Motivation and Emotion in Movement

Catalog description

Theories of motivational and emotional processes and their applications in movement settings. KINES 428 Motivation and Emotion in Movement (3) Motivation & Emotion in Movement will focus on the psychological processes underlying human motivation and emotion in movement settings. Special attention will be directed to social manipulations that can enhance motivation and emotion, and the consequences thereof. This course will be valuable for students whose career goals relate to education, personal training, rehabilitation, coaching, or psychology. Specific course objectives include (1) distinguishing between motivation and emotion, (2) understanding psychological mechanisms underlying common motivational and emotional processes in movement settings, (3) identifying existing applications of motivation and emotion theories in movement settings, and (4) developing, reviewing, and critiquing theoretically-grounded interventions to address issues related to motivational and emotional processes in movement contexts. It extends but does not duplicate existing courses in the Departments of Kinesiology and Psychology.