exercise psychology

Question 1

What is exercise psychology?

Answer 1

Understanding how participation in sport, exercise and physical activity affects an individuals psychological development, health and well being throughout the lifespan.

Question 2

How does physical activity help us?

Answer 2

Prevents noncommunicable diseases, reduces depression/anxiety, enhances thinking/learning. judgement skills, ensures healthy growth and development, improves overall wellbeing

Question 3

What is cognitive change process?

Answer 3

involves changes in the way people think and feel about their exercise.

Question 4

What is behavioural change process?

Answer 4

involve people making changes to their actual exercise behaviour.

Question 5

What is behavioural attitude?

Answer 5

the degree to which a person has a favourable or unfavourable evaluation or appraisal of the behaviour.

Question 6

What is subjective norms?

Answer 6

perceived social pressure to perform or not to perform the behaviour.

Question 7

What is perceived behavioural control?

Answer 7

Perceived ease or difficulty of performing the behaviour.

Question 8

What are the stages of the transtheoretical model?

Answer 8

precontemplation, contemplation, preparation, action, maintenance, termination

Question 9

What does precontemplation involve?

Answer 9

individual does not intend to change their behaviour in the foreseeable future (6 months)

Question 10

What does contemplation involve?

Answer 10

Intend to exercise within the next 6 months. Thoughts about starting to exercise but unlikely to act.

Question 11

What does preparation stage involve?

Answer 11

Start to exercise but not regularly to see benefits. Plan to make behaviour changes.

Question 12

What does the action stage involve?

Answer 12

exercise regularly, less than 6 months in, have changed behaviour.

Question 13

What does maintenance stage involve?

Answer 13

exercising regularly for 6 months, intrinsically motivated, more likely to maintain regular exercise.

Question 14

What does termination stage involve?

Answer 14

No desire to return back to unhealthy behaviours. 5 years in

Question 15

What does the social-ecological model consider?

Answer 15

community, organisations, culture, policies as well as the constructed and natural environments

Question 16

Four assumptions of social ecological model?

Answer 16

1 health behaviour is influenced by physical environments, social environments, and personal attributes;
2 environments are multidimensional, such as social or physical, actual or perceived, discrete attributes (spatial arrangements) or constructs (social climate);
3 human-environment interactions occur at varying levels of aggregation (individuals, families, cultural groups, whole populations);
4 people influence their settings, and the changed settings then influence health behaviours.