SPECIAL PURPOSE EXAMINATION (SPEX) | 2026/2027 LATEST
UPDATED VERSION | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Competition -
ANSWER
A situation in which a comparison of an individual's performance is made with a standard of
excellence, in the presence of others who are aware of the criteria for comparison and can evaluate
the comparison process.
Sport -
ANSWER
sport is an embodied, structured, goal - oriented, competitive, content-based, ludic, physical
activity."
Old olympic sports -
ANSWER
pigeon shooting, tug of war, underwater swimming, equestrian gymnastics, croquet, cricket, rugby,
golf
2020 olympic sports -
ANSWER
karate, softball, skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing
Great sport myth -
ANSWER
There is no need to study and analyse sport critically, because it already is as it should be
Contested terrain -
ANSWER
Site of struggle, involving key people, ideas and beliefs. Sometimes these struggles appear to
encompass only small differences of opinions but they can also descend into conflict, violence and
even war, Ultimately contested terrains are about power struggles over resources and ideological
and moral/ethical beliefs.
, Hegemony -
ANSWER
A form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
Ideological -
ANSWER
Common sense
Entines evidence -
ANSWER
Entine argues there is a genetic mixture of physical characteristics and cerebral behaviours.
Panopticon prison -
ANSWER
A new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without example.
Foucault evidence -
ANSWER
Modern society was "an indefinitely generalizable mechanism of panopticism"
Obesity crisis -
ANSWER
1 in 3 adults are obese in NZ
Obesity rate increases from 27% in 2006/07 to 32% in 2017/18
Around 1 in 8 children were obese (12%)
psychology -
ANSWER
The scientific study of behaviour; where behaviour is broadly defined"
Cellular level to society and cultural level.
UPDATED VERSION | QUESTIONS AND VERIFIED ANSWERS |
GRADED A+
Competition -
ANSWER
A situation in which a comparison of an individual's performance is made with a standard of
excellence, in the presence of others who are aware of the criteria for comparison and can evaluate
the comparison process.
Sport -
ANSWER
sport is an embodied, structured, goal - oriented, competitive, content-based, ludic, physical
activity."
Old olympic sports -
ANSWER
pigeon shooting, tug of war, underwater swimming, equestrian gymnastics, croquet, cricket, rugby,
golf
2020 olympic sports -
ANSWER
karate, softball, skateboarding, surfing, sport climbing
Great sport myth -
ANSWER
There is no need to study and analyse sport critically, because it already is as it should be
Contested terrain -
ANSWER
Site of struggle, involving key people, ideas and beliefs. Sometimes these struggles appear to
encompass only small differences of opinions but they can also descend into conflict, violence and
even war, Ultimately contested terrains are about power struggles over resources and ideological
and moral/ethical beliefs.
, Hegemony -
ANSWER
A form of power that operates through consent vs coercion
Ideological -
ANSWER
Common sense
Entines evidence -
ANSWER
Entine argues there is a genetic mixture of physical characteristics and cerebral behaviours.
Panopticon prison -
ANSWER
A new mode of obtaining power of mind over mind, in a quantity hitherto without example.
Foucault evidence -
ANSWER
Modern society was "an indefinitely generalizable mechanism of panopticism"
Obesity crisis -
ANSWER
1 in 3 adults are obese in NZ
Obesity rate increases from 27% in 2006/07 to 32% in 2017/18
Around 1 in 8 children were obese (12%)
psychology -
ANSWER
The scientific study of behaviour; where behaviour is broadly defined"
Cellular level to society and cultural level.
