SPMT 319 questions and answers provided
what is sport? ✔1. sport is physical.
2. sport involves two people
3. sport involves competition
4. sport has rules of competition
What is physical activity? ✔any body movement produced by skeletal muscles.
What is exercise? ✔a form of leisure physical activity.
In 2011, according to Nielson company, what was the most watched broadcast in US
history ✔super bowl
What does the internet do with sport ✔official team information
player profiles
education
college recruiting
fantasy sports
How much do people spend on domestic sport product? ✔168.5 to 207 billion
sociology ✔1. an academic discipline aimed at scientifically studying phenomena
2. examine people and the institutions these people create
3. researchers adopting a sociological lens primarily study social issues and the manner
in which people engage and interact with one another.
assumptions that sociologists have towards the world ✔1. people as social beings by
their very nature.
2. maintain that people are largely socially determined as they are products of their
social environment
3. suggest that people create, shape and challenge the social contexts in which they are
situated.
The sociology of sport is concerned with the ✔deeper meanings and stories associated
with sports in society.
Sociology is ✔the study of the social worlds that people create, maintain, and change
through their relationships with each other.
Sociologists are concerned with the actions and interactions of people in ✔particular
social contexts.
Social world is an ✔identifiable sphere of everyday actions and relationships.
,Sociology provides useful ✔concepts theories and research methods.
Culture ✔the shared ways of life and shared understandings that people develop as
they live together.
Social interaction ✔people taking each other into account and, in the process,
influencing each other's feelings, thoughts, and actions.
Social structure ✔the established patterns of relationships and social arrangements that
take shape as people live, work, and play with each other.
Sports ✔well established, officially governed competitive physical activities in which
participants are motivated by internal and external rewards.
Sports are a blend of ✔play and spectacle.
Play is an ✔expressive activity done for its own sake ( and it results in internal
rewards).
A dramatic spectacle is ✔a performance meant to entertain an audience (for the sake
of obtaining external rewards).
Sports contain elements of ✔play and dramatic spectacle, and athletes are motivated
by internal and external rewards.
Current research in the sociology of sport focuses on ✔physical culture which includes
all forms of movement and physical activities that people in social worlds create,
maintain, and regularly include in their collective lives.
Physical culture includes ✔all forms of movement and physical activities that people in
social worlds create, maintain, and regularly include in their collective lives.
Sports as parts of society are ✔social constructions.
Social constructions that are ✔given form and meaning by people as they interact with
each other under the social, political, and economic conditions that exist in their society.
Social constructions are ✔parts of the social world that are created by people as they
interact with one another under particular social, political, and economic conditions.
Sports can take different forms and be given different meanings from ✔one situation,
culture, or point in time to the next.
, Sports are not static activities, they are ✔changed as people and circumstances
change.
Viewing sports as social constructions may cause some people to be defensive
because ✔they resist the idea that we can or ever should change sports.
Sports are ✔contested activities.
Sports are contested activities which means that there are struggles over the ✔
meaning, purpose, and organization of sports. The people allowed to play sports and
the conditions they play under, the people and organizations that sponsor and provide
the resources needed to play sports.
Sociology of sport is a ✔sub discipline of sociology that studies sports as part of social
and cultural life, that is, as social phenomena.
Sociology of sport focuses primarily on ✔organized competitive sports.
Sociology of sports asks critical questions about ✔sports in society.
The great sport myth is that sport is essentially pure and good and its purity and
goodness are transferred to anyone who plays, consumes, or sponsors sports
therefore, ✔there is no need to study and evaluate sports for the purpose of
transforming or making them better because they are already what they should be.
Sociologists study ✔actions and relationships in terms of the social contexts in which
people live there lives.
Psychologists study ✔behavior in terms of attributes and processes that exist inside
individuals.
Sociological research often ✔provides evidence that there is a need to change the
organization of sports and the organization of society.
Those who benefit from the status quo are usually ✔threatened by such findings and
may try to discredit or ignore them.
Sports are a ✔social phenomena.
Sports are related to the social and cultural contexts ✔in which we live.
Sports provide stories and images used to ✔explain and evaluate these contexts.
