Sports & Society Test 1
According to the text, what is the most crucial age when youth are considering dropping out of sport?
11-12 years old
To avoid burnout in youth sport, the text recommends youth not to specialize in just one sport, but rather participating in multiple sports and informal physical activities until what age?
15 years old
What time period of history in the United States has been called the "golden age" of radio and sports?
1920-1939
When it comes to pursuing a sport at the elite levels it is important to understand that, according to the text, only about what percent of high school athletes are fortunate enough to compete at the collegiate level?
5%
Which of the following is an example of social media use?
Athletes posting comments on Twitter
According to the text, which of the following is not a sport?
Chess
Which type of coaches are more likely to have had more preparation for coaching?
College coaches
Regarding what particular issue did ESPN have to back out of an agreement with the NFL due to possible conflicts and potential bias?
Concussions
What important academic and educational skill was lacking in the young man who was a DI football player and used as an illustration in Chapter 2?
Could not read
Which social theory for the study of sport looks at sport as more than just a reflection of society?
Critical
When sport business assets (including players and equipment) have limited life expectancy and an annual decline in value, owners can show this as a tax benefit called what?
Depreciation
According to current trends and research presented in Chapter 3, which sport appears to be the most popular with American fans/spectators overall?
Football
The social theory approach that most sport media sources tend to promote by reinforcing commonly held values and opinions of the majority of viewers is called what?
Functionalist
Which social theory for the study of sport would agree that sport reinforces society's value system?
Functionalist
The owners of most professional sport franchises are private businessmen or corporate conglomerates with the exception of which team that is publicly owned?
Green Bay Packers
Which theory of sport says that authoritarian coaches with power and influence are secure in their jobs as long as they win regardless of how they treat others?
Hegemony theory
It is likely that youth sports developed in our country more through which class of children?
Lower-class
Which of the following organizations offers a national certification program to coaches?
NFHS
Which of the following is an area of study in the biophysical domain?
Nutrition
Which term is used to describe a contractual procedure whereby a professional athlete under contract is required to play one more year after his contract expires at about 90% of the previous year's salary?
Option clause
Since the 1970's, what philosophical shift rapidly changed the culture and character of youth sport to a model similar to what we now have?
Privatization
Which category of athletes participate more for the extrinsic rewards than for social or personal reasons?
Professional
Which of the following is not one of the intrinsic rewards that motivate people to participate in recreational activity?
Recognition, fame, and fortune
Which of the following terms describes a process by which differences in market size are balanced among professional sports team in the same league to maintain a competitiveness?
Revenue sharing
According to the text, which of the following elements of youth sport played a significant role in a presidential election?
Soccer moms
According to the text, which of the following factors is likely the most powerful in influencing sport participation?
Social/Economic
Which of the following sports media resources has been called "a dead magazine walking" due to not moving forward with the times as quickly as it may have been necessary to survive?
Sports Illustrated
According to the text, what is the more accurate indicator of coaching ability?
Sustained and consistent success
The overwhelming bulk of revenue that sport generates from media comes from which of the following?
Television fees
Which of the following is not an example of media influence on sport?
The media changes their programming schedule to accommodate player's and team's schedules
Which college/university is mentioned in the text as having seen a significant increase in admissions and pride among their alumni due to the successes of their sports teams?
University of Connecticut
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation report in 2010, when was it determined that kids were physically active.
When parents limit the use of electronics and physically take their children to participate in sport
According to the chart on Trends in Sport Participation (Table 3.1), which of the following conditioning activities showed the greatest 5-year average annual percentage change increase from 2008 to 2013?
Yoga
Which approach to organizing youth sports involves more creativity, negotiation, and flexibility in the contests?
Youth-organized
According to the Coaching Code of Ethics coaches should not do which of the following?
ask faculty members for special consideration concerning grades for athletes publicly criticize game officials incite or influence spectators toward unsportsmanlike behavior
What type of personality or coaching style does the author of your text feel is no longer appropriate, now or in the future?
autocratic/authoritarian
Which type of research method involves looking at trends in sport over time?
historical
Which of the following is not an aspect of the traditional or typical definition of sport?
social, emotional, mental aspect
Which of the following is an area of study in the sociocultural domain?
sport philosophy
The word sport is derived from the Latin root desporto, which means....
to carry away
