HPHE 1520 Final Exam Questions With Answers Graded A+
2025/2026
rehabilitation psychology - -Influence of imagery and self-talk on recovery from injury
-Examination of role that psychological factors play in coping with an injury
personality - Entire qualities and traits, including character and behavior that are specific
to someone
psychological core - -Most stable and least modifiable aspect
-Dictates behavior
Extrinsic - when individuals engage in a certain behavior to gain some external reward
Intrinsic - when individuals engage in behavior because the individual enjoys the
process and gains pleasure and satisfaction from participation
Social cognitive theory - Describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions
of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors
Attribution theory - Concerned with how ordinary people explain the causes of behavior
and events
drive theory - As arousal goes up, quality of performance goes up
Inverted U hypothesis - -Level arousal goes up and the quality of performance goes up
until a certain point
-When arousal is too high, quality of performance decreases
attention - Ability to focus on a specific skill or activity
anxiety - state of uneasiness and apprehension related to future uncertainties
depression - state of general emotional dejection and withdrawal
psychological well-being - state of enhanced and improved psychological states
Physiologic factors of exercise - -Increases in cerebral blood flow
-Changes in brain neurotransmitters
-Increases in maximal oxygen consumption and delivery of oxygen to brain
-Reduction in muscle tension
-Structural changes in the brain
psychological factors of exercise - -Enhanced feeling of control
-Feeling of competency and self-efficacy
-Positive social interactions
, -Improved self-concept and self-esteem
-Opportunities for fun and enjoyment
Motor Behavior - Umbrella term that describes the study of the interactions between
many of the physiologic and psychological processes of the body
motor development - Study of alterations in motor behavior that result from the
maturation of the individual
motor learning - Study of how individuals learn skilled movements from practice or
experience
motor control - Study of the neurologic, physiologic, and behavioral aspects of
movement
motor development life span stages - -Prenatal
-Infancy
-Early childhood and later childhood
-Adolescence
-Adulthood
-Older adult
when do men and women peak in their physical performance? - around the age of 25
stimulus recognition - collection of information from the environment
response selection - decision on what to do after collecting and processing information
Response programming - initiation of an action after a response has been selected
memory - Retaining and recalling facts, events, impressions, and
remembering/recognizing previous experiences
encoding - storing information
decoding - cleaning out information
contextual interference - the interference that results from practicing several different
tasks within the context of a single practice session
Variability of practice - repeatedly practicing the same motor skill has been shown to
impede practice performance but enhance learning of the skill
Summary knowledge of results - requires completion of several trials single skill or
movement without receiving any information about
2025/2026
rehabilitation psychology - -Influence of imagery and self-talk on recovery from injury
-Examination of role that psychological factors play in coping with an injury
personality - Entire qualities and traits, including character and behavior that are specific
to someone
psychological core - -Most stable and least modifiable aspect
-Dictates behavior
Extrinsic - when individuals engage in a certain behavior to gain some external reward
Intrinsic - when individuals engage in behavior because the individual enjoys the
process and gains pleasure and satisfaction from participation
Social cognitive theory - Describes the influence of individual experiences, the actions
of others, and environmental factors on individual health behaviors
Attribution theory - Concerned with how ordinary people explain the causes of behavior
and events
drive theory - As arousal goes up, quality of performance goes up
Inverted U hypothesis - -Level arousal goes up and the quality of performance goes up
until a certain point
-When arousal is too high, quality of performance decreases
attention - Ability to focus on a specific skill or activity
anxiety - state of uneasiness and apprehension related to future uncertainties
depression - state of general emotional dejection and withdrawal
psychological well-being - state of enhanced and improved psychological states
Physiologic factors of exercise - -Increases in cerebral blood flow
-Changes in brain neurotransmitters
-Increases in maximal oxygen consumption and delivery of oxygen to brain
-Reduction in muscle tension
-Structural changes in the brain
psychological factors of exercise - -Enhanced feeling of control
-Feeling of competency and self-efficacy
-Positive social interactions
, -Improved self-concept and self-esteem
-Opportunities for fun and enjoyment
Motor Behavior - Umbrella term that describes the study of the interactions between
many of the physiologic and psychological processes of the body
motor development - Study of alterations in motor behavior that result from the
maturation of the individual
motor learning - Study of how individuals learn skilled movements from practice or
experience
motor control - Study of the neurologic, physiologic, and behavioral aspects of
movement
motor development life span stages - -Prenatal
-Infancy
-Early childhood and later childhood
-Adolescence
-Adulthood
-Older adult
when do men and women peak in their physical performance? - around the age of 25
stimulus recognition - collection of information from the environment
response selection - decision on what to do after collecting and processing information
Response programming - initiation of an action after a response has been selected
memory - Retaining and recalling facts, events, impressions, and
remembering/recognizing previous experiences
encoding - storing information
decoding - cleaning out information
contextual interference - the interference that results from practicing several different
tasks within the context of a single practice session
Variability of practice - repeatedly practicing the same motor skill has been shown to
impede practice performance but enhance learning of the skill
Summary knowledge of results - requires completion of several trials single skill or
movement without receiving any information about
