Kin 150 chapter 1 Flashcards
What’s the difference between a phycologist and a phycology consultant?
Phycologist: Qualified to treat serious mental conditions
Phycological consultant: Teach skills that enhance performance and wellbeing
What is the overarching ethical responsibility of a phycologist in sport?
At best to assist the athlete, at worst do no harm
What are the 4 codes of ethics between practitioner and client?
- Respect for their dignity:
- Have consent
- Treat them with respect - Responsible caring:
- Prevent harm to the client
- Work within your expertise - Integrity in relationships:
- Be honest and unbiased - Responsibility to society:
- Share your knowledge gained with the world without violating the other 3 principals
What’s the difference between mental health and mental illness?
Mental health: Your state of wellbeing
Mental illness: A mental disorder that affects your day to day life
what’s is Flourishing vs languishing
Flourishing = high mental health
languishing = Low mental health
What’s the difference between physical activity vs exersize?
Physical activity: Body movement using energy
Exersize: Type of physical activity focused on improving fitness and health
What are some benefits of physical activity?
- promotes mental health
- Can help prevent/cure mental illnesses
What is a construct, hypothesis, and a theory?
- Construct: Topic
- Theory: specifies relationships between constructs
- Hypothesis: prediction of relationships between constructs in a study
What are the 3 ways to collect data and common ways their used
- Quantitative: numerical eg. questionnaires
- Quantitative: Observations eg. interviews
- Mixed method: mix of both
What are the ABC’s of phycology
A: affective: emotions, moods, feelings
B: Behaviour: Actions
C: Cognitive: Thoughts and beliefs
