Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Sports Game, Psychophysiology, Endorphins

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 1088A/B
• Professor: Bob Larose

Document Summary

Midterm exam: friday, october 19th, 2012******, worth 35% Sport and exercise psychology-scientific application of knowledge of people and their behavior in sport & exercise. *textbook content covered in this lecture: chapter 1* Objectives: consider how psychological factors affect one"s physical performance in sport and exercise [performance, consider how participation in sport and exercise effect one"s psychological development, health, well-being (eg. feeling better via an endorphin high after exercising) [behavior] To obtain an understanding (theory, or set of interrelated facts that sets a systematic view on something) through description, explanation, and prediction of the behavior and performance of individuals/groups in sport and exercise (how does one affect the other). A unique way in which each of us respond to different forms of stimuli in a situation. All stimuli cause us to react/think in certain ways (sometimes rational, sometimes irrational). Goal-directed behavior for the purpose of short-term execution of a discrete task (eg baseball, how fast can they throw a fastball?).