Sport, Culture, and Society
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Course Introduction
This course explores the dynamic relationship between sport, culture, and society from an interdisciplinary perspective. Students will examine how sports both reflect and shape cultural identities, social values, and political structures on local, national, and global scales. Topics include the influence of race, gender, class, and media on athletic participation and representation; the role of sports in community building and social change; and the impact of globalization on sporting traditions. Through case studies and critical analysis, the course encourages students to assess the significance of sport as a powerful social institution and cultural practice.
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Social Dimensions of Canadian Sport and Physical Activity 1st Edition by Jane Crossman
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Chapter 1: Perspectives on the Social Dimensions of Sport and
Physical Activity in
Canada
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Q1) According to the text,the value in Gramsci's approach to a sociological study of sport is that it _____ the analysis of sport and culture.
A)culturizes
B)politicizes
C)racializes
D)sexualizes
Answer: B
Q2) The sociology of sport emerged as an area of academic study in the:
A)1940s
B)1960s
C)1980s
D)1990s
Answer: B
Q3) In terms of what the sociologist of sport actually does,which of the following is NOT true?
A)They serve as experts to government.
B)They advocate for the rights of athletes.
C)They promote human development within physical education.
D)They promote performance efficiency models in sport science.
Answer: D
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Chapter 2: Sociological Theories of Sport
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Q1) Who,of the following,would be most likely to argue that suicide is much more than a personal act of agency by an individual?
A)Marx
B)Weber
C)Mead
D)Durkheim
Answer: D
Q2) At the core of Mead's theory is the manner in which humans develop:
A)agency
B)social structures
C)a sense of self
D)functional social institutions
Answer: C
Q3) Darwin's theory of evolution had an important influence on:
A)functionalism
B)conflict theory
C)symbolic interactionism
D)critical race studies
Answer: A
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Chapter 3: Canadian Sport in Historical Perspective
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Q1) According to the text,if we were to choose a symbol to represent the dominant trend in Canadian sport from 1900 to 1960,we would choose:
A)the maple leaf
B)the dollar sign
C)the British flag
D)the hockey stick
Answer: B
Q2) Which Canadian city was considered the "cradle" of organized sport in the 19 century?
A)Toronto
B)Montreal
C)Vancouver
D)Winnipeg
Answer: B
Q3) According to the text,which of the following is true of history?
A)History is anything that happened in the past.
B)Facts and dates are all one needs to know about history.
C)Historians agree that we now know almost everything that happened in the past.
D)Interpretation of past events is what historians do.
Answer: D
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Chapter 4: Sport and Social Stratification
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Q1) Hockey in Canada has become an increasingly class-based sport and it is the hockey system,consisting of leagues,that has added to this increased cost.This hockey system is,in Bourdieu's terms,the:
A)habitus
B)field
C)community
D)objective element
Q2) Bourdieu refers to a system of dispositions representing a practical sense of how to conduct one's actions as:
A)field
B)community
C)structuration
D)habitus
Q3) Bourdieu's two key concepts integrating human agency and social structure are:
A)community and habitus
B)field and status
C)habitus and field
D)field and community
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Chapter 5: Ethnicity and Race in Canadian Sport
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Q1) Washburne's thesis that differences in leisure between dominant and minority populations are the result of variations in the value systems and social norms of the minority groups provides the basis for _____ theory.
A)ethnicity
B)marginality
C)functionalist
D)conflict
Q2) Slavery began in the geographic location now known as Canada in:
A)1867
B)1700
C)1628
D)There has never been slavery in Canada - either before or after Confederation.
Q3) We observe in professional football (e.g. ,the NFL)that blacks are less likely to be coaches and have leadership positions on the team and are more likely to have positions on the team that are deemed to require more athletic ability.This is referred to as:
A)ethnocentric distortion
B)stacking
C)levelling the field
D)hierarchical discrimination
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Chapter 6: Sex, Gender, and Sexuality
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Q1) _____ is defined as discrimination or prejudice based on sex.
A)feminism
B)sexism
C)oppression
D)genderism
Q2) That many sports are still considered more appropriate for one sex than for the other is referred to as:
A)sport typing
B)sport desegregation
C)a sport binary
D)sport dualism
Q3) Sport,law,education,popular music,media,and other social institutions tend to value heterosexuality more than other forms of sexual expression or identity.This is referred to as:
A)homophobia
B)heteronormativity
C)biological determinism
D)social constructionism
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Chapter 7: Children, Youth, and Parental Involvement in Organized Sport
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Q1) With respect to sport participation rates among children and youth in Canada,you would tell a friend who is interested in such things that:
A)since 1992,the actual percentage of children and youth who report being involved in sports at least once a week has increased dramatically B)children and youth from less affluent families are increasingly dropping out of sports C)since 1992,sport participation rates among Canadian children and youth has remained fairly constant D)when broken down by age groups,we find that sports participation increases as children age,with the highest rates being among those aged 15 to 19
Q2) In cases of coach-player sexual abuse,one finds a number of common explanations for why the abused child does not come forward and tell someone about what is happening.Many of these reasons involve:
A)guilt
B)fear
C)hostility
D)threats
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Chapter 8: Sport Deviance
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Q1) How did the Canadian women's hockey team "tarnish the reputation of women's hockey" at the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver?
A)Several members of the team failed their drug tests.
