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self knowledge- who am I?

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  • an understanding of who you are and how your personality works for you
  • what makes you unique, sets you apart from others, i.e, motivations, values, interests, fears, etc
  • there is no right or wrong- strengths and development areas
  • helps to appreciate your traits, as well as different traits of others- what are your needs and what are others needs
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self knowledge- who am I? research

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  • researches have been interested in understanding the role PA has on self-concept (antecedents) and the role our personality has on PA (consequences)
  • why are some more likely to workout?
  • why this type of activity?
  • why is this person able to have more sustained PA?
  • working out in groups vs alone- why did they choose that?
  • what have impacted our personality over development? in PA? does PA change us?
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perceptions of the self: who you are (personality core)

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  • motivations, values, interests
  • conceptualized as unidimensional- now multidimensional (social, athletic, academic, physical, etc)
  • role related to behaviour- variable, daily, situational
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self concept- your idea of who you are

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  • descriptions of self that base self-judgments upon

- helps to establish self-esteem and personal identity

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descriptive vs evaluative perceptions

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  • explanation with NO judgements

- judgement is passed; suggest good/bad

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personality defined

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  • underlying, relatively stable, psychological structures and processes that organize human experience and shape a person’s actions and reactions to the environment
  • complex set of psychological qualities that influence an individuals characteristic pattern of behaviour across different situations and times
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what is personality?

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  • stable and enduring (emphasis on the person = predicable) i.e, trait
  • emphasis is placed more on the person rather than the situation or environment
  • dynamic and modifiable (variable over time)- helpful in learning (social/environmental inf.) - state
  • states are the psychological reaction to the situation in which an individual finds him or herself
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interactionist approach

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  • both theories of personality used to both understand and predict behaviour
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personality theories

1. trait theory

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  • people differ based on stable attributes (called traits)
  • characteristics lie on a continuum
  • eg, the big five
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personality theories

2. type theory

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  • people can be sorted into categories (either one type or the other)
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personality traits defined (& related theories)

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  • thoughts, feelings, behaviour, emanate from inside the person (not the situation)
  • three related theories:
    1. Eysenck’s personality theory
    2. cattell’s personality theory
    3. five factor model
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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

- extraversion

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  • outgoing, sociable, optimistic, etc
  • driven by level of cortical arousal in cortex of brain
  • extroverts- lower base level activation, seek further stimulation, high pain tolerance
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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

- introversion

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  • reticular formation mediates cortical arousal

- introverts: higher base level activation, avoid further stimulation, low pain tolerance

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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

- neuroticism

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  • tense, anxious, moody, etc
  • high N- more labile, longer-lasting, ANS reactions
  • high N- continues to process stressor even when it is no longer present
  • ANS drives fight or flight response
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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

-stability

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  • calm, even-tempered, etc
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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

- psychoticism

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  • impulsive, agressive, hostile, etc
  • driven by hormonal function and our neurotransmitters
  • increased androgen (testosterone, relative absence of serotonin)
  • lead to heightened aggressiveness, impersonal attitudes and antisocial behaviour
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dimensions of eysenck’s personality theory

- superego

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  • empathetic, cooperative, altruistic
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eysenck’s framework and exercise - extroversion

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  • exercise increased stimulation- exercise adoption/adherence
  • higher pain tolerance- preferred for higher intensity activity
  • overall greater likelihood of PA
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eysenck’s framework and exercise- neuroticism

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  • exercise- more stable, less neurotic personality
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Cattle (16 PF)

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  • higher fitness- lower emotionality would allow for higher fitness
  • exercise- reduced emotionality
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Big Five Factor: what are the 5?

