Leisure in Society: Quiz 1 Review

Leisure as freedom

"freedom from" -escape the necessities of life -> free time Ex: freedom from work/retirement or time off work=rest "freedom to" -making the most of possibilities -> experience -having the knowledge, physical ability, personality, and other personal characteristics required for a successful experience Ex: Fly a plane or navigate a boat

4 Characteristics that cultures have in common

- Shared= with someone else - Learned= how to do something - Integrated= Add something and it changes behavior - Symbols (*reflected)= things you see

Leisure

1) Free time -free from obligations and duties Ex: Watching your favorite show on Netflix 2) Activities Ex: Running, basketball, or reading for personal reasons 3) "State of Mind" (your attitude/how you feel) Ex: Leisure for own sake (Pure leisure), refinishing a piece of antique furniture because you want to (Leisure-work), and playing cards for money (Leisure-job)

Society

A group of people who occupy the same locality - Culture bonds society, or subgroups within a society - subcultures= subgroups within a culture

Culture

A set of traditions and ideas by members of a society

Arousal seeking

Adrenaline junkie Ex: Sky diving or down hill skiing (extreme sports)

Risk

An experience of excitement and danger, with the certain potential of loss, injury, illness, and even death -physical and psychological risks Ex: bungee jumping, rock climbing, surfing, white-water kayaking, storm chasing, scuba diving, and etc.

Happiness

An indicator of the overall quality of our inner experience that typically comes from living well Ex: Doing good things (Aristotle), Not doing the right thing destroys our happiness (Kant)

Ritual

Any repeated action that has meaning Ex: Friday night dinners

Play

Class of activities; how and under what conditions an action is performed Types of Play in games: 1) Agon- competitive & skilled Ex: Dodgeball, soccer, basketball 2) Alea- fate, luck Ex: Yahtzee, rolling a dice, black jack 3) Mimicry- role-playing Ex: Charades, taboo, call of duty 4) Ilinx- sensory Ex: Twister, beer pong,

Commitment

Devoting energy and resources to perfecting the skills and knowledge needed to an activity well. Also someone who has consistently and regularly pursued a pastime from childhood through old age. -approached as a job (amateurism) Ex: running, reading books,

Intrinsic Motivation

Doing something for the experience of doing it -Accomplishment -Stimulation -Knowledge

Skepticism

Doubt everything, but withhold judgement for piece of mind A belief in which one questions in actions & life

Preparation

Getting ready for later social role Ex: Children playing house or role playing games, video games, even sports

Catharsis

Getting rid of pent up emotion (tense) Ex: Going for a run after a hard test or working out on a punch bag after an argument

Competence-Effectance

Have an impact on the environment Ex: The joy of building a block tower better than anyone else (Hint: feeling as if one has an impact on one's environment), making snow angels in the backyard

Spirituality

How one connects to the greater whole;one's sense of connection with others and the world around oneself Ex: good health, faith

Kelly's Leisure- only talks leisure activities

Intrinsic (High to Low Freedom) -unconditional leisure- Purest form of leisure Ex: Watch favorite show on Netflix -recuperative leisure- Represents compensation Ex: Going to SI sessions to learn better Extrinsic (High to Low Freedom) -relational leisure- Satisfies needs for relationships Ex: Playing basketball with friends -role determined leisure- Meets the needs of others Ex: Going to work or class

Intrinsic reward and extrinsic reward

Intrinsic reward is doing something for the experience of doing it. -stimulation, accomplishment, knowledge, skill, being in the zone Ex: Internships for future job Extrinsic reward it comes as a payoff -money, recognition, health, paycheck, grades, diploma Ex: Graduating from college or high school

Surplus Energy

Kids getting energy out Ex: Children playing tag at recess, hula hoops,

Humor

Laughing is good for you Ex: Jokes, cartoons, parodies, silliness, imitations, wisecracks, and etc.

Behavioristic

Learning "how" one is supposed to act through play Ex: A person repeating a Knock -knock joke over & over (hint: Learned and reinforced by pleasurable response), or playing basketball with your team after you won the tournament

Serious Leisure

Leisure which has high commitment and spends time & money in perfecting It is different from regular leisure because there is more time and thought put into this activity and its like a job

Self-as-entertainment theory

People who create their own activities and are not bored Ex: Being able to use your mind through your own imagination and going places to seek out the environment for entertainment

Compensation spillover

People's work directly influences pastimes Spillover-nature of work spills over into leisure -behavior, attitudes, and moods Compensation-when leisure makes up for work displeasures

Epicureanism

Pleasure is good in moderation

Stoicism

Pleasure is sometimes good and sometimes bad. Good and bad of life needs to be judged by reason NOT whether it causes pleasure or not. One must focus on what one can control.

Hendoism

Pleasure is the goal of life A belief in which one maximizes self pleasure

Cynicism

Pleasure is wasteful; strive to overcome vices. - virtue is the goal of life. A belief which people must overcome there "bad" natures

Flow Theory (Csikszentmihayli's) -know what words go on the graph Challenge, Apathy, Anxiety, Flow zone, Boredom, and Skills.

State of being in which you are in something that nothing else seems to matter (b) A theory which one balances challenge with SKILL and CHALLENGE to create an optimal experience Ex: while playing videogames, I got to an easier level. the challenge level was low and my skill level was high. It was pure boredom -awareness & activity emerge/ concentration on activity

Pleasure

Tends to help us out; how things work, feel Ex: Listening to a well-performed orchestra, eating a handful of popcorn, and petting the dog

Solitude

Time spent alone; free from obligations This is important for self-reflecting

Relaxation

Time to unwind; must be done for its own sake or own terms Ex: relaxing after a big test or Vegging out on Fridays; listening to music, a child drawing pictures in the beach sand that a wave immediately erases is relaxing

Cultures Reflected

Values and Beliefs Communication patterns (language dialect) Social Relationships Diet and Food preparation Dress and other body decorations Religion and religious practices Family (structure) Traditions and customs View of time Recreation/Leisure

free from + free to

free from but not free to or not free from but free to

Psychoanalytic

who you are- role (self awareness) Ex: Realizing one can focus and is creative when one plays guitar, or a child yelling at her stuffed animal after a scolding from a parent