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Midterm 1 Flashcards

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What are the main disciplines of Kinesiology?

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  • > Philosophy
  • > Biomechanics
  • > Exercise psychology
  • > History
  • > Exercise Physiology
  • > Management
  • > Motor Control
  • > Sociology
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Which branches of science make up kinesiology

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  • > Behavioural science
  • > Social science
  • > Physical science
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What are the holistic perspectives of kinesiology?

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Age Perspective - > Infancy vs. Elderly quality of life Quantitive Perspective - > Individual cell vs group of individuals (cell to society) Performance perspective - > High performance athletes vs leisure

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What are the types of knowledge used within kinesiology? (Hoffmans wheel)

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  • > Experiential knowledge (phys. activity experience)
  • > Theoretical knowledge (Scholarly study of PA)
  • > Professional practice knowledge
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Experiencing physical activity

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  • > direct participation in physical activity
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Scholarly study of physical activity

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  • > involves examining physical activity through research and logical, systematic analysis
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What are the sub-disciplines of the scholarly study of physical activity

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  • > Physiology of PA
  • > Biomechanics
  • > Sport and Exercise Psychology
  • > Motorbehavior
  • > Philosophy of PA
  • > History of PA
  • > Sociology of PA
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What are the sub-disciplines of experiencing physical activity

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  • > Self-Expression
  • > self-sufficiency
  • > Work
  • > Education
  • > Leisure
  • > Health
  • > Competition
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Explain Professional practice in physical activity

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knowledge gained through professional practices re-incorporated into learning more about human movement and all its complexities

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What are the sub-disciplines of professional practice centred around Physical Activity

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  • > Sport management
  • > health and fitness
  • > therapeutic exercise
  • > teaching physical education
  • > coaching and sport education
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Factors that influence being/not being physically active

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Personal Circumstances

  • > Body image
  • > injury
  • > geography Social Environment
  • > culture
  • > *influence of others* Quality vs Quality
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Explain the “work” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > PA can be an important aspect of our work
  • > technology continues to shape work, causing the amount of physical activity required on the job to decrease; associated with health risks
  • > Physical activity professionals contribute to work performance
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Explain the “education” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > PA is intergral to all forms and levels of education (ie.writing, PE, employment training)

* Instruction in sport and exercise

  • > once limited; now available everywhere
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Explain the “Leisure” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > leisure is a state of mind; all is good in the world
  • > leisure and free time aren’t interchangable

TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF LEISURE

  • > Active vs Passive leisure
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Explain the “health” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > Health benefits of PA
  • > potential detriments of PA (i.e overuse, injury)
  • > psychological and physiological effects of exercise
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Explain the “Competition” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > usually accociated with sport
  • > can be positive/ negative
  • > many different natures of competition (face-to-face, contact)
  • > requires an element of cooperation to hold the game together
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Explain the “Self-Sufficency” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > We need to constantly be physically active so that we can preform the physical activities requred for day-to-day life (i.e. brush teeth, bathing ourselfs)
  • > activities for daily living (ADLs)
  • > instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs) (less personal activities; shopping, cooking, laundry)
  • > how we limit our ablility to perform ADLs and IADLs with age
  • > home maintenance activities (more complicating and demanding than ADLs and IADLs i.e shovelling snow or repairs)
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Explain the “Self- Expression” sub discipline of experiencing physical activity

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  • > intentional movement tha communicates information to others
  • >cultural differences in gestures i.e. dance, writing
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Active vs Passive leisure

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ACTIVE LEISURE

  • > Social, cognitive (hobbies) and physical leisure make up active leisure

PASSIVE LEISURE

  • > Passive leisure is the time that people spend (often at home) in activities that are relaxing and that require little effort.

*Ideally, time spent in passive leisure should be balanced with time spent in active leisure activities *

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