B)Two members of the team failed their sex testing.
C)They lost the gold medal game.
D)They were drinking alcohol and smoking cigars after the game.
Q2) Colour-blindness furnishes acceptable ways to:
A)prevent women from engaging in some sports
B)reject race-sensitive equity policies
C)promote diversity on sport teams
D)encourage ethnic equality in children's sports
Q3) _____ are sometimes complicit in the construction of moral panics as part of the process of orchestrating or manufacturing hegemony.
A)Athletes
B)Fans
C)Coaches
D)Elites
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Chapter 9: Violence
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Q1) One of the most contentious issues in modern sport is the role of fighting in:
A)football
B)soccer
C)basketball
D)hockey
Q2) You are watching a friend's daughter play soccer and see a player on her team viciously head-butt a player on the opposing team.This is an example,according to Michael Smith's categories of sports violence,of:
A)brutal body contact
B)criminal violence
C)borderline violence
D)quasi-criminal violence
Q3) Which of the following stands in contrast to catharsis theory?
A)instinct theory
B)violence-begets-violence thesis
C)frustration-aggression theory
D)functionalism
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Chapter 10: Sport and Physical Activity in Canadian Educational Systems
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Q1) Which of the following suggests that a significant gender gap still exists in the area of sport in Canadian universities?
A)Only 17% of all coaches in CIS sports are female.
B)The majority of students at Canadian universities are female.
C)The active marketing and promotion of male and female sports.
D)Most athletic directors at universities are female.
Q2) Which of the following groups of physical education teachers is more likely to have well-planned programs,provide individual instruction,deliver inclusive lessons,and provide opportunities for skill development?
A)regular classroom teachers who are used to providing all these things in their classrooms
B)physical education specialists
C)former athletes with little to no formal education training
D)football coaches at the high school level
Q3) Which of the following is false regarding the CIS and hazing?
A)There is more media attention given to hazing incidents in Canada today.
B)Canadian society is less tolerant of hazing than in the past.
C)Penalties for hazing are higher now than in previous decades.
D)Codes of conduct about hazing at universities have not changed since 1950.
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Chapter 11: Sport, Media, and Ideology
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Q1) Which of the following developments did not signal a power shift in Canadian broadcasting towards the subordination of public interest and to private,commercial interests?
A)the impact of globalization
B)new satellite and digital technologies
C)a federal government directive to cut the CBC budget by 10%
D)the CBC decision to televise less and less NHL hockey games
Q2) That the media,sport/leisure organizations,and advertisers are not easily understood as separate entities because they protect and promote each other's interests is best described as:
A)osmosis
B)symbiosis
C)an inverse correlation
D)spuriousness
Q3) We refer to a market dominated by a small number of firms as a/an:
A)monopoly
B)oligopoly
C)oligarchy
D)panopoly
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Chapter 12: Sports, Politics, and Policy
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Q1) Canadian Sport Policy 2012 differs from its counterpart in 2002 in that the 2012 version emphasizes that sport:
A)should only benefit the development of sport in Canada
B)should also contribute to larger social goals and other policy fields
C)must be both multi-gendered and multilingual
D)should be used to emphasize healthy living among Canadians
Q2) With regard to sport and the onset of World War II,the Canadian federal government turned its attention passing the National Physical Fitness Act in order to:
A)divert citizens' attentions to something less depressing than war
B)socially prepare people to engage in war both at home and abroad
C)physically prepare citizens to serve in the war
D)emotionally aid Canadians for the inevitable loss of lives
Q3) The Hosting Program,a major federal funding program for sport,would support all of the following,except:
A)the Olympics
B)the Paralympics
C)Canada Games
D)Intramural sport programs
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Chapter 13: The Business of Sport
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Q1) Sports leagues achieve monopoly status by doing all of the following,except:
A)prevent new competition
B)restrict output quantity and increase prices
C)produce a heterogeneous product
D)agree how to share monopoly power
Q2) Which of the following does not predict attendance at a professional sporting even as well as the others?
A)market size of the home team
B)performance of the team in the last season
C)team performance in the last few games
D)higher ticket prices than last season
Q3) The International Olympic Committee is a:
A)monopsony
B)cartel
C)monopoly
D)oligarchy
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Chapter 14: Globalization and Society
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Q1) Which of the following is not a transnational corporation?
A)Nike
B)Toyota
C)News Corp
D)The Bay
Q2) Prior to 1990,which of the following leagues would you argue was the least international in terms of its players?
A)NHL
B)NBA
C)World Soccer League
D)MLB
Q3) According to David Whitson,the author of Chapter 14 in the text,which sport offers the best illustrations of globalization in sport,and in the sports business?
A)hockey
B)basketball
C)soccer
D)tennis
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Chapter 15: Sport and the Future
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Q1) Governments guided by neoliberal principles will:
A)increase funding for social programs intended to deal with societal problems
B)increase funding for research into appropriate programs for a society's problems
C)decrease funding for social programs intended to deal with societal problems
D)demonstrate an increased interest in social programs of all types
Q2) When it is believed that rational customers will be able to use their purchasing power to support prosocial societal changes by choosing the best services,we have a neoliberal approach to government funding referred to as:
A)NL governance
B)new public management
C)restoration government
D)democratic management
Q3) The usual participants of parkour are:
A)young females
B)older females
C)young males
D)older males
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