week 3

Question 1

intervening

Answer 1

The process of intervening
Action taken to improve something
Behavioral intervention - the use of specific strategies to foster behavior change

Question 2

barrier

Answer 2

(barrier)- any factor that prevents the behavior from occurring

Question 3

actual barrier

Answer 3

-accessibility, resources
Environmental factors
Physical limitation

Question 4

Perceived barrier

Answer 4

Lack of time
boredom/ lack of enjoyment
So many other psychological or veiled based barriers

Question 5

Theory

Answer 5

A systematically organized body of knowledge applicable in a relatively wide variety of circumstances

Question 6

Positive reinforcement

Answer 6

• Praise from an external source (e.g., coach; social media)
• Praise from an internal source (e.g., a
  goal; a purpose)

Question 7

Negative reinforcement

Answer 7

• Alleviating symptoms of psychological or physical
  distress
• Psychological: Anxiety; Depression; Energy
• Physical: Arthritis; Pain

Question 8

Punishment

Answer 8

Degrading or criticizing comments during or after exercise
Pain during exercise pushing oneself too much

Question 9

Extinction

Answer 9

Individual withdraw from exercise completely
Inaction of exercise

Question 10

Self efficacy

Answer 10

Self-efficacy is a person’s particular set of beliefs that determine how well one can execute a
plan of action in prospective situations.
Self-efficacy is a person’s belief in their ability to succeed in a particular situation.
Often used synonymously with confidence

Question 11

Self efficacy domain

Answer 11

General self efficacy
Exercise self efficacy
Sport self efficacy
Academic self efficacy

Question 12

Past performance

Answer 12

The strongest of self efficacy
Experiences provide the most authentic evidence of whether one can muster whatever it takes to succeed. Success builds a robust belief in one’s personal efficacy

Question 13

Vicarious experience

Answer 13

Seeing people similar to ones self succeed by sustained effort raises observer belief that they too posses the capabilities

Question 14

Social persuasion

Answer 14

Receiving positive verbal feedback while undertaking a complex task persuades a person to believe that they have the skills and capabilities to succeed
Can come from external or internal source

Question 15

Physiological state

Answer 15

• It is not the sheer intensity of emotional and physical reactions that is important but rather how they are perceived and interpreted.
• People who have a high sense of efficacy are likely to view their state of affective arousal as an energizing facilitator of performance, whereas those who are beset by self-doubts regard their arousal as a debilitation.
• Remember: What we Perceive, we Receive!

Question 16

Measuring Self-Efficacy

Answer 16

*Strength: involves measuring the strength of the individual’s belief in his
or her ability to successfully accomplish a specific task
*Level of Difficulty or Challenge: measuring the individual’s self-efficacy
for successfully performing the task at varying degrees of difficulty
*Generality: extent of SE transfer from one task to another
*Specificity: Task SE, barrier SE, scheduling SE

Question 17

Beliefs

Answer 17

• If you believe exercise is fun, you will partake
• If you believe exercise is important for mental health, you will partake
• If you believe exercise improves physical health, you will partake
• If you DON’T think the above, your beliefs and
  motivations surrounding exercise participation will impact your action, and will most often than not, lead to inaction
• NORMATIVE- Social norms; Family norms etc
• CONTROL BELIEFS –The ease or difficulty of
  performing the behavior

Question 18

Intentions

Answer 18

based on attitudes and beliefs one will wither engage or disengage in exercise and physical activity

Question 19

The Self Determination Theory
3 key concepts

Answer 19

1. types of motivation
2. basic psychological needs
3. social needs

Question 20

what is the self determination theory

Answer 20

• Provides an understanding of what keeps people focused and motivated to pursue
  desired behaviors

Question 21

External regulation

Answer 21

motivated by the prize for accomplishing a goal

Question 22

introject regulation

Answer 22

motivate by family pressure that you need to lose weigh

Question 23

Identified regulation

Answer 23

motivated to beat your last time in the next race

Question 24

integrated regulation

Answer 24

motivated by the fact that everyone knows you as the fit

Question 25

Basic psychological needs

Answer 25

the satisfaction of three basic psychological needs leads to the development of more internally

Question 26

Competences

Answer 26

Feeling like you have the skills and requirements to meet the demands of the environment
Feeling like you have mastery and control

Question 27

Autonomy

Answer 27

Having the choice to decide what you want to do and how you will do it
People like to have a choice in their behavior and goals

Question 28

Relatedness

Answer 28

Feeling a sense of belonging and closeness to others
We like to feel connected to other people
Importance of relationships

Question 29

social context

Answer 29

Fulfillment of the basic psychological needs depends on characteristics of the social environment/context in which the exercise takes place