SEM Foundations
SEM Levels
SDT Fundamentals
Motivation Continuum
Basic Needs
100

This theorist developed the Social Ecological Model. 

Who is Bronfenbrenner?

100

Access to facilities and safety are examples of this level.

What is the community/physical environment?

100

These researchers developed Self-Determination Theory.

Who are Deci and Ryan?

100

Exercising for a reward is this stage of extrinsic motivation.

What is external regulation?

100

This need involves choice and control.

What is autonomy?

200

SEM emphasizes that people do not exist in this.

What is a vacuum?

200

Schools and workplaces are part of this level.

What is the institutional/organizational level?

200

SDT places this concept at the center of behavior change.

What is motivation?

200

Going through the motions with no motivation characterizes this.

What is amotivation?

200

This need involves mastery and effectiveness.

What is competence?

300

SEM organizes influences into these surrounding structures.

What are layers or nested systems?

300

Family, peers, and coworkers belong to this level.

What is the interpersonal level?

300

SDT proposes that humans have a natural inclination toward this but are also vulnerable to passivity.

What is activity?

300

Valuing exercise because it helps you achieve important goals reflects this stage.

What is identified regulation?

300

When basic needs are satisfied, this generally increases.

What is self-motivation?

400

Interventions are most effective when targeting this number of SEM levels.

What are multiple levels?

400

Urban planning and PE requirements are examples of this level.

What is policy?

400

The three broad motivational categories in SDT include amotivation, intrinsic motivation, and this.

What is extrinsic motivation?

400

Exercising to avoid guilt reflects this stage.

What is introjected regulation?

400

Exercising with friends, feeling supported by a trainer, and developing a sense of belonging target this basic psychological need.

What is relatedness? 

500

Knowledge, motivation, and beliefs belong to this SEM level. 

What is the individual level?

500

Exercise Is Medicine is an example of a strategy targeting this level. 

What is the interpersonal/social environment level?

500

This process describes accepting a value or regulation style.

What is internalization?

500

Exercising because being active is part of who you are reflects this stage.

What is integrated regulation?

500

Receiving positive feedback and experiencing success in a workout program most directly strengthens this basic need.

What is competence?