Quiz #1: chapters 1,2, & 3 Flashcards
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Morbidity
The regular occurrence of a particular disease
Mortality
Rate of death
Sedentary Lifestyle
A lifestyle in which regular exercise does not take place
Aerobic
running/ swimming (plato)
Anarobic
Heart rate goes up and down
Sport & Athletic Competition
Important culture & society
All age groups can participate
Successful performance in based on principles grounded in exercise science
Gap between female & male athlete are closing
Physical Activity
Movement activities of daily living, including work- and job- related activities, leisure - time activities, and activities performed around home
Exercise
A structured movement process that individuals consciously and voluntarily engage in and includes those activities that improve or maintain physical health
Sport & Athletic Competition
Movement in structured and organized activities that include a competitive aspect, including athletic events
Exercise Science
An umbrella term used to describe the study of numerous aspects of physical exercise, activity, sport, and athletic performance
Common Characteristics: movement of body & adaptations to movement
ADL
activities of daily living
Whole-istic approach
everything is connected
Basic research
research that expand the knowledge base by formulating, evaluating, or expanding a theory
Applied research
attempts to solve immediate practical problems, often uses the same methods as basic research
Translational research
applies findings from basic research to improve human health and well - being
Quantitative research
a scientific approach that collects numerical data gathered from subjects through different sources of experimentation
Qualitative research
uses interviews/observations to gather non numeric data that is gathered in a natural environment
Descriptive research
- Describes the current state of the problem
- Does not require the manipulation of experimental variables
- Does not give a conclusion as to why something occurs
- Offers no explanation of what happens
Experimental research
- manipulates variables to investigate the effect on an outcome
- provides conclusions as to why an effect occurs
Longitudinal research
- The most reliable of the three types of experimental research because societal/ technological factors to not largely impact the results.
- familiarity is often a problem because people learn how to take the tests, therefore disrupting the data
Cross-Section research
- allows all data to be collected at once
- performance may be affected due to societal/longitudinal factors
Hypothesis
the proposed explanation for the occurrence of a specific outcome (if…….then…….)
Independent Variable
the variable that is manipulated by the researcher to affect the dependent variable
