KINE 3000 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Blue-Collar Worker, Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitor, Exercise Prescription
2 Sep 2016
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Involves the scientific study of human behaviour in sport & exercise and the practical application of the knowledge in these settings. Application of psychology to promote, maintain, enhance, & explain parameters of exercise & Concerns: application of psychological principles to promotion & maintenance of exercise & pa, psychological & emotional consequences of exercise & pa. Health = health & various health behaviours, how behaviour affects health, psychosocial determinants of health. Exercise: non elite, motives for participants, participation. Understand consequences: reduce negative & promote positive psychological/emotional states. Scientific method, systematic observation, case study, shared public experience, introspection, intuition. Non-scientific methods of knowing: tenacity, intuition, authority, rationalistic method. Scientific method: developing the problem (independent & dependent variables, formulating the hypothesis, gathering the data, physical activity. Bodily movement produced by skeletal muscle resulting in energy expenditure. All bodily movements that cause increases in physical exertion beyond normal activities of daily living: exercise.
