated with achieving a high performance environment and performance excellence
Produce coherent arguments for using an evidence-based approach to sport and performance psychology practice


Aims: To provide students with an in-depth knowledge and critical comprehension of the psychology of sport and performance excellence

Learning outcomes: 1. Appraise the psychological research pertaining to elite performance in sport and other performance contexts 2. Discuss the theoretical principles that underpin the complexity of psychosocial dynamics in high performance across domains 3. Produce coherent arguments for using an evidence-based approach to sport and performance psychology practice 4. Critically appraise and synthesise the social-cognitive processes through which high performers operate 5. Evaluate critically the challenges associated with achieving a high performance environment and performance excellence 6. Apply knowledge gleaned from theory and research findings to design psychological support programmes to facilitate quests for optimum performance and demonstrate originality in this process

Content: Human development and performance, individual psychological processes in performance, social psychological processes in performance, stress and emotion, psychological and team resilience, thriving and adversarial growth, performance leadership and management.

Course availability:

HL40580 is Optional (DEU) on the following courses:

Department for Health
  • UHHL-AFM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science (Year 4)
  • UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Study year abroad (Year 5)
  • UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Combined Professional Placement and Study Abroad (Year 5)
  • UHHL-AKM22 : MSci(Hons) Sport and Exercise Science with Professional Placement (Year 5)

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