SPEX101 Final Exam 2023 with 100% correct answers

What is the 'Great Sport Myth'? - correct answerSport is inherently good the purity and goodness is transmitted to those who play and consume it sport always leads to individual and community development 'Great Sport Myth' = sport is purely good. What are paradigms and perspectives in relation to sport? - correct answerAdopting a particular paradigm is like viewing the world through a telescope; we only see a small part of the world and only a single representation. In relation to sport, we are attending only to individuals' subjective meanings and thus ignoring the wider social and political context. We need to connect private experience with wider social structures (politics etc), personal problems (racism, sexism etc) with public issues. How is sport 'a lens to understand society'? - correct answerSport can serve as an important site to examine social issues, problems and trends. What is the definition of sport and why does it matter? - correct answer"Sport is an embodied, structured, goal-orientated, competitive, contest-based, ludic, physical activity". Sport are games with; goal directed activity, accepted rules, a required demonstration of physical skill and prowess = institutionalised (established in a custom). The definition of sport matters because; we need common concepts for research, we need to avoid cultural bias, IOC/SportNZ funding, to avoid the dangers of excluding particular sports. What is contested terrain? - correct answerContested terrain is a site of struggle, like a battlefield, invoking key interests, ideas and beliefs. These can range from small differences in opinions to the decent into conflict and war. Ultimately, contested terrains are about who decides how society should work and moral/