Psychologists with this approach often examine how a person’s social environment influences his/her and how the behaviour influences the social-psychological environment.

Students will gain critical insights into the role psychological factors play in health and exercise and the psychological consequences of participation in sport and physical activity, including children's psychological development through sport participation, aggression in sport, and moral development and good sporting behavior in sport and physical activity contexts. When they study the first objective, they may ask how anxiety affects a player’s accuracy or how a coach’s reinforcement influences the team’s cohesion. This model states that five major dimensions of personality exist: neuroticism (anxiety, depression and anger) versus emotional stability, extraversion (assertiveness, sociability) versus introversion, openness to experience (curiosity, need for variety), agreeableness (modesty, altruism) and conscientiousness (self-discipline and constraint). The scientific method is also critical and this means that it involves rigorous evaluation by scientists.

This model suggests that positive mental health is directly related to athletic success and high levels of performance.

Norman Triplett was a psychologists and he wondered why cyclists rode faster when they raced in groups than when they rode alone. She developed the relaxation-set method during WO II and she tested whether her interventions were effective. An important way in which scientists build or refute theory is by conducting studies and experiments.

Weinberg has more than 30 years of experience in both the scholarly and applied aspects of sport psychology. More than 100 related online activities offer interactive opportunities to engage with the content―many of which can be assigned, and progress tracked, by instructors directly through HK Propel .