Exam 2: Research Perspectives in Sport and Exercise Psychology

What type of research design is likely being used when an exercise psychologist collects data at a single point in time based on a series of responses to a survey of student attitudes towards gym use at the university?

Extraneous variables represent plausible alternative explanations for as study's findings that hold the potential to confound the knowledge base within a given area.

A sport psychologist is interested in the effects of an educational program on substance use behaviour during the academic year in athletes.To address this issue,the researcher collects data before and after the delivery of the intervention from five different universities (Two of which received the education program)that were not randomly assigned to conditions.What type of design has been employed in this study?

Which of the following is a major difference between sport and exercise psychology research that uses either a qualitative or quantitative approach to scientific inquiry?

Basic research is strength of the science because it seeks answer to complex questions of applied interest in sport and exercise psychology.

A health researcher is interested in physical activity behaviour change over 6 months in people with Type- 2 diabetes.To assess the variables of interest,the researcher administers a survey on two separate occasions.What type of research design is being used in this study?

Which of the following is not an internal validity threat associated with research design?

An exercise psychologist is interested in the type of messages portrayed in media advertising for fitness classes.To address the question,the researcher collects data from popular magazines advertising fitness classes to women.Assuming all the magazines are available in the library,does this form of research need ethical review?

What is the difference between anonymity and confidentiality n the context of research ethics?

Which of the following conditions are necessary for a research scientist working for the disease prevention division of Health Canada to say with confidence that a diet high in saturated fat (HSF)'causes' cardiovascular disease (CVD)?

What is the central document that guides the conduct of sport and exercise psychology research within Canada?

What does the principle of beneficence concern with respect to research ethics?

The central factors distinguishing ratio levels of measurement from other levels of measurement concerns the ability to denote a true zero that represents a complete absence of the variable of interest.

Fred,a lively individual who has been physically active for the last 30 years,has decided to stop exercising based strictly on the advice of his family physician.What is the dominant source of knowledge Fred is relying on to make this decision?

Authority is a source of knowledge in sport and exercise psychology concerned with reliance on an 'experts' point of view or interpretation of available information.

What aspect of the research process concerns providing information to people to determine their interest in being participants in a sport or exercise psychology study?

Dr.Flinstone is interested in estimating the stability of muscle contractions across five consecutive days using a single test administration per day.What component of the measurement process is Dr.Flinstone estimating?

A sport psychologist is interested in examining if athletes high in the trait of perfectionism perform better in Olympic Games than athletes with lower levels of this trait.The sport psychologist collects questionnaire data from each Canadian athlete competing in the 2010 Winter Olympic Games during a pre- Olympic Games press conference meeting then examines the association between all the responses and the athlete's performance in Vancouver.Does this research require ethical approval from a Research Ethics Board? Please explain your reasoning for this answer for the sport psychologist.

Ethnographic research is a form of quantitative inquiry that focuses on portraying a 'bounded system' in as much detail as possible.

Justice is a principle of research ethics that is concerned mainly with the provision of informed consent.