APA 2140 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Health Belief Model, Social Learning Theory, Transtheoretical Model

• School: University of Ottawa
• Department: Human Kinetics
• Course: APA 2140
• Professor: Jennifer Brunet

Document Summary

Careers in sport psychology: research, teaching, consulting. Canadian code of ethics: principle 1: respect for the dignity of persons, principle 2: responsible caring, principle 3: integrity in relationships, principle 4: responsibility to society. Personality: overall organisation of psychological characteristics: trait: a relatively stable characteristic or quality that may represent a portion of o(cid:374)e"s perso(cid:374)alit(cid:455, state: momentary feelings and thoughts that change depending on the situation and time. Trait theories: consistency of behaviour from one situation to the next. Big five models of personality traits: openness to experience, conscientiousness, extraversion, agreeableness, neuroticism. Biological theories: heldo(cid:374)"s co(cid:374)stitutio(cid:374)al theor(cid:455) (cid:894)so(cid:373)atot(cid:455)pes(cid:895: endomorph, ectomorph, mesomorph. Humanistic psychology: focuses on personal responsibility, human growth, person striving and individual dignity. Cognitive-behavioural approach: behaviour is learned through experience. Social learning theory: people can learn simply by being exposed to behaviours of others. Interactionist approach: situations/environment and personal factors reciprocally influence behaviour. Measure of personality: projective test: subjective open-ended questions, objective test: standardized-individual has choice.