Pychology of a Sports Players Personality and Motivation

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Personality is made up of the characteristic patterns of thoughts, feelings and behaviors that make a person unique. In addition to this, personality arises from within the individual and remains fairly consistent throughout life. There are a number of different theories which explain the different aspects of the personality. Psychodynamic Theory Theory by Freud 1856-1939. The theory is an approach that we all need to satisfy our instinctual needs, our libidinous energy. This is partnered with unconscious conflicts that our brain does to how we satisfy these needs. These conflicts influence how we act to satisfy the needs - our behaviour. These conflicts can be made up of past experiences. This can help us to make the correct decision about our behaviour in certain situations that may be similar to what we have previously experienced in order for us to get the most out of what we are trying to achieve. This theory is based on stages, and one must pass each stage of the approach in order to move onto the next. The theory explains of three levels of consciousness. The first is our conscious mind. This section of our consciousness is only accessible to us in small amounts and is responsible for what we think. According to this theory we can only store 7 plus or minus 2 items of information. This isn't a lot of information compared to that of the unconscious mind. The next part is responsible for things that make us, 'us'. Our emotions, values, beliefs, meta-programmes and attitudes are stored in what's called our pre-conscious. However, all of these things can be brought forward into our conscious at any given time because of situations that we find ourselves in. We can consciously feel these things, such as emotion as certain things enter our conscious mind that trigger these pre-conscious materials to come into our conscious. The last is our unconscious mind.
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