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Course Introduction
Sports and Society examines the complex relationship between sports and various aspects of society, exploring how athletic activities both reflect and shape cultural values, identities, and social structures. The course covers topics such as the role of sports in community building, issues of race, gender, and class in athletic participation, the influence of media and commercialization, and the social impact of major sporting events. Through interdisciplinary perspectives, students critically analyze the significance of sports in local, national, and global contexts, considering both the positive contributions and challenges presented by contemporary sports culture.
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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) While discussing sports and major spheres of social life,the author notes that
A)sports usually affect family life in negative ways.
B)new social media have changed the way fans consume sports.
C)sports are becoming less commercialized around the world today.
D)sports are related to the economy but not to politics or religion.
Answer: B
Q2) The author explains that a sociological approach to studying sports
A)will grow if it produces knowledge that is useful to many people.
B)is useless when it is critical and idealistic.
C)produces knowledge that enables athletes to train more effectively.
D)is useful because it proves that sport has essential and unchanging qualities.
Answer: A
Q3) Social class ideology in the United States is organized around A)ideas and beliefs about what is defined as "cool" in society.
B)a generalized belief that people either have class or they don't.
C)the idea income and wealth inequality is normal a belief in meritocracy.
D)a denial that there are real economic differences between people.
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) The theories most likely to use concepts such as values,symbols,ideology,and beliefs are
A)structural theories.
B)cultural theories.
C)psycho-social theories.
D)performance theories.
Answer: B
Q2) When sociologists do ethnographies,data are collected in the field through
A)surveys combined with narrative analysis.
B)in-depth interviews combined with a deconstruction of narratives and images.
C)the use of quantitative methods.
D)observations and in-depth interviews.
Answer: D
Q3) In Messner's studies of gender and sports he used
A)fieldwork to gather all of his data.
B)both quantitative and qualitative methods.
C)participant observation to collect data.
D)video equipment to record the actions of players and coaches.
Answer: B
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Chapter 3: Sports and Socialization: Who Plays and What Happens to Them
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Q1) The definition of socialization used by the author is based on
A)a social interaction model.
B)a role theory model.
C)a personal internalization model.
D)a structural model.
Answer: A
Q2) Garry Wheeler's study of the careers of athletes with disabilities indicated that the main challenge athletes faced when they retired involved
A)reinvesting time and energy into other spheres of life.
B)recovering from sport injuries and dealing with mobility issues.
C)accepting the permanence of their disability.
D)learning to live with negative stereotypes.
Answer: A
Q3) A widespread belief long held by many people in North America is that playing sports
A)builds character among participants.
B)should not be encouraged until children are 12 years old.
C)is beneficial for girls but not for boys.
D)over long periods of time interferes with character development.
Answer: A
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Chapter 4: Sports for Children: Are Organized Programs
Worth the Effort
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Q1) Organized youth sports in the United States were originally developed to teach lower-class boys how to work together peacefully and to help middle-class boys
A)counteract the "feminized" values they learned at home from their mothers.
B)become less competitive in their relationships with each other.
C)accept the fact that they would not be as successful as their fathers.
D)learn homemaking skills that they could use after they were married.
Q2) According to the conclusion at the close of the chapter,organized sport programs for children are worth the effort when the adults who control the programs
A)help children learn that games require cooperation between opponents.
B)create clear rules so that children know how they should act at all times.
C)are dedicated to preparing children to play at higher levels of competition.
D)treat children as little adults to teach them lessons they can use as adults.
Q3) A sign that some children reject structured,adult-controlled sport programs is the A)increased interest in alternative sports.
B)growth and popularity of after school programs.
C)recent increase in violent crime among young people.
D)high turnover among coaches in those programs.
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Chapter 5: Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control
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Q1) Data presented in the chapter indicate that felony rates among NFL players are
A)twice as high as they are for comparable men in the society as a whole.
B)lower than rates in the general population in the case of property crimes.
C)highest among players who make the minimum salary in the NFL.
D)so low that they should not be considered as a problem.
Q2) Research on normative overconformity suggests that if we wish to understand this form of deviance we must
A)study child athletes rather than adult athletes.
B)avoid studying athletes in sports where injury rates are relatively high.
C)critically examine the organization and dynamics of elite sport cultures.
D)try to identify personality defects in athletes who overconform to norms.
Q3) A constructionist approach to deviance is based on the assumption that
A)most ideas,traits,and actions fall into a normally accepted range.
B)the more an action departs from an ideal,the more deviant it is.
C)all deviance involves overconformity to norms.
D)all deviance involves underconformity to norms.
