| The availability of units in Semester 1, 2, etc. was correct at the time of going to press but may be subject to change. For the most up-to-date information click on the Timetable link below. |
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| Credit: 6 points Availability: Semester 2 (See Timetable) Old unit code: 310.270
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| Outcomes: Students learn and understand group dynamic processes; understand influencing behaviour in human movement settings including social facilitation, self-presentation, social loafing, leadership and cohesion; understand psychosocial antecedents and consequences of sport injury as well as the return to sport competition process; have a knowledge of psychosocial antecedents and consequences of participant aggression in sports settings; and understand a variety of spectator phenomena in sport, such as team identification and spectator aggression. Students acquire the skills and abilities to collect psychosocial data, interpret its meaning and critically discuss the process; use library resources to produce literature reviews; develop computer and presentation skills to facilitate presentations; and communicate ideas and information in group settings. Students also gain an appreciation of the breadth of the role of psychological processes in human movement, the complex contribution of psychosocial processes in human movement and exercise science behaviours, understand the difficulties and challenges inherent in conducting psychosocial research, and are exposed to research-informed teaching. |
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| Content: This unit emphasises the psychological and social correlates of involvement in physical activity and sport. Topics include social influence and self-presentation, cohesion, leadership, aggression, spectator psychology and the social psychology of exercise and health. |
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Assessment: This comprises a mid-semester examination (25 per cent), tutorial presentation (20 per cent), tutorial participation and attendance (10 per cent) and an end-of-semester examination (45 per cent).
Supplementary assessment is not available in this unit except in the case of a bachelor's pass degree student who has obtained a mark of 45 to 49 and is currently enrolled in this unit, and it is the only remaining unit that the student must pass in order to complete their course. |
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| Unit Co-ordinator(s): Dr James Dimmock |
| Location: UWA (Crawley) |
| Mode: on-campus |
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| Prerequisites: 6 points of Level 1 human movement units |
Contact hours—lectures/tutorials: 3.5 hrs per week; practicals: 1 hr per week
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Assistance with study skills, including English language skills,
is available free of charge from Student Services for all enrolled students
(see http://www.studysmarter.uwa.edu.au/).
Student Services location: Second Floor, South Wing, Guild Village; telephone: 6488 2423. |
Text
Weinberg, R. and Gould, D. Foundations of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 4th ed.: Human Kinetics 2007 |
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Books and other material wherever listed may be subject to change.
Book lists relating to 'Preliminary Reading', 'Recommended Reading' and 'Textbooks' are, in most cases, available at the University Co-operative Bookshop (from early January) and appropriate administrative offices for students to consult. For first-year units the Bookshop will endeavour to make available photocopies of book lists for individual units. Books marked with an asterisk (*) are available in paperback. |
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