Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of sport? - ✔✔ Sport has pre-determined outcomes
According to the text, ______________ refers to
... [Show More] any body movement produced by skeletal muscles and resulting in a substantial increase over the resting energy expenditure. - ✔✔ Physical Activity
To say sport is a microcosm of society means - ✔✔ sport is a window into, or a mirror which reflects the underlying values, beliefs, and assumptions of a cultural group.
While biology typically focuses on ____________, sociology focuses on _____________. - ✔✔ factors internal to the individual, such as genetics; people and the the institutions they create and maintain
Sociologists hold that people are social beings by their very nature. - ✔✔ True
Americans value the self-made person, or the individual who has achieved money and status through her or his effort in a highly competitive system such as sport. This is consistent with the value of: - ✔✔ success
Within the sport context, the value of ___________ suggests that athletes should abide to what their coaches command. - ✔✔ External Conformity
Within the sport context, the value of __________ can result in many positive outcomes, but can also lead to cheating and deviance, such as engaging in illegal recruiting. - ✔✔ Competition
Bonding social capital occurs when _____________, and bridging social capital occurs when _____________. - ✔✔ individuals form relationships with similar others; relationships and networks are from with dissimilar others.
Based on the definition of sport, the Olympic Games would be an example of - ✔✔ Corporate Sport
According to this sociological theory, sport serves to bring about positive benefits and change to society and is a part of a system of interrelated/interdependent parts held together by shared values and established social arrangements - ✔✔ functionalism
A person operating under the ______________ theory might as the following question : what impact does the commercialization of college sport have on the athletes? - ✔✔ functionalism
A scholar operating under the _______________theory might be concerned with
studying and understanding the career transition process of elite athletes - ✔✔ Interactionist
The _______________________theory takes a multilevel approach in focusing on issues
of intervention to impact attitudes and behaviors related to sport, physical activity, and
health - ✔✔ Social ecological
Quantitative research typically focuses on_________________, whereas qualitative
research typically focuses on______________ - ✔✔ Numerical data
and statistics;
narrative data
and in-depth
description
True or False: According to chapter 2, theory represents the fundamental aim of science - ✔✔ True
According to chapter 2 and lecture, a lay theory is - ✔✔ An explanation that has not been subjected to systematic scrutiny over time
These theories focus on power and power relations in sport and physical activity contexts, with a particular focus on human agency - ✔✔ Critical
According to ___________________framework/theory, differences /similarities among
and between people in a sport setting are used to evaluate self and others - ✔✔ Social Categorization [Show Less]