SPMT 319 Quiz 5
____________ refers to a population of people who are believed to be naturally or biologically distinct
from other populations - ANSWER✅✅✅race
____________ refers to biological and anatomical characteristics assigned to women and men -
ANSWER✅✅✅sex
_______________ represents the notion that people can advance and progress in life through hard work
- ANSWER✅✅✅meritocracy
According the chapter on social class and sport, all of the following EXCEPT __________ are examples or
"prole" sports - ANSWER✅✅✅Golf
According to chapter 14 on "Race Matters", the author argues that race is actually increasing in
significance in society and sport, not decreasing or declining, for which of the following reasons -
ANSWER✅✅✅Only A and B are correct
A. Whites continue to maintain inordinate amounts of power, privileges, and resources
B. the changing racial demographic landscape in the USA
(NOT C) C. The USA has become a post-racial society in the since the 2008 election of President Obama
According to chapter 15 on gender issues, self-objectification theory posits that -
ANSWER✅✅✅individuals not occupying the dominant physical ideal within a culture will negatively
evaluate themselves
According to lecture on social class, and sport, males in lower or working class families are more likely to
view sport as an avenue for direct social mobility - ANSWER✅✅✅true
According to the chapter on "Race Matters", ______________ is a sociologist, considered to be the
pioneer of the sociology of sport as a subdiscipline, who embraced a critical approach to the study of
race in the domain of sport and sporting institutions - ANSWER✅✅✅Harry Edwards
according to the chapter on social class and sport, the USA is a society which operates in a caste system,
not a class system - ANSWER✅✅✅False
SPMT 319 Quiz 5
____________ refers to a population of people who are believed to be naturally or biologically distinct
from other populations - ANSWER✅✅✅race
____________ refers to biological and anatomical characteristics assigned to women and men -
ANSWER✅✅✅sex
_______________ represents the notion that people can advance and progress in life through hard work
- ANSWER✅✅✅meritocracy
According the chapter on social class and sport, all of the following EXCEPT __________ are examples or
"prole" sports - ANSWER✅✅✅Golf
According to chapter 14 on "Race Matters", the author argues that race is actually increasing in
significance in society and sport, not decreasing or declining, for which of the following reasons -
ANSWER✅✅✅Only A and B are correct
A. Whites continue to maintain inordinate amounts of power, privileges, and resources
B. the changing racial demographic landscape in the USA
(NOT C) C. The USA has become a post-racial society in the since the 2008 election of President Obama
According to chapter 15 on gender issues, self-objectification theory posits that -
ANSWER✅✅✅individuals not occupying the dominant physical ideal within a culture will negatively
evaluate themselves
According to lecture on social class, and sport, males in lower or working class families are more likely to
view sport as an avenue for direct social mobility - ANSWER✅✅✅true
According to the chapter on "Race Matters", ______________ is a sociologist, considered to be the
pioneer of the sociology of sport as a subdiscipline, who embraced a critical approach to the study of
race in the domain of sport and sporting institutions - ANSWER✅✅✅Harry Edwards
according to the chapter on social class and sport, the USA is a society which operates in a caste system,
not a class system - ANSWER✅✅✅False
SPMT 319 Quiz 5
