Chapter 8-Exercise Psychology For The Personal Trainer Flashcards
Trait anxiety is
One disposition towards perceiving situations as threatening
State anxiety is:
Actual experience of anxiety characterized by feelings of apprehension or threat combined with increased fight/flight/freeze
Exercise can result in decreased anxiety due to rhythmic nature
True
Stress reduction could be possible due to thermogenesis effect
Yes
Exercise can reduce depression due to:
Maintaining dopamine
Increased norepinephrine
Increased social interaction
Cognitive benefits of exercise could be due to:
Vascular changes in the brain
Increases expression of genes that code for neurotrophic factors
Increased neural efficiency
Exercise and fitness is particularly important to those identified as at risk for dementia
Try
Process goals
Client has high degree of control.
Includes amount of effort, form, and attitude
Outcome goals
Exemplified by social comparison
Ex: strongest lifter, fastest runner
Performance goals
Exemplified by reference to personal performance standards
Intermediate on the goal continuum
What are the Practical Principles of Effective Goal Setting?
- Make goals specific, measurable and observable
- Identify time constraints
- Use moderately difficult goals
- Record goals and monitor progress
- Diversify process, performance, and outcomes
- Set short range goals to achieve long range goals
- Make sure goals are internalized (clients should participate or set their own)
Amotivation
Total lack of intrinsic or extrinsic motivation
External regulation
Behavior to avoid punishment, not for personal satisfaction
Introjected regulation
Client views exercise and training behavior as a means to a valued end
Eg., getting into correct start position is partly to please the trainer
Identified regulation
Client accepts trainer’s instructions as beneficial but primarily follows leadership of the trainer instead of initiating exercise behavior