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Chapter 6: Violence in Sports: Does It Affect Our Lives
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Q1) According to the author,watching sports on television often leads viewers to be
A)so hostile that it creates a context in which violence is common.
B)emotionally expressive,but not overtly violent.
C)targets of violence done by people who dislike sports.
D)angry and violent only when they are watching with a crowd.
Q2) It is difficult to reduce the injuries that occur in power and performance sports because
A)most serious injuries occur within the rules in these sports.
B)human beings are inherently violent.
C)most parents encourage their children to be aggressive in sports.
D)people who choose to play these sports have strong aggressive tendencies.
Q3) Loic Wacquant's study of an inner-city boxing gym in Chicago indicated that the boxers
A)were eager to use their fighting skills to protect themselves on the streets.
B)learned to control violent actions as they learned the craft of boxing.
C)joined the gym to learn violence in an organized setting.
D)were motivated by hate for fellow boxers who trained at other gyms.
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Chapter 7: Gender and Sports: Is Equity Possible
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Q1) Female athletes continue to receive,on average,less support than male athletes receive in connection with their sport participation.Inequalities in support are highest in
A)community programs.
B)high school programs.
C)big-time college programs.
D)low budget college programs.
Q2) Which of the following is NOT among the key gender inequities that remain in U.S.sports and worldwide?
A)Rulings in civil court decisions.
B)Access to positions of power.
C)Support for athletes.
D)Participation inequities.
Q3) Homophobia will continue to exist in some form in a society as long as A)the two sex system is widely accepted.
B)people are concerned about their own sexuality.
C)overpopulation remains a problem in the world.
D)sports are popular activities.
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Chapter 8: Race and Ethnicity:
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Q1) Racial ideology influences social context to the point that black female athletes engage in a presentation of self that
A)highlights their confidence and intelligence.
B)portrays an exotic,fashion-model look.
C)deemphasizes their athletic skills and physical stature.
D)tones down their toughness and make them appear nonthreatening.
Q2) When racial and ethnic exclusion are eliminated from sports,we can expect that
A)new and different challenges will emerge related to managing diversity.
B)coaches and managers will no longer have to deal with diversity issues.
C)players will automatically become friends regardless of their backgrounds.
D)all forms of racial and ethnic stereotyping by players will disappear.
Q3) When Caroline Wozniacki mimicked a caricature of Serena Williams during an international tennis tournament,she
A)resurrected long held beliefs about the hypersexuality of the black female body.
B)was intentionally using racism to psych out Serena Williams.
C)pretended to be the South African woman,Saartjie Baartman.
D)offended most of the white spectators attending the match.
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Chapter 9: Social Class: Do Money and Power Matter in Sports
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Q1) As defined in the chapter,social class refers to A)the social skills and sophistication of individuals in society.
B)groups of people who generally vote for the same candidates.
C)categories of people who share an economic position in society.
D)mythical ideas about economic inequalities and life chances.
Q2) The lifestyles of middle-income and working class people are most likely to include those sports that have traditionally been
A)free,open,and sponsored with public funds.
B)physical,aggressive and sometimes violent.
C)family-oriented and played indoors.
D)highly competitive and played outdoors.
Q3) When athletes sign pro sport contracts at 21 years old,they can expect to retire between the ages of A)25 and 30 years old.
B)30 and 35 years old.
C)35 and 40 years old.
D)40 and 45 years old.
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Chapter 10: Age and Ability: Barriers to Participation and Inclusion
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Q1) Ableism is a perspective that leads people to overlook that A)perfection is achieved only through hard work.
B)anyone can do whatever they want to do if they work hard.
C)achieving life goals often requires luck as well as intelligence.
D)variations in ability are a normal part of human existence.
Q2) When using a social model of disability,dealing with disability involves A)treatment to make a person as normal as possible.
B)efforts to eliminate social and physical barriers that limit participation.
C)developing assistive technologies that eliminate physical impairments.
D)teaching normal people to ignore disabilities and treat everyone as normal.
Q3) 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.
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Chapter 11: Sports and the Economy: What Are the Characteristics
of Commercial Sports
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Q1) Transnational corporations sponsor sports today because they want to A)sell their products to athletes and coaches.
B)encourage people to spend more time in front of the television.
C)associate pleasure and enjoyment with corporations and their products.
D)improve the health and well-being of people around the world.
Q2) Class relations are connected with commercial sports in any society because
A)low-income people use sports to resist traditional class ideology.
B)people with money promote and sponsor sports that fit their interests.
C)commercial sports usually recruit athletes from low-income backgrounds.
D)people are attracted to sports played by people with power and wealth.
