Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture : [20].docx

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

Document Summary

An integrated cognitive and somatic intervention strategy. Accounts for situation, appraisal of situation, physiological response and actual behaviour. Gradual exposure to and coping with increasingly stressful situations (step by step exposure starting from smallest to greatest level of stress example. Help participant focus on the task at hand. Negative thought stopping (positive thinking: self-talk stop thinking negatively (deal with the voice in your head) A relatively new area of research: self-talk. Definition: an internal dialogue through which a person interprets feelings and perceptions, regulates (changes) evaluations and convictions, and gives self-instructions and reinforcement. 6 dimensions of self-talk: self-determined or assigned (prescribed by someone else, perspective internal (voice in head) vs. external (out loud, valence positive vs. negative, direction perception of motivating or demotivating. Intensity impact on motivation: frequency how often is it used. Performance can be influenced positively or negatively by some or all of the dimension of self- talk: refocus.