History, Growth, and Innovation
The Academic Subdisciplines
Kinesiology Focused Careers
Kinesiology Focused Careers
Anything Goes
100

The study of how to teach or disseminate information about physical activity is known as

Pedagogy

100

This combines psychology, physiology, and kinesiology to understand how human movement is coordinated and controlled.

Motor Behavior

100

A student who starts college in 2021 will most likely need to pursue __________ what degree to become an athletic trainer.

a master's degree

100

This machine revolutionized strength and conditioning by making weightlifting safer and more accessible. 

Nautilus

100

What has recently been termed the “new smoking,” based on its negative influence on cardiovascular health?

Sitting for long periods of time

200

Occupational therapy and physical therapy can trace significant growth in their career fields to which event/s?

World Wars I & II

200

The role of this cell is to send and receive electrical information.

Neuron

200

A student who starts college in 2021 will most likely need to pursue __________ what degree to become a physical therapist.

Doctorate degree

200

The National Fitness Games and CrossFit require athletes to complete movements similar to needs at work, sport, or home. This style of training is called?

functional fitness training—a training which focuses on implementing movements or equipment that reflect daily life challenges.

200

A researcher designs a study with the goal of solving a particular problem in her field. What type of research is this?

Applied research

300

What kind of data deals with numbers and statistical analyses?

Quantitative

300

Which branch of philosophy provides the structure to understand sport, games, and rules?

Logic

300

What is the term used to describe the actions, processes, procedures, and/or duties that are allowable while following the requirements of the profession. 

Scope of practice

300

For your birthday, your family gifts you jerseys, posters, and coffee mugs with your favorite sports team’s logo and name. What branch of sport management oversaw the design and production of these items?

Sport marketing

300

What plane of movement best describes a person walking in a straight line?

Sagittal plane

400

People who live sedentary lifestyles are at a greater risk for developing what type of diseases?

Hypokinetic

400

ports are commonly referred to as _______________ in the paradigm of conflict theory.

An opiate of the masses

400

What is the gold standard certification for strength and conditioning coaches?

Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist CSCS (from the NSCA National Strength and Conditioning Association)

400

This is the leading organization for physical education, previously known as the American Alliance for Health, Physical Education, Recreation, and Dance?

SHAPE America

400

What is the primary way in which personal training and corporate fitness differ?

Personal training helps clients with many fitness goals while corporate fitness has a main goal of keeping the workforce healthy.

500

Stan started visiting the university’s gym in preparation for summer break. He has been working out five days a week, meeting recommended guidelines, for two weeks. In which stage would Stan be classified in the transtheoretical model?

Action

500

Imagine that you walk 300 yards to the student union building to get a snack after class. You then return to the same classroom following the same path (you travel 300 yards again).  What was your displacement?

0 yards

500

What was the difference in the original focus of occupational therapists compared with physical therapists?

Emotional and physical healing was a focus for occupational therapy while physical therapy focused on the physical realm.

500

The learning domain focused on motor skill development is called

The psychomotor learning domain

500

This intensity unit is based on energy expended during activity.

Metabolic Equivalent

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