Overview

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. Though the psychologists behind the studies described here worked independently of one another and charted their own distinct courses of inquiry, their works, taken together, provided the corpus of precedents and foundations on which the modern field of sport psychology was built. The essays collected in this volume tell the stories not only of these psychologists and their subjects but of the social and academic context that surrounded them, shaping and being shaped by their ideas.

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Author:   Christopher D. Green ,  Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr.
Publisher:   University of Nebraska Press
Imprint:   University of Nebraska Press
Dimensions:   Width: 14.00cm , Height: 1.80cm , Length: 21.60cm
Weight:   0.376kg
ISBN:  

9780803222267

ISBN 10:   0803222262
Pages:   324
Publication Date:   01 December 2009
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

"List of Illustrations Introduction: The Origins of Sport Psychology       Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. and Christopher D. Green 1. The Dawn of Sport Psychology in Europe, 18801930: Early Pioneers of a New Branch of Applied Science       Günther Bäumler 2. E. W. Scripture: The Application of ""New Psychology"" Methodology to Athletics       C. James Goodwin 3. Norman Triplett: Recognizing the Importance of Competition       Stephen F. Davis, Matthew T. Huss, and Angela H. Becker 4. Karl S. Lashley and John B. Watson: Early Research on the Acquisition of Skill in Archery       Donald A. Dewsbury 5. Psychology and Baseball: The Testing of Babe Ruth       Alfred H. Fuchs 6. An Offensive Advantage: The Football Charging Studies at Stanford University       Frank G. Baugh and Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. 7. Coleman Roberts Griffith: ""Father"" of North American Sport Psychology       Christopher D. Green 8. Paul Brown: Bringing Psychological Testing to Football       Stephen T. Graef, Alan S. Kornspan, and David Baker 9. 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. Contributors Index"

Reviews

Providing excellent case studies of how experimental psychology was carried out in its early years, psychologists Christopher Green and Ludy Benjamin offer a look at those who did early work on what is now known as sport psychology. --S. R./i>--S. R. Flora Choice (07/01/2010)

Providing excellent case studies of how experimental psychology was carried out in its early years, psychologists Christopher Green and Ludy Benjamin offer a look at those who did early work on what is now known as sport psychology. -S. R. Flora, Choice -- S. R. Flora Choice

Author Information

Christopher D. Green is a professor of psychology at York University. He is the coauthor of Early Psychological Thought: Ancient Accounts of the Mind and Soul and the coeditor of The Transformation of Psychology: Influences of 19th-Century Philosophy, Technology, and Natural Science. Ludy T. Benjamin Jr. is a professor of psychology at Texas A&M University and the author and editor of numerous books, including A History of Psychology in Letters and A Brief History of Modern Psychology.  Contributors: David Baker, Frank G. Baugh, Günther Bäumler, Angela H. Becker, Ludy T. Benjamin Jr., Stephen F. Davis, Donald A. Dewsbury, Alfred H. Fuchs, Stephen T. Graef, Christopher D. Green, C. James Goodwin, Matthew T. Huss, and Alan S. Kornspan.

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