We explain what the concept of resistance is in different areas such as sports or physics and what its characteristics are.
What is resistance?
Resistance is understood as the action or ability to endure, tolerate or oppose. However, its definition is subject to the discipline in which it is applied. The term comes from Latin resistance.
See also: Physical fitness
Resistance in sport
In sport, resistance is understood as the ability to continue with a certain activity beyond physical or mental fatigue. Some of the effects that the body can suffer due to fatigue are lower physical and mental performance, especially in terms of attention in the second case. Muscle pain or headaches are also very common and cases of dizziness or whistling in the ears also occur.
There are different types of body resistance: aerobic or anaerobic resistance basic or specific are some examples. To improve physical resistance, rigorous training is necessary, with specific methods depending on the objective you want to achieve.
Resistance in social sciences
From the social sciences, especially from politics, resistance can also be understood in different ways. In general, it is always a opposition to the status quo. This concept began to be studied towards the end of the 1960s due to the social protests of those years. At this historical moment the fight was for freedom. The battle was fought from the public sphere, more precisely from politics.
Resistance in psychology
From psychology, resistance is taken in a totally different way. It is understood as the ability to not allow analysis of the unconscious. As a reaction, various manifestations occur. This resistance depends on the psyche and mood of the individuals. Many times this resistance arises because of how difficult or painful it is to carry out the process proposed by psychoanalysis.
Resistance in physics
Resistance in physics can also be defined in different ways. One of them is electrical resistance which represents the opposition that the current faces within a closed-type electrical circuit. This opposition causes the flow of electrons to slow down or decrease.
electrical resistance indicates how much a certain object resists an electric current. Strength depends on the material the object is made of, its geometric characteristics (such as length and cross-sectional area), and temperature. If we think about a cable made of some conductive material, the longer and narrower it is, the greater the resistance. Furthermore, for most conductive materials, the higher the temperature, the higher the resistance.
Electrical resistance can be used as dissipator of heat energy or light energy. For example, a light bulb is a resistor, which loses energy in the form of light and heat.
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