Physical Activity Research
Field Project Assignment 1
Name: Cheow Shi Ying Eunice
Course: PSYC 116 Psychology of Physical Activity
Student number: 4228960
Course: Bachelor of Science
Submitted: 1 March 2012
Word count: 1084
Physical activities and motivation Peoples’ awareness of health benefits that physical activities (PA) can bring is generally believed to increase the likelihood of them being more physically active. However, this increase awareness of health benefits does not seem to bring about an increase in PA level among people. (e.g, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003). Through an evaluation of the Australian National Guidelines for Physical Activity for adults (ANGPAA) via a survey administrated on an adult volunteer, it will be looked into how effectively will this informative pamphlet portraying mainly health benefits, motivates a person to be more physically active. Interview and Survey A face to face interview of about 15minutes was conducted on an adult volunteer. The entire conversion of the interview was recorded using voice recording device on a hand phone, and will be available upon request. This interview was administrated in a quiet room to ensure that the interview will not be interrupted. The volunteer was told to read the ANGPAA and encouraged to clarify any doubts she might have before, during and after the interview. After volunteer read the ANGPAA, the reason for doing this survey was being explained to her. It is to find out if the ANGPAA is effective in motivating individuals to start PA, and about how their PA level can influence by different motivation factors. Additionally, the interviewer went through the survey with the volunteer before interview starts, to clarify the interpretation of the survey question if any. The survey questions asked and answers given by the volunteer is attached as Appendix A. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation
Name: Cheow Shi Ying Eunice
Course: PSYC 116 Psychology of Physical Activity
Student number: 4228960
Course: Bachelor of Science
Submitted: 1 March 2012
Word count: 1084
Physical activities and motivation Peoples’ awareness of health benefits that physical activities (PA) can bring is generally believed to increase the likelihood of them being more physically active. However, this increase awareness of health benefits does not seem to bring about an increase in PA level among people. (e.g, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 2003). Through an evaluation of the Australian National Guidelines for Physical Activity for adults (ANGPAA) via a survey administrated on an adult volunteer, it will be looked into how effectively will this informative pamphlet portraying mainly health benefits, motivates a person to be more physically active. Interview and Survey A face to face interview of about 15minutes was conducted on an adult volunteer. The entire conversion of the interview was recorded using voice recording device on a hand phone, and will be available upon request. This interview was administrated in a quiet room to ensure that the interview will not be interrupted. The volunteer was told to read the ANGPAA and encouraged to clarify any doubts she might have before, during and after the interview. After volunteer read the ANGPAA, the reason for doing this survey was being explained to her. It is to find out if the ANGPAA is effective in motivating individuals to start PA, and about how their PA level can influence by different motivation factors. Additionally, the interviewer went through the survey with the volunteer before interview starts, to clarify the interpretation of the survey question if any. The survey questions asked and answers given by the volunteer is attached as Appendix A. Intrinsic and extrinsic motivation