Social Psychology and the Unconscious: Implications for Sports Science

• Oikawa Masanori

  Doshisha University, Faculty of Psychology

• Oikawa Haruka

  Doshisha University, Faculty of Psychology

Bibliographic Information

Other Title

• 無意識と社会心理学：<br>スポーツ科学へのインプリケーション

Abstract

Previous social psychological research traditionally assumed that consciousness is a key determinant of human behavior. Contrary to this notion, the present article outlines empirical findings from the automaticity research suggesting that many of the higher order psychological processes responsible for complex human behavior operate unconsciously. The present article also discusses the possibility of integrating social psychology and sports science. In the recent years, sports have been a focus of social scientists as a fruitful opportunity for investigating ecological behavioral data generated in a controlled environment. Implications of such findings for understanding the mechanisms behind human behavior are discussed.

Journal

• Japanese Journal of Sport Psychology

  Japanese Journal of Sport Psychology 37 (2), 141-148, 2010

  Japanese Society of Sport Psychology

Keywords

• unconscious
• social psychology
• sports science

Details

• CRID: 1390001204482511616
• NII Article ID: 130004545178
• DOI: 10.4146/jjspopsy.2010-070
• ISSN: 18836410
• ISSN: 03887014
• Text Lang: en
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