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| parent disciplines from which the field of Exercise Psychology emerged |
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| Psychology and Exercise Science |
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| why it is important to study the psychology of exercise |
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Understanding antecedents of exercise behavior
Understanding consequences of exercise |
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| primary benefits associated with exercise participation |
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Health & Fitness
Appearance
Psychological/Emotional
Social |
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| primary barriers that work against exercise participation |
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Availability
Environmental Factors
Physical Limitations
Time
Enjoyment |
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| why are physical activity participation rates are so dismal |
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People find excuses not to do it
Time is the biggest |
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| evolutionary history of physical activity |
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Hunter-gatherers: Fairly intense alternating with days of rest and light activity
Agricultural Period:Planting, harvesting by hand or crude machine
Industrial Period: Farmers & city still had physically active lifestyles
Electronic age: Chronic diseases major cause of death |
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| 5 “W”s of physical activity epidemiology |
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Who exercises?
Where do they exercise?
When do they exercise?
Why do they exercise?
What do they do? |
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| general rates of activity and inactivity |
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10-15% sufficiently active
25-30% inactive |
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| relationship between age and physical activity. |
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| as you age, physical activity declines. |
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| relationship between gender and physical activity. |
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| Males tend to participate in more and more vigorous PA |
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| relationship between race/ethnicity and physical activity. |
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| Racial and ethnic minorities tend to participate in less PA |
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| relationship between socio-economic status and physical activity. |
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| relationship between education and physical activity |
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| the nature of the “classic” epidemiological studies of physical activity and morbidity/mortality. |
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| The more active had less rates of chronic disease and premature death. |
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| difference between a theory and a model |
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Theory is and explanation of an event supported by experimental results.
Model is a representation which allows scientists to test inferences and theories. |
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| What drives someone to do something |
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| Determinants of motivation |
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| situational self-confidence |
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