KINE 307 Chapter 14: Sociocultural Influences on Motor Development

Socializing Agent

A __________ is an individual, group, or institution that interprets culture to the individual.

Five

According to Bronfenbrenner's bioecological system, we are surrounded by __________ environmental systems. (How many?)

PPCT

An applied version of the biological systems models is the __________ model.

False

Children today appear to engage in more cooperative play rather than solitary and parallel play behavior.

False

Of the social views of aging, the most accepted is the "disengagement theory."

Four

Parten's play model has __________ categories.

Culture

The collection of specific attitudes, behaviors, and products that characterize an identifiable group of people is known as __________.

True

The macrosystem incorporates the attitudes and ideologies of society.

Self-Concept

Which is not a mechanism suggested as an important mediator in influencing exercise motivation in adults?

Practice

Which of the following is not a component of the PPCT model?

School

Which of the following is not a socializing agent?

Family

__________ is/are the primary socializing agent during early developmental years.

Socialization

__________ refers to a set of events and processes by which individuals acquire the beliefs and behaviors of society.

Self-Concept

__________ refers to domain-specific evaluations to the self rather than a global (overall) evaluation.

Gender

__________ roles are social expectations of how individuals should act and think as males and females.