Sports & Exercise Psychology

Question 1

What are the ABC’s of physical activity and how do they relate to psychology

Answer 1

• > Sport and exercise psychology involves the study of human thought, emotion, and behaviour in physical activity

Affect; emotions
Behaviour; actions
Cognition; thoughts

Question 2

Sports vs Exercise Psychology

Answer 2

Sports
- > focused on maximizing sport performance
Education
- > focused on enhancing physical activity participation and use of physical activity to help mediate physical and psychological health

Question 3

Impact of actively wanting to change our behaviours

Answer 3

• > if you don’t actually want to change your behaviour than you won’t; you can know all the reasons why changing your behaviour is beneficial but you still won’ do it
  ie. i know going to the gym is good for me but i don’t want to… so I don’t change my behaviours