Sport in Society Final Exam Study Guide SM150

Although women were banned from the modern Olympic Games in the early years, by the 2012 Summer Games in London the percentage of female competitors had risen to?

44 percent

Which of the following could be an instance of stacking ?

A black outfielder in baseball.

Collegiate athletes may view sport as work.

True

If you wanted to write a paper based on that males receive 90% of the sport medias attention, which perspective would make the most sense for you to use?

Conflict theory

Which of the following is not true?

Blacks are overrated in baseball.

According to the textbook author, which of the following is not a sport?

Chess

Which of the following is not true for the Title IX test of compliance?

Club team members count when adding up participation numbers.

Which of the following is not a way in which minority athletes are exploited?

Colleges want athletes to stay in school for the athletes own best interests.

Which theory would agree that sport reinforces society's value system?

Critical theory

African American dominate in basketball, football, and track and field because of ?

Cultural influence and oppourtinity.

Which of the following is not true about violence against women?

Domestic abuse is rare among athletes.

African Americans make up about 10 percent of MLB players and from outside the U.S. about 28 percent. The largest numbers of latino players come from

Dominican Republic

Participation sport is played for ?

Exercise and enjoyment

About 15 percent of high school athletes will participate in collegiate athletics?

False

African Americans are better at some sports due to biology.

False

Aggression is the action of unintentionally injuring another athlete.

False

Before Title IX was passed, the number of boys and the number of girls participating in sport were the same.

False

Emotional control does not influence sporting behavior.

False

Play and games differ, but sport and work do not.

False

Sport participants are not likely to be spectators?

False

Sport philosophy is an area of study in the sociocultural domain.

False

Sport sociology is the study of the individuals in a sport setting.

False

Survey research is typically conducted face to face with participants.

False

Tennis leaders and NASCAR leaders use the same marketing plan and sponsors?

False

Women were prohibited from participating in the Olympics until 1932.

False

Which of the following types of research involves in-depth discussion of questions?

Focus groups

People from a working-class background are more likely to participate in ?

Football

Which of the following theories used in sport sociology is more likely to defend the status quo rather than propose changes?

Functionalist

Which of the following is true about girls and sport after Title IX?

Girls have the same opportunities as boys.

Data collected about trends in sport participation do not indicate which of the following?

Inactivity has decreased among youth.

The type of physical activity that has shown the greatest statistical growth in participation over the past decade is ?

Individual sport.

Which of the following is not an example of rational rule breaking?

Intentionally injuring another player.

Which of the following is true about h.s. sport and moral development?

Intervention programs can exert a positive effect on moral reasoning.

Which of these statements is true about the definition of sport?

It is always changing.

Which of the following is not a reason that females were historically excluded from competitive sport?

Lack of female sport role models

It is difficult to discuss violence in sports bc?

Many sports inherently require actions that would be illegal outside of sport.

Which of the following is an area of study in the biophysical domain?

Motor learning

Which of the following is not true in relation to sporting behavior?

Participation sports typically have fewer instances of good sporting behavior.

Breaking a rule because doing so can help ones team win is referred to as ?

Rational rule breaking

If an activity involves formal rules, an emphasis on the outcome, and specialized equipment, it is considered to be which of the following?

Sport

Conflict theories would likely be sympathetic to the needs of

Sport participants

The sociocultural domain of sport includes which of the following subdisciplines?

Sport sociology

If we wanted to increase good sporting behavior at youth hockey games, which of the following ideas would we implement?

Teaching all parents and coaches how to model good behavior.

What is ethnicity?

The cultural heritage of a group.

Athletes sometimes show emotion due to which of the following ?

The stress of competition.

A sporting tradition can be a barrier to good sporting behavior.

True

As people age, they often move from participating in team sports to participating in individual sports.

True

Coaches and officials need to penalize players who do not follow the rules.

True

Faking injury is one kind of rule breaking in sport.

True

If you are interested in the sociology of sport, you might want to join the North American Society for Sociology of Sport.

True

If you wished to analyze a situation based on economics, you could use a conflict perspective .

