Reach Your Mental Peak | The Psychology of Human Performance
Welcome to the Human Performance article archive. Content here cover the psychological aspects of human performance such as Perception, Cognition, Memory, Emotion, Resilience and other constructs.
Performance psychology is the systematic research, employment and application of psychological principles to human performance. Many fields are included such as Art & Music, Business, Sport, Emergency Response Services, Medicine & Surgery and so on.
The information here is compiled from established theory and empirical research, and presented always in an unambiguous yet truthful and easily digestible way. I hope you enjoy reading.
In this episode of Peak Performer, we examine how to build self-confidence for performance. According to renowned social psychologist Albert Bandura, self-efficacy is "the belief in one's ability to …
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In this article, I'm exploring the question "does free will exist?" in the context of choosing to command one's own working life. In other words, if free will exists, if we are truly conscious agents …
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I was about 13 years old, I think, on the junior team training after school. We were playing a short game into the goals at the railway side of the field and I was in corner-forward. The ball came to …
The PERMA Model, or Theory, of wellbeing was formulated by psychologist Martin Seligman and published in his 2011 book Flourish . The PERMA Model consists of five pillars; Positive emotion, …
What is resilience, how does it impact performance and how can you build it within yourself? In this article, you'll learn what resilience is, what resilience is not, and how to build your resilience …
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In today's article, I'm taking a close look at Abraham H. Maslow's concept of Peak Experience. It is similar in many ways to Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's contemporary concept of Flow and perhaps laid the …
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