SPEX 101 EXAM QUESTIONS WITH 100%
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Challenges of studying sport - Accurate answers -not taken seriously
-public does not like academic critique
-everybody is an 'expert'
Significance of sport - Accurate answers -can be space where you let go
-popular
-citizenship
-social problem & solution
What is sport? - Accurate answers -goal directed
-accepted rules
-institutionalised
-physical skill and prowess
Past and present olympic sports - Accurate answers pigeon shooting, underwater swimming, diving
for depth, equestrian gym, tug of war, croquet
Contested terrain - Accurate answers power struggles over resources
-financial, material and human
and ideological and moral/ethical beliefs
Cultural Opposition - Accurate answers vs dominant values
eg. burqa in a pool
Opposition to colonial rule - Accurate answers vs resistance to domination
eg. island cricket
Self conscious political protests - Accurate answers deliberate use of sport to protest
eg. 1968 Mexico Olympics black power salute
Hegemony - Accurate answers form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
Training - Accurate answers to put body with extreme and exceptional care under the influence of
all the agents which promote it's health and strength
in order to enable it to meet extreme and exceptional demands upon it's energies
Race facts - Accurate answers -1/8 people in world are black
-70% top running times held by African origin
Private - Accurate answers taken for granted assumption that each of us is an individuated self
with particular personal qualities that differentiate us from everyone else
, -influenced by public/social factors (media)
Strategies to improve performance - Accurate answers -professionalism
-science and training techniques
-technology
-drugs
-body modification/enhancement
Key factors that explain improved performance - Accurate answers -running surfacee
-gutters on side of pool (1976)
-tumble turn (1956)
-low friction swimsuits (2008)
Adult obesity rates (NZ) - Accurate answers -1 in 3 obese
-47% of maori
-65% of pacific
-deprived areas 1.6 times more likely
-rate inc. 27% (06/07) to 32%
Child obesity rates (NZ) - Accurate answers -1 in 8 obese
-17% of maori
-30% of pacific
-deprived areas 2.1 times more likely
-rate inc. 8% (06/07) to 12%
World obesity facts - Accurate answers -1.9 billion adults overweight
-605 million obese
-41 million under 5 overweight or obese
-1/12 globally malnourished
Health halo - Accurate answers perceive product to be healthy
-advertising industry influences perceptions
Who benefits from obesity crisis? - Accurate answers -government
-insurance
-employers
-gyms
-weight watchers etc
-pharmacy
-media
-airlines
-normal to ideal body types
Psychology - Accurate answers study of behaviour
sports psychology - Accurate answers human social behaviour in sport context
-hows and whys of human social behaviour in sport
ACCURATE ANSWERS
Challenges of studying sport - Accurate answers -not taken seriously
-public does not like academic critique
-everybody is an 'expert'
Significance of sport - Accurate answers -can be space where you let go
-popular
-citizenship
-social problem & solution
What is sport? - Accurate answers -goal directed
-accepted rules
-institutionalised
-physical skill and prowess
Past and present olympic sports - Accurate answers pigeon shooting, underwater swimming, diving
for depth, equestrian gym, tug of war, croquet
Contested terrain - Accurate answers power struggles over resources
-financial, material and human
and ideological and moral/ethical beliefs
Cultural Opposition - Accurate answers vs dominant values
eg. burqa in a pool
Opposition to colonial rule - Accurate answers vs resistance to domination
eg. island cricket
Self conscious political protests - Accurate answers deliberate use of sport to protest
eg. 1968 Mexico Olympics black power salute
Hegemony - Accurate answers form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
Training - Accurate answers to put body with extreme and exceptional care under the influence of
all the agents which promote it's health and strength
in order to enable it to meet extreme and exceptional demands upon it's energies
Race facts - Accurate answers -1/8 people in world are black
-70% top running times held by African origin
Private - Accurate answers taken for granted assumption that each of us is an individuated self
with particular personal qualities that differentiate us from everyone else
, -influenced by public/social factors (media)
Strategies to improve performance - Accurate answers -professionalism
-science and training techniques
-technology
-drugs
-body modification/enhancement
Key factors that explain improved performance - Accurate answers -running surfacee
-gutters on side of pool (1976)
-tumble turn (1956)
-low friction swimsuits (2008)
Adult obesity rates (NZ) - Accurate answers -1 in 3 obese
-47% of maori
-65% of pacific
-deprived areas 1.6 times more likely
-rate inc. 27% (06/07) to 32%
Child obesity rates (NZ) - Accurate answers -1 in 8 obese
-17% of maori
-30% of pacific
-deprived areas 2.1 times more likely
-rate inc. 8% (06/07) to 12%
World obesity facts - Accurate answers -1.9 billion adults overweight
-605 million obese
-41 million under 5 overweight or obese
-1/12 globally malnourished
Health halo - Accurate answers perceive product to be healthy
-advertising industry influences perceptions
Who benefits from obesity crisis? - Accurate answers -government
-insurance
-employers
-gyms
-weight watchers etc
-pharmacy
-media
-airlines
-normal to ideal body types
Psychology - Accurate answers study of behaviour
sports psychology - Accurate answers human social behaviour in sport context
-hows and whys of human social behaviour in sport
