Kinesiology 2276F/G Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Smoking Cessation, Sport Psychology, Health Psychology
15 Nov 2017
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Parent disciplines of exercise psychology: psychology: various mental processes people experience and use in all aspects of their lives, exercise science: all aspects of sport, recreation, exercise/fitness and rehabilitative behaviour. Concerns of exercise psychology: application of principles to promote physical and maintain leisure of physical activity, psychological and emotional consequences of leisure physical activity. Sport psychology: psychological antecedents and consequences of sport performance: focuses on areas such as self-confidence, anxiety and attentional focus and how they relate to sport performance. Improved physiological health/physical fitness - increase energy, pain, sleep quality and fatigue. One bout of exercise may produce immediate, temporary results and a regular regimen may provide enduring benefits: many individuals do exercise for enjoyment. Improved cognitive function - reaction time, response accuracy, attention control, ability to process information: research suggests that it can help prevent brain deterioration and decline in cognitive function as we age. Emergence of exercise psychology: ancient greece - sporting events were popular.
