Gender and Sport Review Questions
Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamic relationship between gender and sport, examining how social, cultural, and historical factors have shaped the experiences and representations of individuals in athletic contexts. Students will analyze topics such as the construction of gender identities, media portrayals of athletes, gender equity in sports participation and leadership, and the impact of policies like Title IX. Through critical readings, case studies, and discussions, the course encourages students to consider how power, privilege, and intersectionality influence access, opportunities, and outcomes for people of all genders in the world of sport.
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Sports in Society Issues and Controversies12th Edition by Jay Coakley
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Chapter 1: The Sociology of Sport: What Is It and Why Study
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Q1) When sociologists say that sports are "contested activities," they mean that
A)all sports involve some form of contest or competition.
B)sports exist to enable people to have contests with each other.
C)people in any society must compete with each other to play sports.
D)people may struggle over what sports are and who should play them.
Answer: D
Q2) Which of the following is not one of the three key concepts used in sociology?
A)Social structure.
B)Social conflict.
C)Social interaction.
D)Culture.
Answer: B
Q3) Ableist ideology is used to
A)promote the idea that variations in ability are normal and natural.
B)undermine the general perspective of ableism.
C)identify people as disabled.
D)create accessible physical environments.
Answer: C
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Chapter 2: Producing Knowledge About Sports in Society:
What Is the Role of Research and Theory
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Q1) As Messner began his investigation of gender and sports,he formed research questions around
A)issues related to culture,social interaction,and social structure.
B)his concerns as a father of a talented girl who played softball.
C)the ways that gender equity had been defined in the United States.
D)the policies of elite sport teams at the University of Southern California.
Answer: A
Q2) The theories most likely to be used in research on the process of developing and maintaining athletic identities are
A)interactionist theories.
B)Freudian theories.
C)cultural theories.
D)opportunity theories.
Answer: A
Q3) Social theories are useful and practical because they
A)justify our personal biases and enable us to put those biases into action.
B)prevent us from making decisions that could get us into trouble.
C)enable us to make sense out of life and learn from our experiences.
D)often impress other people who lack formal education and training.
Answer: C
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Chapter 3: Sports and Socialization: Who Plays and What Happens to Them
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Q1) When Konstantinos Koukouris interviewed former athletes in Greece,he discovered that decisions to end or change sport participation were primarily associated with A)being cut by a coach or sponsor who criticized their sport skills.
B)the need to take responsibility for their own lives and support themselves.
C)a personal desire to cut all ties with sports and sports lifestyles.
D)a refusal to use new technologies for high performance training.
Answer: B
Q2) Past studies of socialization based on a personal internalization model have produced inconclusive and inconsistent findings because researchers have mistakenly assumed that
A)athletes automatically resist negative influences coming from coaches.
B)all athletes have unique and similar experiences in all sports.
C)sports are similar to all other leisure activities engaged in by young people.
D)character is usually formed by the time a person is 14 years old.
Answer: B
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Chapter 4: Sports for Children: Are Organized Programs
Worth the Effort
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Q1) The Youth Sports National Report Card created by a panel of youth sports and child development experts issued grades for existing organized sport programs in 2005.The GPA across the five major topic areas was approximately
A)A-
B)C
C)F
D)B
Q2) When cultural ideology emphasizes that parents are solely responsible for their children,many parents conclude that they
A)must allow their children the freedom to make mistakes.
B)must assist other parents with children in sports.
C)are morally obliged to stop anyone interfering with their child's success.
D)depend on others to help them raise their children.
Q3) The potential for child abuse is highest in elite,specialized sport training programs when
A)the income of adults depends on the performances of children.
B)coaches use training methods used by college coaches.
C)children are encouraged to train with peers they don't know.
D)child athletes rebel against coaches and take over their own training.
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Chapter 5: Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control
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Q1) To make changes that would decrease deviant overconformity,sport would have to be organized around a commitment to
A)the Olympic motto,"higher,stronger,faster."
B)the moral standards preferred by most sports fans.
C)the rules developed by coaches.
D)the health and well-being of athletes.
Q2) According to the career model discussed in the chapter,when long time professional athletes retire from full time,year round training and competition and re-enter the "ordinary world," they
A)quickly embrace previously held identities.
B)find it difficult to become normal in that world.
C)enjoy the relative peacefulness of everyday life.
D)usually return to amateur competition in their sport.
Q3) Sport programs that are designed as "interventions" for "at risk youth" are seldom successful because they
A)are managed by people who have no knowledge of crime and delinquency.
B)do nothing to change the conditions in which these youth live their lives.
C)attract the young people with the most serious criminal records.
D)force young people to reject the communities where they live.
