Exam 12: Aging and Involvement in Sport and Physical Activity

The notion that older hockey players who continue their training as they age will be able to maintain their skills is associated with what theory?

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Question 21

Rowe and Khan's model of successful aging has three components

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Question 22

Older adults who live below the poverty line and claim that registration fees for recreation programs at local community centres are too high are an example of which determinant of physical activity and sport involvement?

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Question 23

Using the Profile of Mood States, Masters track and field athletes demonstrated a higher score than normative samples in which state?

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Question 24

Older adults may be limiting their involvement in physical activity because of internalized negative stereotypes about their group.

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Question 25

Disidentification can be a useful tool for ________.

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Question 26

By the year 2050, the number of Canadian adults over the age of one hundred is expected be ________.

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Question 27

Older adults with a higher level of education are more likely to be involved in physical activity than those with a lower level of education.

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Question 28

Findings from research with older adults indicate that feelings of self-efficacy are easily modified.

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Question 29

Baker, Horton, Pearce, and Deakin's study of elite ________ suggests that skilled motor performance declines much less with age than performance in sports such as running and swimming.

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Question 30

List the six most common barriers to exercise in older adults and briefly describe the data on the most common barrier.

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Question 31

Which is the most common barrier to exercise in seniors?

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Question 32

"Reconceptualizing your self-image to remove the value associated with a domain, thereby reducing the impact of negative performance" is known as ________.

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Question 33

What are the three most common physical activities for adults over sixty-five?

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Question 34

Master athletes have shown the iceberg profile, which involves

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Question 35

Compare the reasons Masters athletes give for participating in competitive sport with the reasons given by younger athletes.

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Question 36

Which of the following is a benefit of exercise in older adults?

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Question 37

Distinguish between compensation theory and selective maintenance theory.

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Question 38

Older adults who will not become involved in physical activity because of a low perception of their current health and fitness levels are an example of what type of determinant of physical activity?

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Question 39

Among Canadian adults, females are consistently more active than males.

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The notion that older hockey players who continue their training as they age will be able to maintain their skills is associated with what theory?

Rowe and Khan's model of successful aging has three components

Older adults who live below the poverty line and claim that registration fees for recreation programs at local community centres are too high are an example of which determinant of physical activity and sport involvement?

Using the Profile of Mood States, Masters track and field athletes demonstrated a higher score than normative samples in which state?

Older adults may be limiting their involvement in physical activity because of internalized negative stereotypes about their group.

Disidentification can be a useful tool for ________.

By the year 2050, the number of Canadian adults over the age of one hundred is expected be ________.

Older adults with a higher level of education are more likely to be involved in physical activity than those with a lower level of education.

Findings from research with older adults indicate that feelings of self-efficacy are easily modified.

Baker, Horton, Pearce, and Deakin's study of elite ________ suggests that skilled motor performance declines much less with age than performance in sports such as running and swimming.

List the six most common barriers to exercise in older adults and briefly describe the data on the most common barrier.

Which is the most common barrier to exercise in seniors?

"Reconceptualizing your self-image to remove the value associated with a domain, thereby reducing the impact of negative performance" is known as ________.

What are the three most common physical activities for adults over sixty-five?

Master athletes have shown the iceberg profile, which involves

Compare the reasons Masters athletes give for participating in competitive sport with the reasons given by younger athletes.

Which of the following is a benefit of exercise in older adults?

Distinguish between compensation theory and selective maintenance theory.

Older adults who will not become involved in physical activity because of a low perception of their current health and fitness levels are an example of what type of determinant of physical activity?

Among Canadian adults, females are consistently more active than males.

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Stress, Emotion, and Coping in Sport and Exercise

Anxiety in Sport and Exercise

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Leadership in Sport and Exercise

Group Cohesion in Sport and Exercise

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