PSICOLOGIA GENERALE E DELLO SPORT M - Z
Academic Year 2023/2024 - Teacher: MARIANO INDELICATOExpected Learning Outcomes
Course Structure
Required Prerequisites
Attendance of Lessons
binding
Detailed Course Content
History of Psychology
Scientific foundations of sport psychology
Neurophysiological bases of motor behavior
Perception, action and motor imagination
Self-regulating processes and activation levels
Attentional processes
Learning and memory
Executive functions and excellence in sport
Emotions and sports
Motivation and Personality
Sport and personality
Group dynamics
Improve performance
Sport, physical activity and well-being
Textbook Information
Cei, A., Fondamenti di psicologia dello sport, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2021
Legrenzi, P., Storia della psicologia, Il Mulino, Bologna, 1980
Learning Assessment
Learning Assessment Procedures
For the evaluation, the teacher will take into account the following:
Knowledge and understanding: Knowledge of general psychology and sports psychology fundamentals, particularly cognitive, emotional and motivational domains.
Applied knowledge and understanding: Acquisition of knowledge of general and sports psychology mechanisms and possible alterations.
You are making judgements: Ability to summarize and compare general and sports psychology (e.g. attention, memory, executive functions) in sport.
Communication skills: Ability to communicate the contents learned during the course with a personal style and appropriate terminology.
Ability to learn: Understanding, analyzing and processing the contents of general and sports psychology texts to undertake subsequent in-depth studies independently
Examples of frequently asked questions and / or exercises
What is sports psychology?
What is meant by the scientific method?
The difference between movement, motor act and action
What does open-loop motor behavior mean?