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Chapter 6: Violence in Sports: Does It Affect Our Lives
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Q1) Deviant overconformity is associated with some forms of violence in sports.The roots of this violence are grounded in
A)a desire for self-fulfillment and personal satisfaction.
B)a lack of commitment to team norms.
C)the desire to gain reaffirmation for one's identity as an athlete.
D)a deep and secure sense of self-worth as a human being.
Q2) It is difficult to say that playing violent sports causes people to be violent off the field because
A)violent sports may attract people who already have records of being violent.
B)researchers cannot agree on a definition of violence.
C)athletes won't talk about their experiences on the field.
D)athletes generally look for trouble when they are off the field.
Q3) Research has shown that spectators are most likely to be violent when they interpret the actions of the players on the field to be
A)violent.
B)emotionally intense.
C)uncontrolled.
D)product-oriented.
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Chapter 7: Gender and Sports: Is Equity Possible
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Q1) The Caster Semenya case demonstrated that
A)widespread ideas about femininity are linked with ideas about race.
B)being identified as a real woman is more biological than social.
C)appearance is irrelevant when it comes to identifying a person's sex.
D)estrogens are naturally present in female bodies but not male bodies.
Q2) Data on participation and gender indicate that in comparison with the Olympic Games,the Paralympic games
A)highlight women's events more than men's events.
B)have far fewer females athletes than male athletes.
C)exclude women from events involving strength.
D)have equal numbers of male and female athletes.
Q3) The dominant gender ideology associated with mainstream sports tends to
A)celebrate traditional ideas about masculinity.
B)understate the natural physical strength of men.
C)promote the notion that women are intellectually superior to men.
D)prevent men from wanting to dominate other men.
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Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity:
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Q1) Racial ideology is a web of ideas and beliefs that is used to
A)eliminate the use of destructive racial stereotypes in social interaction.
B)classify and evaluate people in terms of meanings given to skin color.
C)explain the ways that climate has affected the nature of human populations.
D)support the work of scientists who study genetics.
Q2) Research on Major League Baseball indicates that Latino players
A)have poor performance records in the major leagues.
B)have declined in numbers in recent years.
C)demand higher signing bonuses than other players.
D)make up about 25% of all players on major league teams.
Q3) Research suggests that racial ideology would most interfere with the establishment of academic identities among
A)white females who do not play sports.
B)black females who do not play sports.
C)black male athletes.
D)white male athletes.
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Chapter 9: Social Class: Do Money and Power Matter in Sports
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Q1) Throughout the chapter the term "class relations" is used to refer to A)interdependencies between people from different backgrounds.
B)processes that exist in societies where there are true equal opportunities.
C)social relations in high schools and universities.
D)the ways that social class is incorporated into our everyday lives.
Q2) NCAA data on the probability of playing sports beyond high school show that A)women have a greater chance of playing pro sports than men do.
B)the chances of playing pro sports are highest for male basketball players.
C)less than one-half of one percent of high school athletes play pro sports.
D)the goal of playing pro sports is realistic for those who want it bad enough.
Q3) Data on the salaries of players in the major team sports shows that in recent years
A)white players make less than players from ethnic minorities.
B)there is no evidence of race-based salary discrimination.
C)black players make less than white players.
D)black players are paid more due to the guilt of white team owners.
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Chapter 10: Age and Ability: Barriers to Participation and Inclusion
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Q1) Which of the following would be out of place in the Empire of the Normal?
A)High rates of loneliness among people with a disability.
B)Sport leagues that mix ability levels and include people with a disability.
C)Few people with a disability in public places.
D)High school sport programs with no opportunities for students with a disability.
Q2) Prevailing ableist ideology is based on
A)Jewish religious beliefs about bodies and moral worth.
B)the idea that technology makes physical and intellectual abilities irrelevant.
C)the belief that people can be whatever they want to be regardless of age or ability.
D)an assumption that all impairments are abnormalities.
Q3) The events that occurred when the Paralympics wanted to use the five Olympic rings symbol and the Olympic flag during their event that was to follow the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles demonstrates that the
A)IOC has not been a willing supporter of the Paralympic Games.
B)Paralympics has always been able to obtain support from the IOC.
C)IOC and the Paralympics have assisted each other in mutually beneficial ways.
D)merger of the Olympics and Paralympics will occur before 2025.
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Chapter 11: Sports and the Economy: What Are the
Characteristics of Commercial Sports
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Q1) The U.S.Golf Association and the U.S.Tennis Association sponsor tournaments for amateurs.The only other major sport governing bodies that require amateur status for eligibility are the Amateur Athletic Association and the A)ESPN X Games.
B)National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
C)International Olympic Committee (IOC).
D)World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE).
Q2) The sport with the teams that have the highest global recognition and value is A)North American football. B)soccer.
C)basketball. D)rugby.
