Module PY1606-KP04

Duration

1 Semester

Turnus of offer

on request

Credit points

4

Course of studies, specific fields and terms:

• Bachelor Psychology 2027, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2020, optional subject, psychology
• Bachelor Psychology 2016, optional subject, psychology

Classes and lectures:

• PY-1605-S Introduction to Sport Psychology (seminar, 2 SWS)

Workload:

• 90 hours privat studies (including essay)
• 30 hours in-classroom work

Contents of teaching:

• Current research and debates in sport psychology, including the following topics:
• Sport and motivation
• Performance under pressure
• Attribution and attention
• Exercise psychology and physical activity
• Experimental sport psychology
• Judgment and decisions in sport
• Anticipation
• Applied sport psychology
• Motor development and diagnostics
• Perspectives on children and adults

Qualification-goals/Competencies:

• Students learn the basic concepts, theories, models and methods of sport psychology research
• Students are able to understand and critically reflect on original literature from sports psychology research
• Students develop their own questions on the topics of sport psychology
• Students acquire skills in independent literature research
• Students deepen their skills in discussing and jointly reflecting on specialist content
• Students acquire skills that enable them to go through the steps of the sport psychology research process, including research methodological procedures

Grading through:

• written homework

Responsible for this module:

• Prof. Dr. Till Utesch

Teacher:

• Institute of Health Sciences
• Prof. Dr. Till Utesch

Literature:

• Schüler, J., Wegner, M., & Plessner, H. : Sportpsychologie: Grundlagen und Anwendung Springer-Verlag (2019)
• Farrow, D., Baker, J., & MacMahon, C. : Sportpsychologie: Verständnisgrundlagen für mehr Durchblick im Fach Springer Berlin, Heidelberg (2. Aufl., 2019)

Language:

• offered only in German

Notes:

Last Updated:

28.11.2025