True

In 2012, Division 1 Football Bowl Subdivison schools spent, on average, more than 70 percent of their budget to men's athletics.

True

Interactionalist theory is considered a ''bottom up'' approach.

True

Kohlberg's stages of moral reasoning include a ''law and order'' stage.

True

Most women executives played a sport.

True

One consequence of the culture of sport is pressure to return too quickly from an injury.

True

One difference between play and games is the fact that games involve competition.

True

One reason we study sport is that it affects our culture, traditions, and values.

True

Players and coaches assumed to be lesbian may face discrimination.

True

Pro sport is not a realistic career goal for minority athletes.

True

Punishments for violations have decreased in the NCAA?

True

The U.S. Congress established the United States Olympic Committee by means of the Amateur Sports Act of 1978.

True

The proportion of female coaches and athletic directors is getting smaller.

True

The role of the coach is to teach skills, not rules.

True

The term race means the same thing across all cultures.

True

The term sporting behavior means the same thing as sportsmanship.

True

There is still resistance to changing the names of Native American mascots.

True

Understanding the spirit of the rules is as important as learning the rules themselves.

True

Your socioeconomic class influences which sports you watch?

True

Which of the following statements about women in sport is true?

Women are interested in participating in sport.

Male Latino and Hispanic athletes are recognized most for their participation in which of the following?

baseball and soccer

Good sporting behavior involves ?

behaving ethically in sport

In the 1970s, of every 99 cent spent on sport ?

boys received 99 cent, and girls 1 cent

Football players who try to get away with holding an opposing player illegally in order to gain an advantage often rationalize their actions by saying that ''everyone does it''. According to Kohlberg's model, these players are operating at what level of moral reasoning?

conventional (good boy or girl)

Athletes at any level who take performance-enhancing substances are operating at what level of moral reasoning?

preconventional (pleasure or pain)

Overall, at most levels of competition, sport in the U.S. is dominated by ?

whites

Poor sporting behavior is more likely to occur in?

youth sport in general

People involved in sport often claim that sport participation helps build good character in young people. Which of the following statements is not true?

Athletes exhibit better moral behavior than nonathletes exhibit.

Which of the following is not a finding from the '' What are your children learning'' survey conducted by Josephson?

Baseball players indicated a high inclination toward good sporting behavior

The female who has had the greatest effect on women's sport in our time, both during and after her playing career is?

Billie Jean King

A researcher who embarks on a project titled ''Life in the NBA'' would likely use which of the following approaches?

Ethnography

Qualitative research collects information and uses statistical analyses.

False

Women's sport receives the same broadcast coverage as men's sport.

False

The term Latino and Hispanic have the same defintion.

False.

High-performance sport may bring athletes ?

Fame

Which social group influences young children the most in terms of sport participation?

Family

Which theoretical perspective uses the concept of hegemony?

Figurational theory

According to research conducted by the Josephson Institute using data collected from 4,2000 high school athletes, which of the following statements is not true?

Girls tend to exhibit negative behavior in tennis and soccer

Which of the following patterns has not been attributed to the practice of stacking by race?

Placekickers being mainly foreign.

Which of the following statements is false?

Players are never rewarded for violent behavior.

Which of the following statements is false?

Race and ethnicity are the same characteristic.

Which of the following is another name for participation sport?

Recreational sport

A social theorist with a functionalist point of view would likely make which assertion about the NCAA Division 1 College Football Playoff National Championship?

The playoff system provides advantages, such as season long interest in the games and financial opportunities for schools that are not in the playoffs but are eligible for other bowl games.

Which of the following statements is not true of content analysis?

Theory can be created after the data is analyzed.

According to a Women's Sport Foundation study, if a girl does not participate in sport by the age of 10 then....

There is only a 10 percent chance that she will participate when she is 25.

People study the science of sport and physical activity because?

They wish to increase their professional development.

No person in the United States shall on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. This statement describes which of the following?

Title IX

A baseball pitcher is often encouraged to ''brush back'' a batter who homered in his previous bat. A functionalist theoretician would justify this action as?

a baseball tradition