Lesson 1.4: the Study of Kinesiology and Related Career Pathways 𖦹⋆｡°✩

Question 1

what is kinesiology

Answer 1

the systematic study of the physiological, psychological, and sociological aspects of human movement and how it can be optimized

Question 2

what are some other names for kinesiology

Answer 2

༻ exercise science
༻ physical education
༻ sport science/studies
༻ human kinetics

Question 3

what are the bioscientific areas covered in kinesiology

Answer 3

༻ anatomy and physiology
༻ the skeletal, articular, muscular, cardiovascular, and respiratory systems
༻ human energy systems
༻ human growth and development
༻ biomechanics
༻ nutritional science

Question 4

what are the sociocultural areas covered in kinesiology

Answer 4

༻ history
༻ politics
༻ economics
༻ race and ethnicity
༻ gender
༻ sport ethics
༻ kinesiology covers the impact of the following sociocultural factors on the study of sport and human movement and the reverse (the impact of sport and human movement on sociocultural factors)