The author explains that the purpose of the text is to help the reader understand the "deeper game" associated with sports. This "deeper game" refers to |
C. Connections between sports and the larger social world. |
Sociology helps us examine |
B. social life in context. |
People in the sociology of sport are mostly concerned with studying |
A. the social worlds created in and around sports. |
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be a concern among sociologists who study sports? |
C. the motivation and personalities of athletes |
According to the author, culture consists of |
D. ways of life that people create as they live together |
The author points out that sport cultures are |
A. created as people in sports interact with each other. |
Which of the following is not on the the 3 key concepts used in sociology? |
B. Social conflict |
Social structure consists of |
B. established patterns of relationships and social arrangements. |
According to the definition often used by people in North America, which of the following would be an example of a sport? |
B. Racing in the Indianapolis 500 |
According to the definition often used by people in North American, sports is an activity that involves |
B. physical challenges or competitive contests. |
It is difficult to develop a single definition of sports because |
D. the organization and meaning of sports vary by culture |
When compared with past research in the sociology of sport, current research is more likely to focus on |
B. physical culture in particular social worlds. |
Official definitions of sports in the US emphasize |
A. formally organized, competitive activities |
Official definitions of sport have important implications because they identify the activities that |
C. receive the most financial and political support. |
Physical activity participation rates are most likely to be high in a society when the definition of sport focuses on |
D. a wide range of physical activities that are pleasurable for participants. |
Sports are social constructions. This means that they are |
C. created by people as they interact with each other. |
When sociologists say that sports are "contested activities", they mean that |
D. people may struggle over what sports are and who should play them. |
One of the most hotly contested aspects of sports in society is |
A. who plays sports under what conditions. |
Sport facilities and programs are most likely to be supported by government agencies and tax money when people see sports as |
C. contributing to the common good. |
According to the author, one of the problems with a single definition of sport is that it might lead some sociologists to |
A. ignore people who lack the resources to formally organize their games. |
The definition of sports in any particular context usually represents the ideas and interests of |
B. some people more than others. |
Which of the following is LEAST likely to be studied by someone in the sociology of sport? |
A. The physical demands associated with individual and team sports. |
The great sport myth is based on the belief that |
D. sport is essentially pure and good. |
Widespread acceptance of the great sport myth leads people to |
B. see little need to study sports from a critical perspective. |
Using sociology of sport knowledge to produce positive outcomes is most likely when |
C. it is combined with critical thinking. |
After reading Sports in Society, the author hopes that people will |
C. make informed choices about sports in their lives and their society. |
When sociologists study sports in society, their recommendations are sometimes controversial because they may call for changes in the |
B. structure and organization of sports and society. |
When the sociology of sport is used to study sport participation among women, the primary focus would likely be on |
C. women’s access to the time and resources needed to play sports. |
The author explains that a sociological approach to studying sports |
A. will grow if it produces knowledge that is useful to many people. |
Sports are logical topics for sociologists to study because |
C. sports are such a pervasive part of many people’s lives today. |
The author explains that we should study sports as parts of the social world because sports are |
A. closely connected with important ideas and meanings in social life. |
Which of the following is a FALSE statement about ideologies? |
B. Ideologies are stable and unchanging cultural perspectives. |
When sociologists study ideologies, they focus on |
B. webs of ideas and beliefs that people use to make sense of the world. |
Gender ideology refers to |
C. ideas and beliefs about masculinity and femininity. |
Dominant gender ideology in most societies has traditionally emphasized that |
A. female inferiority in sports is based in nature. |
When a coach accuses male players of not playing well by saying that they "play like girls", his statement is most likely to motivate the players if they |
B. accept dominant gender ideology. |
When girls and women first challenged dominant gender ideology by entering the male world of sports, they were |
D. demonized as abnormal and immoral |
Racial ideology refers to |
D. ideas and beliefs that people use to give meaning to skin color. |
Social class ideology in the US is organized around |
C. the idea income and wealth inequality is normal a belief in meritocracy. |
Ableist ideology is used to |
C. identify people as disabled. |
Ideologies are different than the ideas and beliefs of individuals because they |
B. influence the overall social organization of society. |
The connections between ideologies and sports are |
A. complex |
While discussing sports and major spheres of social life, the author notes that |
B. new social media have changed the way fans consume sports. |
When the authors says that the human body is social, this means that |
D. meanings given to the body and body parts change over time. |
When people in a society generally see the body as machine and sport as performance, it is likely that |
B. athletes will use technology to control and manage their bodies. |
Ch 1- Sociology of Sport- What is it and why study it-
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