sport in society test 1

About 50 percent of high school athletes will participate in collegiate athletics... TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

Play and games differ but sport and work do not... TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

Survey research is typical conducted face to face with participants... TRUE or FALSE

FALSE

if an activity involves formal rules and emphasis on outcome and specialized equipment it is which of the following

A sport

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

Family

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

Football

Which of these statements is true about the definition of sport

It is always changing

Which of the following sport was not practiced as a sport in ancient Greece?

Swimming

Collegiate athletes may view sport as work... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

If you are interested in the sociology of sort you might want to join the north American society for the sociology of sport... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

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

TRUE

Interaction theory is considered a bottom up approach... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

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

TRUE

Quantifiable research collects information and uses statistical analysis... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Sport is perceived as a considerable generator of income. which is why sports marketing is so powerful and universally used... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

We could analyze how society views Pete rose and his banishment from baseball as well as the possibility of his reinstatement through all the research methods discussed in CH 2...TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

Your socioeconomic class influences which sports you watch... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

one reason we study sports is because it affects culture tradition and value... TRUE or FALSE

TRUE

What are reasons that we study sports?

all of the above

Youth sport participation tends to be?

community driven

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

ethnography

Participation sport is played for?

exercise and enjoyment

High performance sport may bring athletes?

fame and money

If you wanted to write a paper based on research indicating that males receive 90 percent of spot media attention which perspective would make the most sense for you to use

feminist theory

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

focus groups

Which theory would agree that sport reinforces society value system?

functionalist theory

Which of the following theories use I sports sociology is more likely to defend the status quo rather that propose changes?

functionalists

Which of the following is another name for participation sport?

recreational sport

The sociocultural domain of sport includes which of the following sub disciplines

sport sociology