Sports and Society Quiz

If reseacrys was guided by conflict theory, the focus would be on the ways that

• athlete are motivated by their love of sports

• sports are shaped by economic forces in society

• sports are used to eliminate economic differences among people in society

• the meanings associated with sports vary from one group to another

Socialization refers to a process that

• society uses to molds people into productive citizens

• permanently alters a person's genetic predispositions

• involves social development and learning about social worlds

• occurs only during a person's formative years in childhood

When past government support based on beliefs that playing sports improve fitness and can improves fitness health

• improve fitness and health among disadvantaged people

• increase the legitimacy of their control over people

• safeguard the public order

• promote community integration and solidarity

A form of power that comes with a recognized and legitimate status in a goverment or an organization is definition of

• authority

• power

• politic

• government

Sociology helps us examine

• the connection between biology and social activities

• social life in context

• politics and economics through history

• connections between our bodies and our family background

Politics is

• a process and procedures of making decisions that affects a group of people

• preparing a child for adult life through occupation preparation

• the setting for children to develop close relationships with others

• forming a 'web of personal relationships' connected with their participation

"The society is like an organism". This statement had been suggested by

• Auguste Comte

• Karl Marx

• Herbet Spencer

• Harriet Martineu

Which of the following element describe play?

• free

• having a specific goal

• purposely to win something

• productive

"Consists of the ways of life" people create a group or society" is referring

• culture

• sociology

• individual life

• society

Rule specifying the nature of competition can be acquired by

• Role specialization

• Quantification

• Rational

• Bureaucratic