SOC 102 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024

SOC 102 EXAM 2 QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS WITH SOLUTIONS 2024 Be familiar with the idea of conspicuous consumption, what it means, and who developed the idea - ANSWER Participation in certain sports was used as a sign of status among the wealthy. Outward expressions of social class. Created by thorstein veblen Also expressed through manners, gait, and good form. These become part of the body- see cultural capital Bourdieu. Be able to discuss how fair play and sporting behavior is an ideal associated with social class - ANSWER Guttman: fair play is a class ideal. Ruling class makes rules and these are relatively unchallenged in cricket, but baseball has many instances of cheating Bourdieu: fair play characteristic of those who do not get so carried away by the game as to forget that it is a game Playing fair and following proper behavior shows class Be familiar with the timeline of the University of Michigan varsity jacket scandal - ANSWER From 1973-91, Female and male athletes received different varsity jackets. (University and Bo Schembechler thought that if women got the same jacket it would lower its value. They made the other jacket with a smaller "M" to make it "separate but equal" and a way to ensure that women wouldn't be seen in the same light as men.) In 1992, Coach Bo Schembechler retired and women finally received the same jackets as men. In 2016, they sent new jackets to the women who received the different ones. Be familiar with the Harlem Globetrotters story - ANSWER - Black men not allowed to play in NBA so they played basketball in a new, funny way to distinguish themselves. - Started as Savoy Big 5 in Chicago with Saperstein, a Jewish coach for a black team - By 1934, had over 1000 wins and advanced the presence of black Americans in white society - Challenged Lakers, stopped joking around and actually played -- they won and showed they were the best, beat a mostly white team (this victory comparable to Billie Jean King's victory over Bobby Riggs) - reflection of american ideals about race relation in early-mid 20th century. race/ethnic team formation, role of humor - globetrotters' approach was not direct challenge to racial ideology Be generally familiar with the timeline for increased female sport participation and the reasons behind the increase - ANSWER In 1971, fewer than 295,000 girls participated in high school varsity athletics, accounting for just 7 percent of all varsity athletes In 2001, that number leaped to 2.8 million, or 41.5 percent of all varsity athletes Reasons: legislation, global women's rights movements; societal increased attention to health and fitness; increased media coverage of women in sports Know the sports that have the highest percentage of positive drug tests - ANSWER Cycling, weightlifting, boxing, triathlon, baseball Be familiar with the great athletes of color of the early part of the 20th century - Jack Johnson - ANSWER African-American heavyweight boxing champion in early 1900s Be familiar with the great athletes of color of the early part of the 20th century - Jim Thorpe - ANSWER -first native american to win a gold medal - voted the world's greatest athlete of the 20th century - multi-sport athlete (football, baseball, track and field) - largely forgotten today, he played in a time where football wasn't as well known Be familiar with the great athletes of color of the early part of the 20th century - Althea Gibson - ANSWER - first black wimbledon champion, post ww2 era - tennis and gold - story gets lost just like Jim Thorpe Be familiar with the great athletes of color of the early part of the 20th century - Jesse Owens - ANSWER - african-american track star in the 1936 olympics (4 golds) - his success heightened efforts to find racial explanations for athletic success in an age of eugenics - there is no evidence showing that skin color is related to physical traits that are essential for athletic excellence across sports or in any particular sport Know facts about Title IX including what is included in the text, the three tests to establish compliance, and a few of the efforts mentioned in lecture that have been attempted by universities to circumvent (cheat) the law - ANSWER - Became a law in 1972