Kinesiology 2276F/G Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Symbolic Interactionism

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2276F/G
• Professor: J.Paige Gregson

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Explain identity theory including: commitment, identity salience, meanings, and behaviours are related. Discuss all the major findings of strachan et al. , 2009. Assumption: society= organized, patterned interactions, for every position in society, the person occupying that position has an identity. Each identity can be ranked by its importance. Identity salience hierarchy: the likelihood that an identity will be invoked across a variety of situations. Identity: can refer to a position in a group or a particular characteristic, refers to a _______________ that define ___________________ when one is an. Exerciser meanings: energetic, strong, flexible, athletic, coordinated, active, healthy, ***boring, ***exhausting, ***hard work. Commitment: the costs the persons incurs for not playing out a role based on an identity. Strength of exercise identity and identity-exercise consistency: affective and social cognitive relationships. Strachan, brawley, spink, & jung; 2009; journal of health psychology. __________ exercise identity = more frequent exercise & _____________ consistency between exercise identity meanings and behaviour.