RLS Final Exam UPDATED Questions and
CORRECT Answers
Cognitive well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- evaluation of one's overall life and
specific aspects of life (ex:leisure or work)
Affective well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- balance, that is, more positive emotion
and less negative.
Core leisure activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- home based, ordinary, accessible &
regular; promotes closeness among family members
Balance leisure activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- less regular, novel, infrequent, &
unique; provides challenge and growth within family; related to family satisfaction &
functioning
Canadian physical activity guidelines (18-64 years old) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 150+
mins of vigorous physical activity per week
Play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Helps children develop basic motor skills/coordination
and peer interaction.
Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Playing beside each other but not interacting (2-3
year olds)
Cooperative play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- playing together and working together to
create something (6-7 year olds)
Adolescents (use of leisure) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To establish peer relationships, so
they can feel autonomous
Competitive sport (Adolecents) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Can enhance their confidence
and social status (Zullig & White)
,Skill intensive (young adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Peak performance for this leisure
while reducing physically demanding sports
Counteract declines (late adult/Elderly) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- activities that increase
flexibility, muscle, and endurance as well as age related disabilities.
Sedentary activities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Activities requiring no or little movement
Social media (adolescents) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gives a sense of what types of
presentations of self are socially appropriate for their group
Joint leisure (young adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Leisure done with a partner
ex: runner couples had higher marriage success than parallel runners
Empty nest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When children leave a family, parents must search
for new activities/groups
failure to launch syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Half of millennials remain
dependent on their parents
Social leisure (Old age) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- loss of formal social relationships and
roles as a worker; Increased Importance of friends & Informal/unplanned activities
Physical activity & cognitive function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- positive relationship;
certain leisures improve cognitive tests for older adults, juggling led to brain growth for
someone with alzheimer's, any novel activity such as that would have the effect (video game
grandma)
Intellectual well-being (children) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children lost 8 hours of self-
initiated play per week due to parents working conditions(90s/00s); play is now outsourced
through summer camp/organized sports
, Intellectual well-being (Adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alcohol consumption led to
brain shrinkage and decreased cognitive function
Emotional well-being (Children) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- learn emotion management
through play & develop better locus of control through manipulating environments
Emotional well-being (Adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Social programs can lower
anxiety and increase positive emotions, changes and continuity in leisure to cope with age-
related events
Locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Perceived sources of control that influence life
events
Continuity theory (identity) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Participation in the same activity
over time sustains identity and well-being
Selective optimization with compensation theory (SOC) (emotional) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- focus on emotionally attached activities while ceasing unimportant ones
Innovation theory (expanding) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- expanding one's leisure
repertoire even in older ages enhances and maintains well-being
Circumflex Model of emotions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Free-time and happiness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Surprisingly, Barely related
Leisure as recreational activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Anything from video gaming to
socializing to playing sports
Leisure as psychological experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The state of mind when
participating in leisure (freedom, happiness, self-enrichment, and personal fulfillment); Flow
or Zone
CORRECT Answers
Cognitive well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- evaluation of one's overall life and
specific aspects of life (ex:leisure or work)
Affective well-being - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- balance, that is, more positive emotion
and less negative.
Core leisure activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- home based, ordinary, accessible &
regular; promotes closeness among family members
Balance leisure activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- less regular, novel, infrequent, &
unique; provides challenge and growth within family; related to family satisfaction &
functioning
Canadian physical activity guidelines (18-64 years old) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- 150+
mins of vigorous physical activity per week
Play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Helps children develop basic motor skills/coordination
and peer interaction.
Parallel Play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Playing beside each other but not interacting (2-3
year olds)
Cooperative play - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- playing together and working together to
create something (6-7 year olds)
Adolescents (use of leisure) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- To establish peer relationships, so
they can feel autonomous
Competitive sport (Adolecents) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Can enhance their confidence
and social status (Zullig & White)
,Skill intensive (young adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Peak performance for this leisure
while reducing physically demanding sports
Counteract declines (late adult/Elderly) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- activities that increase
flexibility, muscle, and endurance as well as age related disabilities.
Sedentary activities - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Activities requiring no or little movement
Social media (adolescents) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- gives a sense of what types of
presentations of self are socially appropriate for their group
Joint leisure (young adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Leisure done with a partner
ex: runner couples had higher marriage success than parallel runners
Empty nest - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- When children leave a family, parents must search
for new activities/groups
failure to launch syndrome - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Half of millennials remain
dependent on their parents
Social leisure (Old age) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- loss of formal social relationships and
roles as a worker; Increased Importance of friends & Informal/unplanned activities
Physical activity & cognitive function - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- positive relationship;
certain leisures improve cognitive tests for older adults, juggling led to brain growth for
someone with alzheimer's, any novel activity such as that would have the effect (video game
grandma)
Intellectual well-being (children) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- children lost 8 hours of self-
initiated play per week due to parents working conditions(90s/00s); play is now outsourced
through summer camp/organized sports
, Intellectual well-being (Adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Alcohol consumption led to
brain shrinkage and decreased cognitive function
Emotional well-being (Children) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- learn emotion management
through play & develop better locus of control through manipulating environments
Emotional well-being (Adults) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Social programs can lower
anxiety and increase positive emotions, changes and continuity in leisure to cope with age-
related events
Locus of control - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Perceived sources of control that influence life
events
Continuity theory (identity) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Participation in the same activity
over time sustains identity and well-being
Selective optimization with compensation theory (SOC) (emotional) - CORRECT
ANSWER✔✔- focus on emotionally attached activities while ceasing unimportant ones
Innovation theory (expanding) - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- expanding one's leisure
repertoire even in older ages enhances and maintains well-being
Circumflex Model of emotions - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔-
Free-time and happiness - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Surprisingly, Barely related
Leisure as recreational activity - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- Anything from video gaming to
socializing to playing sports
Leisure as psychological experience - CORRECT ANSWER✔✔- The state of mind when
participating in leisure (freedom, happiness, self-enrichment, and personal fulfillment); Flow
or Zone
