PSYC 214 - Sports Psychology

CR: 3
Prerequisite: PSYC 101. A comprehensive exploration of sports psychology, taking a different perspective in each of the 3 weeks of the course: first, use of psychology as a lens for thinking about sports in society; second, a wide-ranging consideration of psychological factors that impact sporting performance, touching physiological, social, developmental, cognitive, and clinical psychology; and last, a deep-dive examination of sporting identity. The course will explicitly incorporate on-campus athletic/riding competitions falling during the term as a “lab” for generating and testing relevant ideas. Offered alternate years.