Sports provide a window into ✔culture and society.
what is sport? ✔1. sport is physical.
2. sport involves two people
3. sport involves competition
4. sport has rules of competition
What is physical activity? ✔any body movement produced by skeletal muscles.
What is exercise? ✔a form of leisure physical activity.
In 2011, according to Nielson company, what was the most watched broadcast in US
history ✔super bowl
What does the internet do with sport ✔official team information
player profiles
education
college recruiting
fantasy sports
How much do people spend on domestic sport product? ✔168.5 to 207 billion
sociology ✔1. an academic discipline aimed at scientifically studying phenomena
2. examine people and the institutions these people create
3. researchers adopting a sociological lens primarily study social issues and the manner
in which people engage and interact with one another.
assumptions that sociologists have towards the world ✔1. people as social beings by
their very nature.
2. maintain that people are largely socially determined as they are products of their
social environment
3. suggest that people create, shape and challenge the social contexts in which they are
situated.
The sociology of sport is concerned with the ✔deeper meanings and stories associated
with sports in society.
Sociology is ✔the study of the social worlds that people create, maintain, and change
through their relationships with each other.
Sociologists are concerned with the actions and interactions of people in ✔particular
social contexts.
Social world is an ✔identifiable sphere of everyday actions and relationships.
,Sociology provides useful ✔concepts theories and research methods.
Culture ✔the shared ways of life and shared understandings that people develop as
they live together.
Social interaction ✔people taking each other into account and, in the process,
influencing each other's feelings, thoughts, and actions.
Social structure ✔the established patterns of relationships and social arrangements that
take shape as people live, work, and play with each other.
Sports ✔well established, officially governed competitive physical activities in which
participants are motivated by internal and external rewards.
Sports are a blend of ✔play and spectacle.
Play is an ✔expressive activity done for its own sake ( and it results in internal
rewards).
A dramatic spectacle is ✔a performance meant to entertain an audience (for the sake
of obtaining external rewards).
Sports contain elements of ✔play and dramatic spectacle, and athletes are motivated
by internal and external rewards.
Current research in the sociology of sport focuses on ✔physical culture which includes
all forms of movement and physical activities that people in social worlds create,
maintain, and regularly include in their collective lives.
Physical culture includes ✔all forms of movement and physical activities that people in
social worlds create, maintain, and regularly include in their collective lives.
Sports as parts of society are ✔social constructions.
Social constructions that are ✔given form and meaning by people as they interact with
each other under the social, political, and economic conditions that exist in their society.
Social constructions are ✔parts of the social world that are created by people as they
interact with one another under particular social, political, and economic conditions.
Sports can take different forms and be given different meanings from ✔one situation,
culture, or point in time to the next.
, Sports are not static activities, they are ✔changed as people and circumstances
change.
Viewing sports as social constructions may cause some people to be defensive
because ✔they resist the idea that we can or ever should change sports.
Sports are ✔contested activities.
Sports are contested activities which means that there are struggles over the ✔
meaning, purpose, and organization of sports. The people allowed to play sports and
the conditions they play under, the people and organizations that sponsor and provide
the resources needed to play sports.
Sociology of sport is a ✔sub discipline of sociology that studies sports as part of social
and cultural life, that is, as social phenomena.
Sociology of sport focuses primarily on ✔organized competitive sports.
Sociology of sports asks critical questions about ✔sports in society.
The great sport myth is that sport is essentially pure and good and its purity and
goodness are transferred to anyone who plays, consumes, or sponsors sports
therefore, ✔there is no need to study and evaluate sports for the purpose of
transforming or making them better because they are already what they should be.
Sociologists study ✔actions and relationships in terms of the social contexts in which
people live there lives.
Psychologists study ✔behavior in terms of attributes and processes that exist inside
individuals.
Sociological research often ✔provides evidence that there is a need to change the
organization of sports and the organization of society.
Those who benefit from the status quo are usually ✔threatened by such findings and
may try to discredit or ignore them.
Sports are a ✔social phenomena.
Sports are related to the social and cultural contexts ✔in which we live.
Sports provide stories and images used to ✔explain and evaluate these contexts.
Sports provide a window into ✔culture and society.
