Kinesiology 2276F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Group Dynamics, Focus Group, Pharmacology

• School: Western University
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: Kinesiology 2276F/G
• Professor: Craig Hall

Document Summary

Physical activity all bodily movements that cause increases in physical exertion beyond that which occurs during normal activities of daily living. Exercise psychology began in the mid to late 1980s; it is important to know about the broader disciplines from which the field of exercise psychology has emerged. Thus, exercise psychology is concerned with (1) the application of psychological principles to the promotion and maintenance of leisure physical activity (exercise), and (2) the psychological and emotional consequences of leisure physical activity. There is a (cid:862)sister(cid:863) field of e(cid:454)er(cid:272)ise ps(cid:455)(cid:272)holog(cid:455): In short, the objective is to employ psychological interventions during physical rehabilitation in order to return the individual to a prior, more healthy physical and/or mental state quickly and effectively, and to maximize residual function and health. There are three additional fields tangentially related to exercise psychology: health psychology the study of psychological processes related to health and health care, behavioural medicine focuses on the interrelationships of behavioural, physical, and.