Kinesiology 2276F/G Study Guide - Final Guide: Physical Exercise, Cognitive Psychology, Decisional Balance Sheet
11 Apr 2018
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Make highly reinforcing sedentary activities less attractive; by making these activities less attractive, the person will engage in active living activities. Integrates stimulus-response theory & basic research on cognitive psychology & decision making. A way to help people make healthy choices about how they spend their leisure time. If you want to play video games, you gotta do chores first; but if you want to go outside a(cid:374)d play (cid:449)ith your frie(cid:374)ds, you do(cid:374)"t ha(cid:448)e to do (cid:272)hores; the (cid:272)hild (cid:373)ight say, lets go play. Combine concepts from various theories & models to explain exercise behaviour: transtheoretical model (ttm, social ecological model. Behaviour change is not a quick process but a gradual progression through a series of stages. This method was originally used for smoking (quitting) Usually, its meant to go in one direction, but reversal is possible (quits smoking and they start smoking again) It is possible to skip a stage as well.
