Deck 12: Emotional Well-Being and Exercise

Question 1

Using the figure at the right, depict the affective response of an individual during a maximal graded exercise test to exhaustion and the response immediately following the exercise and into recovery. Use the following labels to depict the response:
It is sufficient to simply use the letters in the appropriate place on the figure.
a. Pre-exercise
b. 5 minutes into exercise
c. Ventilatory threshold
d. End of exercise
e. 1 minutes post-exercise
f. 20 minutes post-exercise

Answer 1

No Answer.

Question 2

Describe the relationship between acute feeling states and intensity of exercise.

Answer 2

No Answer.

Question 3

Distinguish among mood, emotion, and affect.

Answer 3

No Answer.

Question 4

Compare what is known when pre-to-post affective responses to exercise are examined versus when affective responses examined during exercise.

Question 5

Distinguish between primary and secondary exercise dependence.

Question 6

Which of the following best characterizes moods (relative to emotions)?

A) They are of unknown origin and relatively long lasting.
B) They are intense in nature and relatively long lasting.
C) They are intense in nature and relatively short lived.
D) They are of known origin and relatively short lived.

Question 7

Which of the following reflects a positive relationship between exercise and mental health?

A) Reductions in anxiety
B) Reductions in depression
C) Enhanced psychological well-being
D) Both A and C

Question 8

William James is well known as which of the following?

A) Exercise scientist
B) Psychologist/philosopher
C) Psychiatrist
D) Basketball coach

Question 9

There is abundant evidence supporting the development of the multiple-item, exercise-specific measures of affect, particularly the concern that exercise has unique, distinct properties that influences affect unlike anything else.

Question 10

Affect is referred to as a more general "valenced" response. How is valence characterized?

A) As something that is along a continuum from high to low
B) As something that is along a continuum from good to bad
C) As something that is along a continuum from activated to unactivated
D) None of the above

Question 11

Although exercise has been shown to result in reductions in both anxiety and depression, there is no evidence that it can improve positive affective states.

Question 12

The more "modern" approach to studying the affective outcomes of exercise and physical activity that assumes that affective states are inter-related is which of the following?

A) Categorical approach
B) Dimensional approach
C) Anxiolytic approach
D) Mental health approach

Question 13

It is apparent from work examining activation/valence responses during exercise that responses are highly consistent across subjects.

Question 14

The figure below depicts a model of affect that is currently being used to examine affective responses to exercise. What is the name of this theoretical model?

A) Complex model of emotion
B) Circumplex model of affect
C) Activation/valence model of affect
D) Circumlocution model of mood

Question 15

Using the data depicted in the figure above, which of the following occurred when comparing affect following a 10-minute walk (Post-0') to the pre-walk (Pre) affect? (Use only the Walking group data.)

A) Activation increased; valence became more negative
B) Activation increased; valence became more positive
C) Activation decreased; valence became more negative
D) Activation decreased; valence became more positive

Question 16

What would be another way to characterize the affective state being experienced at Post-0? in the previous question?

A) Activated-pleasant
B) Activated-unpleasant
C) Unactivated-pleasant
D) Unactivated-unpleasant

Question 17

Based on the data used in the figure in Question 10, how would the affective state be characterized at Post-10? (which is 10 minutes following a walk)?

A) Tense
B) Energetic
C) Depressed
D) Relaxed

Question 18

From the relatively little research that has examined affective responses during exercise, it appears that as exercise intensity increases and as duration progresses, __________.

A) activation declines
B) affective valence becomes more positive
C) affective valence becomes more negative
D) Only A and C are correct

Question 19

Which of the following is true, given what is being discovered in research examining affective responses to exercise?

A) Examination of pre- and post-exercise affect adequately captures the temporal dynamics of the affective responses to exercise.
B) It is important to measure affect during exercise to obtain a more complete picture of the temporal dynamics of the affective responses to exercise.
C) It is easy to conclude that the change in affect from before exercise to following exercise is due to a simple change in affect (i.e., a linear change from pre to post-exercise).
D) Post-exercise affect is important primarily for helping to understand exercise adherence.

Question 20

Weight loss is difficult for overweight/obese adults, in part because they seem to have less tolerance for activity of higher intensities and they often perceive a given level of activity as requiring more effort. Work examining the relationship between affective responses and exercise intensity in overweight women has shown which of the following?

A) When allowed to self-select exercise intensity, affect remains stable.
B) When allowed to self-select exercise intensity, affect steadily declines during exercise.
C) When the exercise intensity is imposed, affect steadily improves during exercise.
D) When the exercise intensity is imposed, affect remains stable during exercise.

Question 21

When exercise intensity is right around the ventilatory threshold, there tends to be:

A) Relatively homogeneous affective responses
B) Affective responses that reflect primarily displeasure
C) No real influence of cognitive factors on the affective response
D) Relatively heterogeneous affective responses

Question 22

A One of the factors proposed to help understand affective responses to exercise involves exploring biological mediators. One of these, caffeine, has been shown to result in:

A) Greater perceived effort during exercise
B) More positive/less negative affective valence during exercise
C) More negative/less positive affective valence during exercise
D) Both A and C

Question 23

The fairly common finding of an activated pleasant state during and following a moderate intensity bout of physical activity (e.g., walking) has been referred to by Thayer as the:

A) Placebo effect
B) Tranquilizer effect
C) Tension reduction effect
D) Paradoxical energizing effect

Question 24

A relatively recent approach to studying affective responses based on the idea that controlled laboratory studies might not translate well to everyday life involves the use of:

A) Ecological momentary assessment
B) Experience sampling
C) Recall of what happened over the course of the week
D) Both A and B

Question 25

Although genetics have been shown to explain numerous factors related to physical activity, there is currently no evidence of a genetic predisposition to experience greater enjoyment at higher intensities of exercise