Exercise Psychology

Real or imagines pressure to change behavior, attitudes, or beliefs.

Social Influence

Perceived comfort, caring assistance, and information that a person receives from others. Size of one's social network. Amount/type of support received.

Social support

What are the types of social support?

- Instrumental
- Emotional
- Informational
- Companionship
- Validation

Providing tangible, practical assistance that will help a person achieve exercise goals. (physical things you can give someone)

Instrumental support

The expression of encouragement, caring empathy, and concern toward a person "you did a good job" or your mom watching you as a kid usually have this support.

Emotional support

Giving direction, advice, or suggestions on how to exercise and providing feedback regarding to exerciser's progress.

Informational Support

The availability of people with whom one can exercise, such as a friend, family member or exercise group

Companionship support

Comparing oneself with others in order to gage progress and validate the one's thoughts, ideas, problems, and experiences are "normal

Validation Support

Role model is an example of what kind of support?

Validation Support

You decide to change plans in order to exercise with a friend. What kind of support is offered?

Companionship support

You offer compliments on how well the client is progressing. What kind of support is offered?

Emotional Support

Social support plays an important role in _________ behavior.

Exercise Behavior

What is the most effective type of support?

It depends on the needs of that person at a given time.

Do social support needs differ between sexes?

Yes

What type of support do guys typically need?

Informational support because guys care about how to win and doing better in the activity.

What type of support do girls typically need?

Social and companionship, girls like to join a group together.

What kind of support do kids need?

Emotional (watching them) and instrumental (money)

What kind of support do older people need?

Information support (how to do it)

What are some sources of support and influence?

- Spouses/partners
- Parents and other family members
- Health care providers
- Exercise leaders/instructors
- Co-exercisers and observers

Trying to collect all research outcomes around the world.

Meta-analysis

The strength of the finding higher effect size. there will be a strong impact on social inferences on human exercise behaviors.

Higher effect size

Some people you may have a stronger impact, if you try to manipulate the five factors may influence you to exercise more.

Small to medium effectt size

Logistical/instrumental as well as emotional and companionship support. Validation and role models.

Parental support.

What are some sources of family support?

- Decrease in dropout rates
- Reminders and encouragement; also, perception of nagging
- Spousal help for mothers with small children

What disorder do dogs have a special bond too?

Autistic children

Respond in opposite direction to the one being advocated. In response to pressure or being made to feel guilty.

Behavioral reactance.

Types of transformational leadership behaviors:

- Idealized influence
- Inspirational motivation
- Intellectual stimulation
- Individualized consideration

Goal oriented

Idealized influence

Start to motivate others in groups

Inspirational motivation

ask for advice, help base upon each person's needs

Intellectual stimulation

some student still have trouble, so consider anything else to do in order to help

Individualized consideration

How can cohesion be increased during exercise class?

- Develop feelings of distinctiveness among group members
- Assign group roles and/or positions
- Establish group norms
- Provide opportunities to make sacrifices for the group
- Provide opportunities for interaction

What are the benefits of a team-building intervention?

An easy and effective way to improve exercise adherence among people of all ages.

How does cohesion foster adherence?

Foster more positive attitudes toward class attendance.
More social support and interaction
Theory of planned behavior.

Other people in an exerciser's environment can influence behavior. When you stay in the environment, people around you may increase or decrease your behavior

Social Facilitation

Underlying, relatively stable, psychological structures and processes that organize human experience and shape a person's actions and reactions to the environment. Individuals unique, but psychological make-up

Personality

Developed from early environmental interactions

Personality core

Variable, daily behaviors influenced by the particular context we are in most easily changed.

Role related

How is behavior best explained?

By an individuals reaction to the environment

Personality is derived from

Stable, enduring attributes that lead to consistent responses over time/situations.

Relationship between body shape and personality

Constitutional

The stronger the relationship the higher it is.

Correlation

Underweight and shy

Ecto morph

Overweight

Endomorph

Athletic

Mesomorph

The degree of relationship between the variables under consideration is a measure through the

Correlation Analysis

Variables change in the same direction

Positive relationship

Variables change in opposite directions

Negative relationship

Relatively enduring dispositions that exert a consistent influence on behavior in a variety of situations

Trait

The psychological reaction to the situation in which the individual finds him/herself.

States

Emphasis is placed on the person rather than on the situation or the environment

Trait Theories

Are though to reflect motivational systems that increase adaptation to positive or negative stimuli.

Traits

Dimensions of Eysenck's Personality Theory

- Extroversion-Introversion (E)
- Neuroticism (Emotionality)-Stability (N)
- Psychoticism-Superego (P)

Mediated by the reticular formation. Driven by level of arousal in the cortex of the brain and is expected to have an influential relationship on pain threshold, pain sensitivity, and/or pain tolerance.

Extraversion- introversion (E)

Hyper, active, outgoing, optimistic High E

Extraversion

Negative, more passive, conserved, careful lower E

Introversion

Part of the brain stem. High E will open gate more so more hyper will receive more info at the same time. Low E will feel tired easily and sensitive to pain.

Reticular Formation

Associated with activity of the limbic system and ANS

Neuroticism-stability

Worry to much and overthink, may freak out

High N

Do whatever exercise and more willing to try different things.

Low N

Driven by hormonal function, by elevated androgen levels (testosterone) and the relative absence of serotonin

Psychoticism-superego

What kind of person will be more physically active?

High E and Low N

Exercise could lead to increased stimulation, and thus lead to adoption/adherence to exercise routine.

Extroversion

Exercise might contribute to more stable, less neurotic personality.

Neuroticism

16 factors describe the essence of personality.

Cattle

Combination of various primary factors

Second-order factors

Individuals with high levels of fitness would have lower anxiety and neuroticism; greater emotional stability, placidity, and relaxation

Cattell's Personality

Individuals with lower levels of anxiety and neuroticism would respond favorably to intense physical training.

Cattell's Personality

OCEAN

5 factor system

O

Openness to experience

C

Conscientiousness

E

Extraversion-Introversion

A

Agreeableness

N

Neuroticism

Higher label of determination, will do exercise more, may perform different sports, stage of change, precom, com, action, maintenance, terminate

C

Exercise intensity, higher label of state

E

Everything is negative, drop of exercise earlier, do not want to change current lifestyle, will stay in pre and complimation

N

2 factors have positive (higher label more exercise behavior) relationship. What are they?

C & E

What factor is negative?

N

Agressive, competitive, impatient, hostile. High level of E and N

Type A Pattern Behavior

Lower E and N

Type B

The way in which we see or define ourselves

self-concept

The extent to which one feels positive or negative about one's self-concept.

Self-esteem