Sport psychology History North American History
Another area that Scripture focused on in his laboratory was how athletes could benefit from the field of experimental psychology. Experimental psychology is when you use experiments and science to study the brain and the mind. He also wrote papers about how sports affected who a person was. In his papers he argued that prisoners who participated in athletic activities while in jail showed improvement in general attitude. University of Nebraska Press. Scripture is important to the development of sports psychology. He is important because he is credited with some of the first work done in the field in North America.