Week 10- Emotional Well Being And Exercise

Question 1

Describe the term subjective well being

Answer 1

A cognitive component comprising judgements of life satisfaction

An emotional component consisting of:
High levels of positive affect
Low levels of negative affect

Question 2

Describe the term emotional well-being

Answer 2

Totality of positive and negative aspect

How momentary feeling we experience on a day to day experience add up to give us a indication of an individuals complete well being

Calculated by a ratio of a positive and negative aspect

Most measures of emotional well being correlate with a persons overall well being

Question 3

Describe/define emotion

Answer 3

Emotion (e.g., fear, guilt, pride)
An immediate response to a specific stimulus that requires some level of cognitive output
 Quick onset
 Short duration
 Distinctive subjective feeling

Question 4

How long do emotions typically last?

Answer 4

They vary significantly from minutes to hours

Question 5

Describe/ define a mood(s)

Answer 5

Moods (e.g., irritation, cheerfulness)
Diffused and global

Imply a longer course of time

Come and go with often unidentifiable causes

Question 6

How does a mood generally last?

Answer 6

Longer than an emotion! Can be from several hours to days and even sometimes months.
Usually several days

Question 7

What is an affect?

Answer 7

A general response that is a good/bad feeling.
(A general feeling as an outcome of the combinations of mood and emotions one is experiencing.
Affect examples - tension or calmness

Question 8

Name and describe the four main theories of emotion

Answer 8

• James-Lange theory- Emotion is caused by the bodily response caused by event
• Cannon-Bard theory- The state of autonomic arousal and the emotion occur together
• Schachter-Singer theory- The emotion occurs as a result of physiological arousal And emotional interpretation of that arousal
• Lazarus Theory - A thought occurs before emotion and physiological arousal

Question 9

What is the hedonic treadmill theory by Brickman and Campbell (1971)

Answer 9

Also known as hedonic adaptation, is the tendency of humans to quickly return to a relatively stable level of happiness despite major positive or negative events or life changes

Question 10

Give me examples of mood scales

Answer 10

• Profile of Mood States (McNair et al., 1971) (POMS)
• Positive Affect-Negative Affect Scale (Watson et al., 1988)
• Exercise-Induced Feeling Inventory (Gauvin & Rejeski, 1993)

Question 11

In general, exercise increases positive mood states (i.e., vigour) and reduces negative mood states (i.e., tension, anger, confusion, fatigue) true nor false?

Answer 11

True

Question 12

Give two examples of the negative effects of exercise on emotional well-being

Answer 12

• Overtraining, fatigue and the staleness syndrome

- Exercise dependence

Question 13

Describe the categorical approach to psychological well being?

Answer 13

It states that Affective states are distinct and have unique properties and antecedents

Question 14

Describe the dimensional approach to psychological well being?

Answer 14

Affective states are interrelated and can be accurately captured by a small number of dimensions (e.g., circumplex model)

Question 15

What are two other areas that need further research within the field of emotional well being and exercise?

Answer 15

-The dose response - the intensity and duration of exercise that yields the most optimal affective responses

-(2) Temporal dynamics of affective responses
The timing of the measurement of affective responses (e.g., before, during, after)