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TLS 356 Final Exam Questions and
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Sociology - ✔✔The study of the social worlds that people create, organize,
maintain, and change through their relationships with each other.
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.
Social Constructions - ✔✔Parts of the social world that are created by
people as they interact with one another under particular social, political,
and economical conditions.
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Using the definition from Coakley, which of the following characteristics are
necessary for an activity to qualify as a "sport", as traditionally defined?
Check all that apply. - ✔✔-involves physical activity
-participants are motivates by internal and external rewards
-"well-established"
-officially governed (ie rules)
True/False: Coakley would argue that sports should be viewed as a social
phenomena and studied by looking at who creates them, plays them, and
supports them. - ✔✔True
Sports are socially significant activities that help perpetuate ideologies
favored by people with the most powerful and influence. Which of the
following ideologies are influenced by (and reflect) the power of sport?
A. gender
B. race
C. class
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
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True/False: Psychologists are more likely than sociologists to look at
factors that exits inside/within the athletes, rather than environmental
considerations. - ✔✔True
True/False: The concept of socialization implies that humans are passive
learners with litter control over how we develop. - ✔✔False
True/False: Although many complicated factors play a role in whether
someone will become involves in a sport, if they stay involves, their
reasons for participating largely do not change over time. - ✔✔False
What consideration(s) would Coakley point out if asked the question, "Do
Sports Build Character?"
A. sports participation can over both positive and negative experiences, so
you cannot make unqualified general statements about the consequences
of sports.
B. People who play sports are often different from those who do not choose
(or are not selected) to play sports, so it may be less about sports "building"
character and more about sports being organized to select individuals with
certain existing traits.
TLS 356 Final Exam Questions and
Answers 100% Solved
Sociology - ✔✔The study of the social worlds that people create, organize,
maintain, and change through their relationships with each other.
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.
Social Constructions - ✔✔Parts of the social world that are created by
people as they interact with one another under particular social, political,
and economical conditions.
,©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025 YEAR PUBLISHED, 2024
Using the definition from Coakley, which of the following characteristics are
necessary for an activity to qualify as a "sport", as traditionally defined?
Check all that apply. - ✔✔-involves physical activity
-participants are motivates by internal and external rewards
-"well-established"
-officially governed (ie rules)
True/False: Coakley would argue that sports should be viewed as a social
phenomena and studied by looking at who creates them, plays them, and
supports them. - ✔✔True
Sports are socially significant activities that help perpetuate ideologies
favored by people with the most powerful and influence. Which of the
following ideologies are influenced by (and reflect) the power of sport?
A. gender
B. race
C. class
D. all of the above - ✔✔D. All of the above
, ©JOSHCLAY 2024/2025 YEAR PUBLISHED, 2024
True/False: Psychologists are more likely than sociologists to look at
factors that exits inside/within the athletes, rather than environmental
considerations. - ✔✔True
True/False: The concept of socialization implies that humans are passive
learners with litter control over how we develop. - ✔✔False
True/False: Although many complicated factors play a role in whether
someone will become involves in a sport, if they stay involves, their
reasons for participating largely do not change over time. - ✔✔False
What consideration(s) would Coakley point out if asked the question, "Do
Sports Build Character?"
A. sports participation can over both positive and negative experiences, so
you cannot make unqualified general statements about the consequences
of sports.
B. People who play sports are often different from those who do not choose
(or are not selected) to play sports, so it may be less about sports "building"
character and more about sports being organized to select individuals with
certain existing traits.