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OCEAN

  • openness to experience
  • conscientiousness
  • extraversion
  • agreeableness
  • neuroticism
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Big Five: extraversion

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  • talkative, energetic, and assertive vs quiet, reserved and shy
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Big Five: agreeableness

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  • sympathetic, kind, and affectionate versus cold, quarrelsome, and cruel
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Big Five: conscientiousness

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  • organized, responsible, and cautious versus careless, frivolous, and irresponsible
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Big Five: neuroticism

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  • stable, calm, and contented versus anxious, unstable and temperamental
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Big Five: openness to experience

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  • creative, intellectual, and open-minded versus simple, shallow and unintelligent
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big five- research shows:

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  • E,C, N are most predictive of exercise bx
  • increased E and C = adherence to PA
  • increased N= lower levels of adherence
  • ## small correlates
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Big Five: activity trait

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  • not sure if it changes- it is amenable

- currently, parts of extraversion

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Big Five: industriousness-ambition

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  • trait from conscientiousness
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Big Five: intensity preference and intensity tolerance

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  • why do people choose the exercise/sport they do and why can some people tolerate or enjoy different intensities
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type personality- biological theories - fluid

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  • Ancient Greek theory of humors–> more fluid a more discernible personality
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type personality- biological theories- more blood

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  • more blood= “sanguine” or cheerful, optimistic
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type personality- biological theories- more yellow bile

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  • “choleric” or irritable/excitable
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type personality- biological theories- more black bile

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  • “melancholic” or depressed
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type personality- biological theories- more phlegm

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  • “phlegmatic” or apathetic/indifferent, slow, shy
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biological theories- constitutional theory

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  • individuals possess certain somatotypes (body types)

- predisposition a body type = behaved accordingly

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biological theories- ectomorph

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  • linearity, tallness, leanness

Cerebrotonia

  • tense
  • introverted
  • socially restrained
  • inhibited
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biological theories- endomorph

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  • plumpness, fatness, roundness

visceratonia

  • affectionate
  • sociable
  • relaxed
  • jovial
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biological theories- mesomorph

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  • inverted triangle, athletic body

somatotonia

  • adventurous
  • risk-taking
  • dominant
  • aggressive
  • commanding
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personality type- carl jung

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  • Jung did not believe that human diversity was random- there are patterns
  • classifies individuals along 4 theoretically independent dimensions or types
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personality type- carl jung: 4 dimensions/types

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  • attitudes
  • perceptual processes
  • decision-making
  • life orientation or life-style
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attitudes dimension

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  • energizing yourself
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perceptual processes dimension

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  • taking in info, not everyone takes it in the same way
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decision-making dimension

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  • interpreting what you perceive
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life orientation or lifestyle

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  • dealing with external world
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the attitudes- what energizes us? extraversion

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  • active, sociable, breadth of interests, focus on outer world, get stimulation from it, prefer breadth
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the attitudes- what energizes us? introversion

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  • reflective, private, depth of interests, focus on inner world
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the perceptual processes. what does it do?

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perceptual processes deals with what we pay attention to and how we gather data

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the perceptual processes: sensing

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sensing: routine, factual, detailed, practical, grounded in the present
- “just the facts please” or “I can see how that happened”

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the perceptual processes: intuiting

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intuiting: innovative, imaginative, likes variety, looks to future possibilities, sees bigger picture connections

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the decision-making processes: thinking

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thinking: objective, rational, impersonal, firm, just, relies on cognition- cause and effect relationships

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the decision-making processes: feeling

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feeling: subjective, emotive, personal, compassionate, humane, relies on heart, seeks harmony

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life orientation (deals with external reality) 
- judging
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judging: structured, planned, decisive, ordered, scheduled

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life orientation (deals with external reality)- perceiving

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perceiving: flexible, responsive, tentative, adaptive, spontaneous

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4 dimensions= 16 types - 16 MBTI types

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  • 16 MBTI types- how may they influence exercise? proper exercise modality to fit personality?
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4 dimensions= 16 types

- ESTJ, ESFJ

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  • prefer structure, routine, and proven methods
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4 dimensions= 16 types

- ENTP, ENFP

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  • want fast paced, no wasting time, attracted to new ideas and possibilities
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4 dimensions= 16 types

- ESTP, ESFP

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  • quick responders, live int he moment, like to have exercise goals
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4 dimensions= 16 types

- ENTJ, ENFJ

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  • loose envisioned plan, like variety, like functionality, positive environment
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resilience

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  • resilience is the positive capacity of people to cope with stress and future negative events through protective skills
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three C’s of resilience

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  • commitment
  • control
  • challenge
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evaluating personality theories

- advantages

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  • describes peoples personalities

- either genotypic or phenotypic

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evaluating personality theories

- disadvantages

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  • don’t explain how behaviour generated and personality develops
  • only portrays a static view of personality

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