HNES 226 Test Review

Which of the following is not considered a feature that distinguishes sport from games or play?

All are features of sport a physical component c. it is competitive d. it involves institutionalized games

Social theories are of little use when it comes to making decisions and taking action in everyday life situations.

False

Sports are linked to the economy and education but not to politics or religion.

False

Identify the group that has not benefited fairly from laws protecting opportunities to participation in sport.

Athletes over 50

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

Feminist Theory

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

Fitness Activity

What percentage of adults are reported to be physically active according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention?

65%

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

Focus Group

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

Functionalist

Which of the following has little impact on the type of activities in which one participates?

Geography

Which of the following activities is most likely to be followed by people with a high income and high education?

Golf

Which of the following is NOT a change designed to make sport more user friendly to players of all ages, skills, and income levels?

Golf courses that have become longer.

In which of the following sports has in-person attendance held steady while in the others it has decreased?

Car Racing

Conflict theory is likely to lead people to emphasize that

Competitive sports have been distorted by profit margin

A researcher who embarks upon a project such as "Life in the NBA" would likely use

Ethnography

Participation sports are those that are played for

Exercise and Enjoyment

Feminist theories have generally grown out of dissatisfaction with intellectual traditions that fail to recognize the extent to which family life and religion are important in any society.

False

Qualitative research collects information and uses statistical analyses.

False

The definition of sport within a country will always and forever remain the same.

False

When sociologists want to know the meanings that underlie what people feel, say, and do, they use a quantitative approach to research.

False

Which theory would you use if you wanted to look at sport from the inside, from the perspectives of the participants themselves?

Interactionist Theory

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

It is always changing.

Which of the following is not considered an active game?

Madden NFL

Which of the following activities has shown the largest statistical growth since 2000?

Pilates Training

What assertation is most accurate about gender differences in American sport spectating?

Professional baseball is in the top five for both men and women.

Americans consder themselves fans of what sport more than any other?

Professional football

According to the definition of sport provided in the chapter, which of the following would be considered an example of a sport?

Racing in the Indy 500

Which of the following is another name for participation sport?

Recreational Sport

Which of the following areas is not likely to be a source of contention between high-performance sport supporters and participation sport supporters?

Recruitment of older adults

In relation to global sport marketing, which sport is the most popular worldwide?

Soccer

Which of the following statements about sport would not be made by someone using a functionalist theory?

Sports reflects the interests of some people in society more than others

A scholar with a feminist theory of sport sociology might focus his or her study on the relative lack of opportunities for females versus males at all levels of sport competition in spite of Title IX.

True

Collegiate athletes may view sport as work.

True

If a person used critical theory as a guide for policy recommendations related to sports, the recommendation would probably call for increased choices and opportunities for all sport participants.

True

The definition of sport within a given society reflects the culture, beliefs, and attitudes of that culture.

True

The steps in the knowledge production process focus primarily on asking questions, collecting and analyzing data, and publishing findings.

True

We could analyze how society views Pete Rose and his banishment from baseball-as well as the possibility of his reinstatement-through all of the research methods discussed in the chapter.

True

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

chess

People with upper middle-class backgrounds are more likely to participate in

elite-level, individual sports

The most rapid increase in sport participation by youth has been in

extreme sports

High performance sports are not played by athletes

for fun

Culture refers to the ways of life that

people create through their interactions with one another.

To be considered a sport an activity must involve

physical skills and institutionalized competition

On the sport pyramid this activity has no firm rules and can take place anywhere.

play

A sport is in danger of becoming a spectacle when

pleasing the audience becomes all important

Studying the sociology of sport is important because

sport events and sport organizations offer useful settings for learning about behavior and culture.

Scholars have blamed the decline in the percentage of children who are active on which of the following?

sport specialization

Which of the following is least likely to be a concern of a sport sociologist who studies sports?

the motivation and personalities of athletes

A game becomes a sport when

the organizational aspects of the game become important.

Survey research is typically conducted face to face with participants.

False

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

Family

When applied to physical activities, the term "institutionalization" implies the existence of

a formalized and patterned structure.

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

a sport

According to your text, the cost for a family of four to attend an NFL game is

about $600

One purpose of the text is to help the reader understand the "deeper game" associated with sports. This "deeper game" refers to

connections between sports and the social and cultural contexts in which they exist.