Q3) As corporate sponsorships are used as the sole basis of support for amateur athletes and sport organizations,amateur sports will come to depend on the A)income earning potential of amateur athletes.
B)business training of amateur sport officials.
C)socially progressive visions of sports that corporate executives have.
D)prosperity of market economies and the profits of large corporations.
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Chapter 12: Sports and the Media: Could They Survive
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Q1) Commercial television has required that changes be made in sports to make them more telegenic.Which of the following are NOT one of those changes?
A)Schedules and start times have been changed to fit television programming needs.
B)Scheduled time-outs have been added to make room for more commercials.
C)Halftime periods in certain sports have been shortened to retain TV viewers.
D)Teams are required to hire acting coaches to train players and coaches.
Q2) Sociologist Toni Bruce points out that media coverage of women's sports has traditionally
A)given regular attention to nonsport issues.
B)ignored the husbands and children of heterosexual female athletes.
C)focused disproportionately on homosexual athletes and their lifestyles.
D)ignored all aspects of female sexuality.
Q3) Golf and tennis are frequently covered sports on television because they
A)have more viewers than most other sport events.
B)are tied to the real estate and corporate interests of television executives.
C)attract revenues from companies hoping to reach high-income consumers.
D)have a special character that attracts people interested in pure sports.
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Chapter 13: Sports and Politics: How Do Governments and Global
Political Processes Influence Sports
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Q1) Corporate sponsorships of sports are primarily motivated by corporate interest in A)promoting a way of life based on consumption and consumerism.
B)developing a single worldwide standard of living.
C)findings new ways to train workers who will produce their goods.
D)building sports that bring the world together in large competitive events.
Q2) The images and messages presented by the sponsors of major sport events tend to A)dictate what people think.
B)influence what people think about.
C)be ignored by nearly all spectators.
D)discourage consumption-based lifestyles.
Q3) In the box,Olympism and the Olympic Games,the suggestions for reforming the Olympic Games include
A)selecting a permanent site for the Olympic Games.
B)eliminating all medals and individual awards during the Olympics.
C)promoting the Olympics as "wars without weapons."
D)replacing the current Olympic motto.
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Chapter 14: Sports in High School and College: Do
Competitive Sports Contribute to Education
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Q1) A problem faced by African American athletes on college campuses is a feeling of isolation.Which of the following does NOT contribute to feelings of isolation?
A)White students who lack experience in racially diverse groups.
B)Too many campus activities focused on the interests of Latinos and Asians.
C)Racial and athletic stereotypes used by some people on campus.
D)Campus activities that don't represent the experiences of black students.
Q2) The author explains that there has been little research on school sports as learning experiences primarily because
A)so many people accept without question the great sport myth.
B)most researchers in the sociology of sport have never played sports.
C)coaching organizations have banned all studies of high school athletes.
D)school principals conduct private learning evaluations among athletes.
Q3) The growth of booster club support for high school teams has led to an increase in A)media coverage of all sports.
B)faculty support for those teams.
C)Title IX lawsuits.
D)sport participation opportunities at schools in low-income areas.
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Chapter 15: Sports and Religions: Is It a Promising Combination
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Q1) The recent Olympic teams that have been least likely to have women athletes are from nations where
A)there is a high proportion of Catholics.
B)most people hold fundamentalist Muslim beliefs.
C)most people hold orthodox Jewish beliefs.
D)there is high religious diversity.
Q2) Muslim women in sports are active subjects who introduce new ideas about what it means to be a Muslim woman.At the same time,these women
A)are role models who lead younger women to abandon their religious beliefs.
B)create conflicts that increase the problems that other women experience.
C)are objects used by people as they debate issues of morality and change.
D)undermine progressive changes in all nations worldwide.
Q3) Which of the following is NOT one of the strategies used by Christian athletes use when they doubt the worth of their sport participation as an act of worship?
A)Developing friendships with non-Christian athletes.
B)Ignoring the moral questions related to behavior on the playing field.
C)Focusing on the ascetic dimensions of athletic training and performance.
D)Focusing on good works and service to others off the field.
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Chapter 16: Sports in the Future: What Do We Want Them to
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Q1) When people have conservative goals for changing sports,they emphasize A)the elimination of all sports that are not profit-making.
B)using sports to teach cooperation and sensitivity.
C)changing sports to how they were before 1900.
D)the growth and efficiency of existing sport programs.
Q2) 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.
Q3) Telecommunications and the electronic media will influence the future because A)people prefer media content over human relationships.
B)many people want to live much of their lives in virtual realities.
C)people use media content to form standards for assessing their experiences.
D)the media control how and what people think in everyday life.
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