KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Heart Rate Monitor, Accelerometer, Operational Definition
12 Jan 2017
School
Department
Course
Professor
Document Summary
Kine 3000 psychology of physical activity and health. Tenacious beliefs such as superstitions and myths. Clearly identifying independent and dependent variables: formulate hypothesis. Objective and technical methods like accelerometer or heart rate monitor. Must create operational definition; that includes specific measures, how its measured and in what units. Antecedents (things that lead to decision of exercising or not) vs consequences (how exercise affects brain) Method must maximize internal and external validity; internal = results can be attributed to treatment utilized & external = extent of results being able to be generalized within real world: analyze and interpret data. Interpretation of data support or reject hypothesis; can also compare to existing information and research. Techniques include; qualitative measures and observation of subject. 1) longitudinal design 2) cross sectional design. Longitudinal = same group of subjects being experimented on over time. Cross sectional = different group over time. Pros and cons of longitudinal and cross sectional designs.
