KINE 3000 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Naturalistic Observation, Motivation, Internal Validity

• School: York University
• Department: Kinesiology & Health Science
• Course: KINE 3000
• Professor: Julie Baker

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2) formulating the hypothesis: hypothesis: the expected result or prediction e. g. , we expect that younger adolescent athletes will require more extrinsic motivation than older adolescent athletes, the evidence for that is actually inconclusive, some young adolescents like it (rewards, medals, trophy) but some people don"t (they want positive feedback on their skill, hypothesis must be testable , nature vs. nurture is not a testable hypothesis. What is sport and excerise psychology: sport and exercise psychology: branch of sport and exercise science that involves the scientific study of human behaviour in sport and exercise and the practical application of the knowledge in sport and exercise settings, parent disciples, psychology, concerned with various mental processes people experience and use in all aspects of their lives, exercise science, all aspects of sport, recreation, exercise/fitness, and rehabilitative behavior, sister fields, rehabilitation psychology, relationship between psychological factors and the physical rehabilitation process, health psychology.