Identify and discuss the theories of sport and exercise psychology

1. Identify and discuss the theories of sport and exercise psychology; 2. Discuss how psychological variables influence behaviour; 3. Demonstrate an understanding of measurement in sport and exercise psychology; 4. Demonstrate key skills of communication (group discussions; making a presentation; reading, selecting, extracting, and collating information from appropriate sources; produce written materials), numeracy (data collection; recording data, evaluating data; performing calculations), ICT (produce a document that incorporates and combines different types of information; search for, retrieve, and store information using ICT resources), teamwork, and develop independent learning skills.
1. Personality can be understood from several different perspectives including Trait, Situational and Interactional approaches. Describe the features of these approaches, using research evidence and examples to support your answer.
Your essay should contain; - An Introduction o This should be used to provide definitions of your terms, and to provide a little context of the topic you are discussing, and why it is important. - A Main Body o This should contain your answer to the essay question. You should try to answer the question using evidence from research sources. These should be referenced appropriately in the text. - A conclusion o A brief summary of the main points of your essay, referring to the question. - A reference list