Judgment, Decision Making and Success in Sport

Bar-Eli, Michael; Plessner, Henning; Raab, Markus

ISBN 10: 047069453X / ISBN 13: 9780470694534

Published by Wiley-Blackwell, 2011

Seller Inventory # 5538798-n

Synopsis:

Judgment, Decision-Making and Success in Sport presents a thorough overview and assessment of the study of Judgment and Decision-Making (JDM) in sports psychology, and represents an important source of information for those interested in the possible causes and reasons for success and failure in sport.

• The only book to apply the principles of JDM to sport
• Applies theory to practice by looking at problems of athletes, coaches, and referees and providing recommendations for dealing with them
• Offers an overview of current JDM research
• Useful for psychologists, physical education teachers, sports scientists, and researchers in this field

About the Author: Michael Bar-Eli is the Nat Holman Chair in Sports Research at the Guilford Glazer School of Business and Management and Head of the Management Studies program at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel. He is also Senior Vice President of the Asian-South Pacific Association of Sport Psychology.

Henning Plessner is Professor of Social Psychology at the University of Leipzig. His main research areas are Judgment and Decision-Making in sports and the psychology of intuition.

Markus Raab is Department Head of Performance Psychology at the German Sport University Cologne. He is Editor of the German Journal of Sport Psychology, Section Editor of the International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, and Editorial Board Member of Psychology of Sport and Exercise.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Judgment, Decision Making and Success in ...
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
Publication Date: 2011
Binding: Soft cover
Condition: New