Psychology
PsychologyIntroduction
Psychology is a science and a study of behavior and mental processes. Some parts of psychology that we use in everyday life and in extra curricular activities are perception, learning, memory, thinking, and language. There are many extra curricular activities that uses these concepts but for now I will focus on the sport of soccer. I have played soccer since I was five years old and I feel I have built an insight in the sport. I will examine with you the perception, learning processes, memory processes, and language process involved in soccer. In a broader perspective, I will later focus on the psychology of sports and go in to detail on this specific science.
Perception
Perception is the process of organizing and interpreting sensory information. This enables us to recognize meaningful objects and events. Perception plays a big role in the performance of players. In soccer, there are other coaches and players, and parents who constantly try to take you out of your game. Although you know all this is going on, you are unable to see and hear anything because you are only concerned about the opposing team. If you do tune into a certain person this may be considered selective attention. Selective attention is the focusing on conscious awareness on a particular stimulus. (Reference) This means that at any moment we focus our awareness only on a limited aspect of all that we are capable experiencing. When I use selective attention my attention is on the coach and other players on the field. The coach or my teammates may be telling me something important about what I should do, or a player I should watch out for. My attention needs to be directed to what they are saying because it is important and is information I need to hear. There is also selective hearing. Selective hearing is hearing only what you choose to hear, and my selective hearing was hearing my coaches and teammates� voices. There are also perception cues in soccer. For example, the ball getting bigger when it comes closer to you, or the ball rolling faster the closer it gets. After several years of playing soccer I have adjusted to these perception cues, and have learned to handle different situations and how to react when the opposing team has the ball on our side of the field. There is only one way that I have gained these perception skills and this has been through the learning process.
Learning Process
Learning is a relatively permanent change in an organism�s behavior due to experience. Learning is a process in every sport that every athlete will go through. For example, knowing when to jump in order to head a soccer ball. If you jump too early, the ball will end up going over your...
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