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Ch 1-3 test Flashcards

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1
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Physical activity and exercise…

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  • important for promoting good health
  • reduces risk for lifestyle-related diseases
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Physical inactivity results in…

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Early morbidity and premature morality

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3
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Umbrella terms for numerous disciplines
And common characteristics

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  • Physical activity
  • Exercise
  • Sport athletic performance
  • Movement of the body
  • Adaptations to movement
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Physical activity

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activities of daily living including all movement that humans preform

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Exercise

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structured movement processes for the purpose of improving fitness and preformance

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Sport and athletic competition

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movement in structured and organized activities that involve a competitive aspect

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Obesity rates have ___ through the years.

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Increased

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Research types

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  • Basic
  • Applied
  • quantitative
  • qualitative
  • mixed-Methods
  • descriptive
  • experimental
  • longitudinal
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Search parameters

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  • within last 10 years
  • peer-reviewed
  • English
  • full text vs interlibrary loan
  • Boolean operators (and, or, not)
  • use of quotations
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APA format used to cite journals or works

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1) name of authors alphabetically (list all up to 20, then et al)
2) year journal or work was published
3) article title
4) journal title
5) volume #
6) page #
7) DOI

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Research prosess

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1) designing an experimental research study (primary/secondary sources)
2) hypothesis development
3) identification of variables (independent/dependent)
4) study methodology
5) obtaining approval (Human research- IRB), (animal research- IACUC)
6) study subjects (inclusion/exclusion criteria)
7) data collection

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Data analysis and interpretation

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  • data analysis (qualitative/quantitative)
  • interpreting the results
  • disseminating the findings
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Dissemination of Research

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  • professional conferences
  • technical reports
  • preprint servers
  • webinars
  • peer-reviewed journals
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Basic research

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aims to expand knowledge by either creating a theory, or expanding on a theory; discover new and unknown knowledge

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Applied research

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attempts to solve immediate practical problems

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Quantitative research

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involves numbers, and is usually done for cause and effect

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Qualitative research

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not getting cause and effect from; interpreting phenomenon and trying to discover meaning

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Mixed method research

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uses more than one type or research

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Descriptive research

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describe the state of a problem

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Experimental research

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going to manipulate something to try and find a cause and effect; provide conclusions

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Longitudinal

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looks at change over a long period of time (years, decades)

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Types of Research in ExSci

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  • Systematic reviews and Meta analysis (good for learning specific things)
  • Randomized clinical trials (cause/effect, quantitative)
  • Survey, interview, and observational (qualitative studies)
  • Historical (secondary analysis) research
23
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Systems of the body work to respond to…

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  • Physical activity
  • Regular exercise
  • Stress
  • Changes in nutritional intake
  • Extreme environmental conditions
  • Disease conditions
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ExSci professionals need…

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  • Knowledge of how all systems function (independently and together)
  • Understanding of systems integration
25
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Nervous system primary function

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  • Control systems of the body and thought process (one of two main control systems)
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Muscular system primary function

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  • mobility
  • stability
  • posture
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Skeletal system primary function

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  • Structural framework of the body
  • Protects underlying organs and tissues
  • Provides a level system for movement
  • Serves as a storage area for minerals
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Cardiovascular system primary function

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  • Transporting oxygen, nutrients, hormones, electrolytes, and drugs
  • Removing waste products from the body
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Pulmonary system primary function

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  • Moving air into and out of the lungs
  • Regulation of acid- base balance
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Urinary system primary function

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  • Elimination of waste products
  • Regulation of fluid volume, electrolyte composition, and body pH
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Digestive system primary function

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  • Transfer of nutrients and water from the food we consume into the body
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Endocrine system (second main control system) primary function

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  • Regulation of physiologic function and systems of the body
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Immune system primary function

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  • Regulating to susceptibility to severity of, and recovery from infection, abnormal tissue growth, and illness

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