Lecture 14: Positive Psych Well-being

Question 1

What is affect?

Answer 1

A general overview of how we feel

Question 2

Emotion occurs in response to…

Answer 2

Aa situation or event

Question 3

What is mood?

Answer 3

Typically +ve or -ve, less intense and not linked to any one particular situation

Question 4

What is negative affect?

Answer 4

Feeling bad/unpleasant

Question 5

What is positive affect?

Answer 5

Feeling good/pleasant

Question 6

What is the feeling scale used for?

Answer 6

used to measure the umbrella term of affect, can simply ask someone how they’re feeling right now

Question 7

Positive affect is a component of…

Answer 7

Good psychological well-being

Question 8

Negative affect is a symptom of…

Answer 8

Mental ill-health

Question 9

What type of force does affect have?

Answer 9

A motivational force - the way we feel influences our behaviour, people choose to do things that make them feel good and avoid what makes them feel bad

Question 10

The more positive experiences we have during exercise…

Answer 10

makes it more likely that we will be positive hence remember this positive experience and then want to exercise again

Question 11

What is exercise decision?

Answer 11

The decision of whether we want to do it or avoid it based on past feelings

Question 12

What is autonomic evaluation?

Answer 12

the assessment or measurement of the autonomic nervous system (ANS)

Question 13

What is affective response?

Answer 13

How you feel right now

Question 14

What is affective forecast?

Answer 14

How you expect to feel

Question 15

What has the strongest influence on how we feel during exercise?

Answer 15

Intensity

Question 16

What intensity is the best?

Answer 16

Moderate - high intensity is good for physiological outcomes but not for psychological outcomes
OVERALL its personal preference

Question 17

How does exercise make us feel psychologically?

Answer 17

• Accomplishment
• Improvements - faster, longer etc.
• Social element - sense of belonging/community

Question 18

How does exercise make us feel physiologically?

Answer 18

• Feel worse due to sore muscles
• HR response - up can be associated with good or bad feeling depending on how the person has interpreted differently
• Breathing rate

Question 19

What are things that can effect how we are feeling when exercising?

Answer 19

• Adrenaline
• Environment (inside vs outside)
• Competitive element (winning or losing)
• Energy levels
• Pre-exercise feeling can also affect how we feel during exercise

Question 20

What is cognitive appraisal?

Answer 20

the process by which individuals assess and interpret a situation to determine its significance and their ability to cope with it

Question 21

Cognitive appraisal will differ with…

Answer 21

Exercise experience
If praise it positively = positive response and vice versa

Question 22

What is the affect relationship between exercise intensity and response?

Answer 22

Affect relationship is complicated and it is difficult to know how people will respond to an intensity you prescribe
- Same for depression and anxiety

Question 23

What are ways we can ensure a +ve affect from exercise?

Answer 23

• Autonomy over intensity selection
• Different exercise environments
• Changing the cognitive appraisal