KIN 8 - Psychological Aspects of Sports Performance

    Recent Professors
    Christy Murphy
    Recent Semesters
    Fall 2026
    Class Size
    35 students
    Credits
    3
    Fall 2026 Sections
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    Transfers To
    UC and CSUCal-GETC Area 4 · CSU GE Area D
    Description
    Students will investigate current theoretical perspectives, research, and applications of theory and techniques specific to the field of sports psychology. Students will explore research as related to optimal performance in athletics and in life. This course includes the history and foundations of sport and exercise psychology, the role of race/ethnicity, and gender in sport, personality, attribution and cognition, leadership, motivation, goal-setting, neuropsychology and physiology of arousal, attention, and psychological skills training.