Question

How are psychology principals and the psychology of coaching alike and differ? The principles are including but not limited to learning styles, teaching styles, and theories.

Why is it important to understand the psychological principles in order to teach other individual new skills?

Answer 1

How are psychology principals and the psychology of coaching alike and differ?

• Coaching is unlocking a person’s potential to maximize their own performance. It’s helping them to learn rather than teaching them.
• Psychologists are also trying to understand the mental processes.
• Compared to psychology where troubled people approach psychologists, whereas life coaches mainly deal with healthy and ambitious individuals who are looking for ways to better their lives through organization, de-cluttering and prioritizing.
• Life coaches deal with people who are generally not fragile, whether intellectually or emotionally.
• Psychologists diagnose and treat. Life coaches do not diagnose and treat; they refer such cases to the psychologists.

Why is it important to understand the psychological principles in order to teach other individual new skills?

• There are certain psychology principles that would help a coach to work better with their coachee.
  • Growth mindset
    • Research shows that learners who hold the growth mindset that intelligence is malleable, and success is related to effort level are more likely to remain focused on goals and persist despite setbacks.
  • Feedback
    • Clear, explanatory and timely feedback to people is important for learning.
  • Intrinsic motivation
    • Coachee tend to enjoy learning and to do better when they are more intrinsically rather than extrinsically motivated to achieve.