Psychology gets in the game
Subtitle: sport, mind, and behavior, 1880-1960
By: edited by Christopher D. Green and Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr
Publisher: University of Nebraska Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Lincoln
Language: eng
Number of pages: 313
ISBN-13: 9780803222267
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The origins of sport psychology / Ludy T. Benjamin, jr. and Christopher D. Green; title: The dawn of sport psychology in Europe, 1880-1930: early pioneers of a new branch of applied science / Günther Bäumler; title: E.W. Scripture: the application of "new psychology" methodology to athletics / C. James Goodwin; title: Norman Triplett: recognizing the importance of competition / Stephen F. Davis, Matthew T. Huss, and Angela H. Becker; title: Karl S. Lashley and John B. Watson: early research on the acquisition of skill in archery / Donald A. Dewsbury; title: Psychology and baseball: the testing of Babe Ruth / Alfred H. Fuchs; title: An offensive advantage: the football charging studies at Stanford University / Frank G. Baugh and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr.; title: Coleman Roberts Griffith: "father" of North American sport psychology / Christopher D. Green; title: Paul Brown: bringing psychological testing to football / Stephen T. Graef, Alan S. Kornspan, and David Baker; title: Enhancing performance in sport: the use of hypnosis and other psychological techniques in the 1950s and 1960s / Alan S. Kornspan; title: Conclusion: The "proper" history of sport psychology / Christopher D. Green and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr.