Sport And Exercise Psychology: A Critical Introduction

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withdrawal symptoms, 240, 241, 242
exercise psychology, 5, 225–52;
academic discipline, 227;
nature of, 227;
research projects, 252;
see also sport and exercise psychology
exercises in concentration, 119–22
experience sampling, 172–3
experience seeking, 65
experimental psychology:
attention, measurement of, 112–13
experimental research, 18, 19;
definition, 283;
mental practice (MP), 139
expert-novice differences:
expertise in sport, 171–83
(see also expertise in sport);
injured athletes’ “mental models,” 278
expertise in sport, 161–92, 284;
anticipatory abilities, 167, 179–80;
cognitive nature, 167;
cognitive superiority, 178;
definitions, 163, 164;
deliberate practice, theory of, 183–90;
development stages, 186–7;
domain-specific, 180–2;
expert-novice differences, 171–8;
eye-tracking technology, 175–8;
hardware theories, 167, 168–70;
iceberg metaphor, 161, 162;
in-depth interviews, 172;
innate talent, 183;
metacognition, 182;
nature of, 163–7;
pattern recognition, 173–4;
practice, 162, 164, 165–6
(see also deliberate practice);
quantitative advantage, 178;
research, 171–8;
research evaluation, 190–1;
research findings, 178–83;
research methods, 171–8;
research projects, 191;
skilled memory theory, 179;
software theories, 167, 168, 170;
temporal occlusion paradigm, 171, 175;
“ten-year rule,” 163–4, 181, 190;
thought sampling, 172–3
explanatory style (ES), 51–5;
research implications, 54–5
external attributions, 48
external distractions, 116


Subject index 332
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