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Psychology gets in the game : sport, mind, and behavior, 1880-1960 /

"Although sport psychology did not fully mature as a recognized discipline until the 1960s, pioneering psychologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, making greater use of empirical research methodologies, sought to understand mental factors that affect athletic performance...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Green, Christopher D., Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, ©2009.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The origins of sport psychology / Ludy T. Benjamin, jr. and Christopher D. Green
  • The dawn of sport psychology in Europe, 1880-1930: early pioneers of a new branch of applied science / Günther Bäumler
  • E.W. Scripture: the application of "new psychology" methodology to athletics / C. James Goodwin
  • Norman Triplett: recognizing the importance of competition / Stephen F. Davis, Matthew T. Huss, and Angela H. Becker
  • Karl S. Lashley and John B. Watson: early research on the acquisition of skill in archery / Donald A. Dewsbury
  • Psychology and baseball: the testing of Babe Ruth / Alfred H. Fuchs
  • An offensive advantage: the football charging studies at Stanford University / Frank G. Baugh and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr.
  • Coleman Roberts Griffith: "father" of North American sport psychology / Christopher D. Green
  • Paul Brown: bringing psychological testing to football / Stephen T. Graef, Alan S. Kornspan, and David Baker
  • Enhancing performance in sport: the use of hypnosis and other psychological techniques in the 1950s and 1960s / Alan S. Kornspan
  • Conclusion: The "proper" history of sport psychology / Christopher D. Green and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr.