KINE 3P05 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Random Assignment, Focus Group, Determinism

• School: Brock University
• Department: Physical Education and Kinesiology
• Course: KINE 3P05
• Professor: Jae Patterson

Document Summary

Kine 2p85 psychosocial health and physical activity. Examines strength and direction of relationship between 2 variables. -direction positive (increases or decreases together for example: age and height) or negative (move in the opposite direction) or unrelated. -- -1 means they are perfectly negatively related (strongest relationship) -- 1 means they are perfectly positively related (strongest relationship) -- moving closer to 0, means the relationship is weaker. Cross-sectional: snapshot with all measures taken at a single point in time. Longitudinal: changes/differences with measures from multiple time points. Theory-based interventions are more effective at changing behaviours. -what constructs to target and how to change them. -identifies what we should measure to see if interventions are effective. Changing thoughts can change behaviour (and vice versa) People learn through their own behaviours and those of others. Human functioning results from an interaction between personal, environmental, and behavioural characteristics, termed reciprocal determinism ****