02836cmm a2200265 4500 214799022 TxAuBib 20120507120000.0 100402s2009||||||||||||||||||||||||eng|u 9780803226739 electronic bk. 080322673X electronic bk. (OCoLC)593239980 N$T eng N$T EBLCP YDXCP CDX IDEBK OCLCQ MHW OCLCQ TxAuBib Psychology gets in the game [electronic resource] : sport, mind, and behavior, 1880-1960 / edited by Christopher D. Green and Ludy T. Benjamin, Jr. Lincoln : University of Nebraska Press, 2009. 1 online resource (313 p.) : ill. Includes bibliographical references and index. The origins of sport psychology / Ludy T. Benjamin, jr. and Christopher D. Green -- The dawn of sport psychology in Europe, 1880-1930: early pioneers of a new branch of applied science / Günther Bäumler -- E.W. Scripture: the application of "new psychology" methodology to athletics / C. James Goodwin -- Norman Triplett: recognizing the importance of competition / Stephen F. Davis, Matthew T. Huss, and Angela H. Becker -- Karl S. Lashley and John B. Watson: early research on the acquisition of skill in archery / Donald A. Dewsbury -- Psychology and baseball: the testing of Babe Ruth / Alfred H. Fuchs -- An offensive advantage: the football charging studies at Stanford University / Frank G. Baugh and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr. -- Coleman Roberts Griffith: "father" of North American sport psychology / Christopher D. Green -- Paul Brown: bringing psychological testing to football / Stephen T. Graef, Alan S. Kornspan, and David Baker -- Enhancing performance in sport: the use of hypnosis and other psychological techniques in the 1950s and 1960s / Alan S. Kornspan -- Conclusion: The "proper" history of sport psychology / Christopher D. Green and Ludy T. Benjamin, jr. Although sport psychology did not fully mature as a recognized discipline until the 1960s, pioneering psychologists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, making greater use of empirical research methodologies, sought to understand mental factors that affect athletic performance. Though the psychologists behind the studies described here worked independently of one another and charted their own distinct courses of inquiry, their works, taken together, provided the corpus of precedents and foundations on which the modern field of sport psychology was built. The essays collected i. Sports Psychological aspects. Sports Sports Psychology. Electronic books. Green, Christopher D. Benjamin, Ludy T., 1945- https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=298294 EBSCOhost