lecture 3 - exercise psych and mental wellbeing

Question 1

how is exercise psychology defined?

Answer 1

“Exercise psychology is primarily concerned with the application of psychology to increase exercise participation and motivational levels in the general public”.

Question 2

how is mental wellbeing defined?

Answer 2

“…the state of being comfortable, healthy, or happy”

Question 3

how do we classify psychological disorders?

Answer 3

DSM5 and ICD11

Question 4

what is on the mental health continua?

Answer 4

optimal mental wellbeing, min mental illness, min mental wellbeing and max mental illness

Question 5

what are the psychological effects of physical activity?

Answer 5

enhanced mood, enhanced self esteem,

Question 6

how does exercise enhance mood? - Reed and Buck

Answer 6

Ppl with lower levels of energy at baseline experienced greater psychological improvement

Question 7

how are ppl more motivated in life?

Answer 7

when they have autonomy

Question 8

how does exercise influence self esteem?

Answer 8

diff exercise were all effective at improving self-esteem

Question 9

how does exercise link to cognition?

Answer 9

Aerobic exercise is better than anaerobic when focussing on cognition - metabolic, anabolic process- building organs and tissue - aerobic exercise is associated with improving parts of the brain

Question 10

exercise and cognition in children:

Answer 10

Children have a higher brain plasticity - more change can happen in children’s brains than adults - larger scope to experience cog changes in children - executive functioning - closely related to motivated beh - executive functioning improved when exercised - dm aspect of the brain improved due to exercise