ASST 1002 Lecture : Lecture 3 Spring 2016
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Holistic nature of kinesiology: a characteristic of humanity that underscores the interdependence & interrelatedness of mind, emotions, body, & spirit. Kinesiology as an academic discipline: body of knowledge, a conceptual framework, scholarly procedures & methods of inquiry, process of discovery & end results. We can discover many things about us, nation, & the world. Our perspective would change how it would be written. So how is sport different from a game & from play: sport. Modern term first used in england around a. d. 1440. Origin of the word is latin & french. In french, the word de(s)porter has its roots in the latin word deportare, which means. Grew throughout england referring to competition in the form of games, individual athletic exploits & hunting: play. Has three fundamental characteristics: play is intrinsically motivated, play involves the temporary suspensions of normal/typical reality, play involves internal locus of control.
