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This review explores decision-making theories in sport psychology, examining various approaches like utility-based and heuristic models. Sports provide a unique real-world setting to test these decision-making frameworks for athletes and coaches.

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Area of Science:

  • Sport Psychology
  • Cognitive Psychology
  • Decision Science

Background:

  • Decision-making research has expanded significantly, incorporating diverse theoretical frameworks.
  • Sport psychology increasingly utilizes broader decision research paradigms.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To review established decision-making approaches from general research.
  • To contextualize these approaches for application within sports domains.
  • To highlight sports as a practical testbed for decision-making theories.

Main Methods:

  • Literature review of utility-based, heuristic, computational, naturalistic, and ecological decision-making models.
  • Analysis of sports psychology literature integrating these models.
  • Illustration of model application through examples in sports.

Main Results:

  • Various decision-making theories offer valuable insights into sports performance.
  • Sports contexts (players, coaches, referees, fans) exemplify the utility of these theories.
  • The review synthesizes general decision research for sport-specific applications.

Conclusions:

  • Sports psychology benefits from integrating diverse decision-making theories.
  • Sports serve as an effective real-world laboratory for testing and refining decision models.
  • Future research can explore recent developments in decision-making within sports.