Question 1

The in-depth interviews done by Anita White and Jay Coakley indicated that young people are most likely to participate in sports when they

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A)  wanted to feel childlike.
B)  wanted to escape negative circumstances in their lives.
C)  thought they had a good chance of playing at a professional level.
D)  saw sports as linked to their own growth and development.

Question 2

Recent studies of socialization are based on social interaction models rather than personal internalization models.Social interaction models emphasize that human beings are

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A)  products of society.
B)  victims of economic forces in society.
C)  active decision makers who give meaning to their experiences.
D)  social creatures who seek approval from others in whatever they do. C

Question 3

When Patti and Peter Adler studied a big-time intercollegiate men's basketball team,they discovered that team members gradually

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A)  experienced a form of burnout that ended most of their careers.
B)  became so engulfed in their course work that they ignored their social lives.
C)  developed a strong dislike of their coaches and fellow team members.
D)  viewed the world almost exclusively in terms of their identities as athletes.

Question 4

Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of power and performance sports?

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A)  An emphasis on winning and setting records.
B)  Proving excellence through competitive success.
C)  Pushing human limits and dominating opponents.
D)  Avoiding technology that might improve performance.

Question 5

Research on sports and socialization as a community and cultural process is partly inspired by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci.Using Gramsci's ideas,sociologists see sports as important in connection with socialization because sports are

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A)  activities that people can do by themselves or with others.
B)  shaped by system needs in society.
C)  popular forms of excitement and pleasure.
D)  forms of physical labor.

Question 6

Focusing on socialization as a community and cultural process,David Andrews studied the "persona" created in connection with Michael Jordan during the 1990s.He concludes that through media images of Jordan,the "Jordan persona" was

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A)  used to raise critical questions about race and gender in society.
B)  tied to the legacies of colonialism and racism around the world.
C)  intentionally detached from African American experiences and culture.
D)  cleverly linked with inner-city,minority lifestyles in many societies.

Question 7

Power and performance sports are dominant today primarily because they

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A)  emphasize competition and validate the status of wealthy people.
B)  promote popular ideas about human evolution and progress.
C)  enable powerful people to use their physical skills to dominate others.
D)  are associated with beliefs about the need for progressive political action.

Question 8

When anthropologist Doug Foley did an ethnography of a small Texas town he found that the everyday stories created around high school football tended to

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A)  improve that status of low income families because their boys played football.
B)  reaffirm established ways of thinking and doing things in the town.
C)  encourage young women in the ton to play contact sports.
D)  disrupt popular ideas about social inequality.

Question 9

A review of socialization research led the author to conclude that sport participation is most likely to have positive socialization consequences when it

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A)  it limits a person's relationships to coaches and teammates.
B)  it keeps people off the streets and in the locker room.
C)  provides opportunities to expand experiences outside of sports.
D)  teaches people how to compete against others.

Question 10

The definition of socialization used by the author is based on

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A)  a social interaction model.
B)  a role theory model.
C)  a personal internalization model.
D)  a structural model.

Question 11

When evaluating research on what happens in sports,it's important not to overlook the fact that

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A)  different sports offer all athletes the same experiences.
B)  the meanings that people give to sports remain the same over time.
C)  sports offer experiences that are not available in other activities.
D)  different people define similar sport experiences in different ways.

Question 12

When the author paraphrases Gramsci's conclusion about hegemony,he says that "it is difficult to fight an enemy that

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A)  plays sports every day."
B)  has outposts in your head."
C)  works harder than you do."
D)  will do anything to win."

Question 13

When researchers use cultural theories and a poststructuralist approach to study community-based socialization processes,they focus on

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A)  the ways that tax money is spent in a community.
B)  the roles of coaches and teachers in community life.
C)  relationships between religious organizations and the schools in a town.
D)  whose stories about sports become dominant in a culture.

Question 14

A review of socialization research led the author to conclude that the impact that sports and sport participation have on people depends on

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A)  the characteristics of parents and coaches.
B)  the meanings people give to sports in their lives.
C)  the ethical principles used by sport organizations.
D)  the quality of the role models they see in sports.

Question 15

Nancy Theberge's study of an elite women's ice hockey team in Canada found that locker room interaction among the players involved

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A)  hostile remarks about sex and sexuality.
B)  degrading talk about men and relationships with men.
C)  controlled forms of expression through which feelings were often hidden.
D)  talk that gave meaning to the experience of playing hockey.

Question 16

Studies using a qualitative approach have found that becoming involved and staying involved in sports primarily is the result of

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A)  what parents want their children to do with their lives.
B)  the needs of the social system of which a person is a part.
C)  social forces that exist outside people and determine their decisions.
D)  continuing processes of decision-making in people's lives. D

Question 17

Most people in the sociology of sport today do not see sports as causes of specific socialization outcomes.Instead,they view sports as

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A)  health and wellness activities.
B)  commercial activities unrelated to social development.
C)  negative activities that distort the way that people see the world.
D)  sites for experiences that influence different people in different ways.

Question 18

In recent years,those who study sports and socialization have tended to use research methods that emphasize

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A)  measurable personality changes among athletes.
B)  qualitative data that provide detailed descriptions of sport experiences.
C)  statistical analysis of data collected from large samples of people.
D)  data collected through surveys,questionnaires,and historical records.

Question 19

Many sociologists see sports as important because sports are involved in hegemonic processes in society.Hegemony refers to a social process through which

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A)  people come to agree with and accept particular ideologies.
B)  privileged people in society share their resources and power with others.
C)  people identify system needs in a society and work to satisfy those needs.
D)  class-based forms of social conflict become disruptive in society. A

Question 20

Research indicates that when people retire from sports they are most likely to have problems if they

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A)  discontinued sport participation voluntarily.
B)  have no awards or records to sustain their sport memories.
C)  never developed a close relationship with a coach.
D)  have few experiences outside the culture of sports.

Exam 3: Sports and Socialization: Who Plays and What Happens to Them

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When Patti and Peter Adler studied a big-time intercollegiate men's basketball team,they discovered that team members gradually

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Which of the following is NOT a characteristic of power and performance sports?

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Research on sports and socialization as a community and cultural process is partly inspired by the ideas of Antonio Gramsci.Using Gramsci's ideas,sociologists see sports as important in connection with socialization because sports are

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Focusing on socialization as a community and cultural process,David Andrews studied the "persona" created in connection with Michael Jordan during the 1990s.He concludes that through media images of Jordan,the "Jordan persona" was

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Power and performance sports are dominant today primarily because they

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When anthropologist Doug Foley did an ethnography of a small Texas town he found that the everyday stories created around high school football tended to

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A review of socialization research led the author to conclude that sport participation is most likely to have positive socialization consequences when it

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When researchers use cultural theories and a poststructuralist approach to study community-based socialization processes,they focus on

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