KINE 2050 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Microsoft Powerpoint, Psych, Exercise Prescription
15 May 2016
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Kine 3000 intro to the psychology of physical activity and health. The applications of psychology to promote, maintain, enhance, and explain the parameters of exercise and phys. activity. The application of psychological principles to the promotion and maintenance of exercise and phys. The psychological and emotional consequences of exercise and phys. activity: ex. Improved body image, improves health: also consider negative impacts such as eating disorders, etc. Psychology: concerned with various mental processes people experience and use in all aspects of their lives, abcs of psych. Exercise science: all aspects of sport, recreation, exercise, fitness, physical activity and rehabilitative behaviour. How does lactate acid build up effect the abcs. Rehabilitation psych: relationship between psychological factors and the physical rehabilitation process. Health psych: psychological processes related to health and health care. Nutrition, stop smoking, using the health care services available. Health: focus on health behaviours, how our behaviours effect our health, psycho. Exercise: non-elite, non-competitive motives for participants, focus on participation.
