Chiara's+EE

=Topic ideas= Area: sports psychology General topic: MOTIVATION IN SPORT
 * What are the different factors that affect motivation in sport?
 * the extent to which goal setting can improve motivation for the individual in sport
 * what other factors are involved

=Factors= Goal Setting Role of Coaches Self-efficacy Expectation performance Adrenalin (how does this relate to the topics above?) **Chiara, start moving notes from below into the relevant pages above. This should help you begin to make sense of everything you have collected.** **Also, have a look at this clip from the BBC - [|Importance of mental attitude in sport] (you should be able to open it at school or at home with a VPN)**

__ Ideas __
goal setting does play a role - investigate and discuss theories and case studies However, there are other factors **Sociocultural** - impact of the group
 * Cognitive **

**Physiology/ Neuromaturational factors** physical development means that motivation also has biological correlates - role of adrenalin - hormones

Links that may help you
http://www-personal.umich.edu/~bing/oversite/sportpsych.html http://www.purdue.edu/hhs/hk/sportpsych/pubs.html (look at the topics on this page - some of them have links to the pdfs) http://www.thesportjournal.org/article/male-and-female-basketball-players-goal-orientation-perceived-motivational-climate-perceived http://www.thesportjournal.org/search/node/task+orientation (use the search function to look up specific topics/theories) http://www.brianmac.co.uk/articles/scni22a5.htm (look specifically at the list of references at the end of the article) http://motivate.squarespace.com/sport-exercise-and-phys-ed

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=Notes=

PDF Files to look at/ used:
- Article about Locke's Theory - 'Cognitive evaluation theory', talking about intrinsic and extrinsic motivation