PSY371 Performance Psychology – Peak Performance Using Cotterill’s Model Based on the different areas of your life (in school, work, volunteering experiences, personal life, etc.), review your own personal life performance (outside SUSS) and performance in SUSS. Apply Cotterill’s (2017) performance model to identify the following factors that influence your life and school performance:
- Environmental factors
- State factors
- Personalised performance strategies
- Cognition
- Confidence
Apply your understanding of peak performance and analyse how the five factors influence your performance. Design two practical and personalised strategies that can help you to improve your performance.
Please present your assignment in an academic poster style format (A4 size) and submit it to the Canvas link. All text should be presented in no smaller than font size 10, except for the reference list, and in Times New Roman or Arial. The assignment should be submitted as a Word document and strictly limited to one A4 page (including the reference list).
Your academic poster should cover the following areas:
- Overview (10 marks): Set the stage and explain the different roles/areas in your life, the expected behaviours, and the level of performance you need to attain.
- Performance Factors (50 marks): Analyse how the five factors influence your performance, clearly stating examples from your own scenarios and using empirical evidence to support your points.
- Recommendations (30 marks): Suggest two strategies that can be used to improve performance, with empirical evidence to support your claims.
- Design (5 marks): Your poster should be set at a professional academic level, with effective allocation of sections, fonts, and/or colours. Graphics and images used are to be appropriate and emphasise points, rather than distract from the content. Please use royalty-free content or cite sources for your visuals.
