ABSTRACT
Different labels are being used to define the science and study of thoughts and behavior underlying human performance (e.g., exercise, sport, dance, music). Due to legal, social, political, and contextual issues, each country has followed a specific path to define its label(s) and has created organization(s) where professionals in the field are joining forces in the advancement of the application of psychology in sport, exercise, and performance settings. For example, one can become a Sport and Exercise Psychologist in the U.K. through the British Psychological Society (BPS) or a ‘Certified Consultant’ through the Association of Applied Sport Psychology (CC-AASP) in the U.S.; in addition, to date, in neither case has the label ‘performance’ been used even though sport and exercise psychology principles are being used in the performance setting.
