HL40580: Psychology of sport and performance excellence
[Page last updated: 22 April 2025]
Academic Year: | 2025/26 |
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) |
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Assessment Summary: | CWOA 40%, CWRI 60% |
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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 |
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. |
Aims: | To provide students with an in-depth knowledge and critical comprehension of the psychology of sport and performance excellence |
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HL40580 is a Must Pass Unit on the following courses:Department for Health
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