KNES 350 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Sport Psychology, Smoking Cessation, Sports Medicine

• School: University of Maryland
• Department: Kinesiology
• Course: KNES 350
• Professor: John Smith

Document Summary

Physical activity: all bodily movements that cause increases in physical exertion beyond which occurs during normal activities of daily living. Exercise: a form of leisure activity that is undertaken in order to achieve a particular objective. Psychology: field of study concerned with the various mental processes (perception, cognition, emotions) people experience and use in all aspects of their lives. Exercise science: the study of all aspects of sport, recreation, exercise/fitness, and rehabilitation behavior. The application of psychological principles to the promotion and maintenance of leisure physical activity. The psychological and emotional consequences of leisure physical activity. Rehabilitation psychology: the relationship between psychological factors and the physical rehabilitation process. Concerned with the exercise rehabilitation following a disabling event, and the role of physical activity as a complementary strategy for treating disease. Short term objective: use psychological interventions during physical rehabilitation in order to return the individual to a prior, or more healthy mental/physical state.