Psychological Disciplinary Theories
Introduction
This study focuses on motivation on why people attend and participate in sporting events; the researcher will be reviewing it based on Psychological disciplinary theories. Sport tourism could be defined as’ leisure based travel that takes individuals temporarily outside of their home communities to participate in physical activities, to watch, or to venerate attractions associated with physical activities according to Gibson, (2006). Individuals seek to travel to either participate or watch sport for reasons as diverse as novelty, nostalgia, relaxation, prestige, education, self-exploration, escapism, or spending time with family or friends according to (Hoye, 2008).There many reasons why people attend sporting events, some of these are because it is cultural to them, it has a meaning, a purpose or it can be like a rites and rituals, which are patterned forms of behaviour.
Main Body
In some cases it’s the cognitive psychology, meaning the perception, memory, learning, understanding and sharing and making sense of an experience, which also motivates people to attend and participate in sporting events. Perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting and organizing sensory information. According to ultra-fit magazine (2009) there are six steps to achieve your personal best in motivation. 1 is elite thinking and consistency, 2 is creating the drive 3 is applying the skills to a different context, 4 is perseverance, 5 is to shield yourself and 6 is self-belief and to be consistent in your confidence no matter what the world throws at you.
The experience is more than perception; it requires exposure or involvement and has a transforming effect on the individual. The more we experience, presumably the better we should be at learning things according to Getz (2008 p. 62). There are three dimensions of experience there is the conative, which is the actual behaviour and the doing for example running the marathon. The cognitive is making
This study focuses on motivation on why people attend and participate in sporting events; the researcher will be reviewing it based on Psychological disciplinary theories. Sport tourism could be defined as’ leisure based travel that takes individuals temporarily outside of their home communities to participate in physical activities, to watch, or to venerate attractions associated with physical activities according to Gibson, (2006). Individuals seek to travel to either participate or watch sport for reasons as diverse as novelty, nostalgia, relaxation, prestige, education, self-exploration, escapism, or spending time with family or friends according to (Hoye, 2008).There many reasons why people attend sporting events, some of these are because it is cultural to them, it has a meaning, a purpose or it can be like a rites and rituals, which are patterned forms of behaviour.
Main Body
In some cases it’s the cognitive psychology, meaning the perception, memory, learning, understanding and sharing and making sense of an experience, which also motivates people to attend and participate in sporting events. Perception is the process of acquiring, interpreting, selecting and organizing sensory information. According to ultra-fit magazine (2009) there are six steps to achieve your personal best in motivation. 1 is elite thinking and consistency, 2 is creating the drive 3 is applying the skills to a different context, 4 is perseverance, 5 is to shield yourself and 6 is self-belief and to be consistent in your confidence no matter what the world throws at you.
The experience is more than perception; it requires exposure or involvement and has a transforming effect on the individual. The more we experience, presumably the better we should be at learning things according to Getz (2008 p. 62). There are three dimensions of experience there is the conative, which is the actual behaviour and the doing for example running the marathon. The cognitive is making
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