Sport Psychology

The course will give an introduction to Sport Psychology with emphasis on Acceptance-Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Humanistic Psychology, and how the different approaches are used in sports. Subjects for the course are: motivation, self-efficacy, gender, child and youth sports, elite sports, emotions, inner dialogue, stress management and anxiety.

Readings for the course is a textbook in Norwegian supplemented with research articles and book chapters in English.

The teaching is a combination of lectures and group seminars. Both the lectures and seminars emphasize involving students in active learning. Especially seminars will be the context for discussions and group tasks.

Knowledge: the student shall:

• be introduced to, and have knowledge about how to use psychological theory in a sport setting.
• gain knowledge about important psychological mechanisms through participation in practical activities.

Skills - the student shall demonstrate the ability to:

• demonstrate competence in terms of applying psychological theories on both individual- and group perspectives.
• respond to a given topic in an analytical and discursive manner through the use of scientific texts.

4 hours of teaching per week, divided into 2 hours of lectures and 2 hours of group seminars. Some weeks are set aside for writing work.