Q3) When universities profit from big-time football and men's basketball it is primarily because they
A)demand that coaches make less than university presidents.
B)have access to cheap athletic labor.
C)benefit from boosters who have an irrational need to donate money.
D)are fiscally conservative and efficient.
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Chapter 12: Sports and the Media: Could They Survive
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Q1) The media most dependent on sports are
A)books and magazines.
B)the Internet and radio.
C)newspapers and television.
D)television and film.
Q2) A person in the U.S.who watches sports on network television
A)sees sport-related action over 80-percent of their time.
B)usually watches with the sound turned off.
C)is more likely to be a baseball fan than a fan of any other sport.
D)sees and hears commercials during 20-percent of their time.
Q3) Research on media audiences shows that
A)men and women who live together often watch sports together.
B)"football widows" are more common than many people believe.
C)watching television sports is the primary leisure activity of U.S.adults.
D)watching sports is disruptive for most married couples.
Q4) Tensions between elite athletes and sportswriters has intensified as A)athletes have discovered that they can write their own stories online.
B)salary differences between athletes and sportswriters have increased.
C)journalists have ignored personal information in stories about athletes.
D)more sportswriters have come from low-income and minority backgrounds.
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Chapter 13: Sports and Politics: How Do Governments and Global
Political Processes Influence Sports
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Q1) In the box,Olympism and the Olympic Games,the author suggests that the Olympic motto,"Citius,Altius,Fortius," should be replaced by new motto that emphasizes
A)a spirit of patriotism and nationalism.
B)health,unity,and peace.
C)the problems associated with corporate capitalism.
D)the interests of the best athletes in the world.
Q2) Research shows that if maintaining health and fitness is the goal,a nation should sponsor sports that are
A)noncompetitive and have aerobic benefits.
B)based on a power and performance model.
C)attractive to spectators as well as active participants.
D)competitive and have important rewards for winners.
Q3) In the box,Olympism and the Olympic Games,which of the following is NOT a change recommended for reforming the Olympic Games?
A)Add demonstration sports native to the culture of the host nation.
B)Do away with national uniforms.
C)Eliminate the opening and closing ceremonies.
D)Integrate the Olympics and Paralympics.
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Chapter 14: Sports in High School and College: Do
Competitive Sports Contribute to Education
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Q1) A study done in the late-1990s found that young women who played school sports had lower rates of sexual activity than other young women,while young men who played sports had higher rates of sexual activity than other young men.This illustrates that
A)physical activity has different effects on the biology of males and females.
B)young women who play sports are not interested in sexual expression.
C)social factors influence the meanings and consequences of playing sports.
D)cultural factors shape the biology of human beings.
Q2) Much of the difference between athletes and other students in high school is due to
A)selection-in and filtering-out processes.
B)the teaching styles of coaches.
C)the win-loss records of the teams on which athletes play.
D)the superior physical health of the athletes.
Q3) As more high school athletes come to school programs from private club programs where they received much individual attention,they
A)usually become assistant coaches on high school teams.
B)often expect more than what the high school coaches and staff can give them.
C)use their resources to support teammates.
D)bring with them equipment and technology that can be used by the high school.
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Q1) In sports that are associated with risky lifestyles, athletes sometimes use religion to A)gain endorsement contracts for wholesome products.
B)enable them to take risks without consequences.
C)strengthen their relationships with teammates who have problems.
D)generally stay out of trouble.
Q2) Combining traditional Christian religious beliefs with the dominant forms of sports sometimes creates challenges for athletes because Christianity emphasizes A)aggression, whereas sports emphasize following rules.
B)humility and service, whereas sports emphasize personal success.
C)training the body, whereas sports emphasize sacrificing the body.
D)that bodies are strong, whereas sports emphasize that bodies are weak.
Q3) In India, the Hindus who are most likely to participate in sports are those with A)traditional and pre-modern attitudes.
B)middle or upper caste status.
C)parents who perform physical labor.
D)a lower caste status.
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Q1) When people use an inside vantage point for changing sports the biggest problem is that by the time they have the power to exert influence they will
A)have a vested interest in maintaining sports as they are.
B)be alienated and unwilling to work for changes.
C)be so old that others will ignore them.
D)lose their interest in sports and sport participation.
Q2) At any point in time in a culture,dominant sport forms
A)represent the interests of people who have power in that culture.
B)involve more of an emphasis on speed than strength.
C)reflect the interests of working-class people.
D)appeal more to the interests of athletes than to spectators.
Q3) Being an effective change agents requires a vision of what sports and social life could and should be,a willingness to work hard,and
A)a personal history of success as an athlete.
B)a good reputation among people in sports.
C)a job in a large,influential sport organization.
D)an ability to rally the resources needed to produce results.
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