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sport and exercise psychology

a discipline focused on the development and application of psychological theory for the understanding and modification or enhancement of human behavior in the sport and physical exercise environment. This discipline evolved from an exclusive focus on sport performance and historically has been called sport psychology. However, health and well-being through regular participation in vigorous physical activity programs have become of increasing interest to researchers and practitioners to such an extent that the field is progressively becoming two separate disciplines as exercise psychology merges with health psychology.

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secular humanism

secular humanism

a broad perspective, increasingly influential in Western countries since the mid-20th century, that can be characterized by some or all of the following: (a) a belief in seeking solutions to human problems through science and rational thought rather than through religion or traditional forms of morality; (b) a focus on this world rather than on a putative afterlife; (c) an emphasis on an intrinsic human potential for growth rather than on human limitation or sinfulness; (d) a search for new truth and a belief in free thought, free speech, and free inquiry as the means to find it; (e) an acceptance of cultural and human diversity, including sexual diversity; and (f) an acceptance of some degree of relativism in ethics, usually accompanied by some type of utilitarianism in practice.