Kinesiology 1088A/B Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Hawthorne Effect, Virtual Reality, Group Dynamics

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

Document Summary

A] consider how psychological factors effect an individual. B] how participation in sport and exercise effects an individual psychological development, health and well being. Comprehensive objective: obtaining an understanding through : description, explanation and predication, of the behaviour. Behaviour= a unique way of responding to all stimuli. Performance= goal directed behaviour for the purpose of short term execution of a discrete task. 1] behaviour: behaviour of athletes determines by the environment. 2] psychophysiological: study impact of physiological responses to activity on behaviour. 3] cognitive- behavioural: behaviour determines by ones interpretation of both environment and cognitions (thoughts) Kolbs learning cycle (1) concrete experience (ce) (actual) (4) active experimentation (ae) ( try out elsewhere) (2) Reflective observation ( ro) think about what happened (3) abstract conceptualization (ac) make sense of it. Any systematic study of sport psychology should include the following stages: Attempt to provide reason for the findings in stage 1. Use the knowledge obtained to predict future occurrences.