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Which philosopher did Marx study under and who shaped his ideas around the 'shifting' nature of society?
Hegel
Kant
Smith
Comte
2
Which of Zuckerman's SSS questions is most commonly used in research related to high risk sport?
Form VI
Form X
Form IV
Form V
3
Which of the below is not a characteristic of subcultural lifestyle sports communities
?
Dress
Music
Economic capital
Esoteric style
4
Which of the following philosophers was not German?
Engels
Marx
Weber
Durkheim
5
When you engage in social constructionism, what are you doing?
Constructing a sense your own reality throughyour own knowledge
Being critical of society as a social construct
Being critical of your understanding of reality through social interactions
Learning about the social world through analysis
6
Who developed the 'Archaeology of Knowledge', which is useful in observing social constructs and their evolution?
Foucault
Guttmann
Elias
Burr
7
What word does Giddens (1999) use to describe the choices in made in terms of self-representation and identity
?
Pluralised
Selective
Negotiated
Frame-worked
8
Guttmann based his work on the concept of Mastery, but who originated this concept?
Freud
Marx
Plato
Elias
9
Scores in Zuckerman's SSS have been shown to negatively correlate against an enzyme in the body. What is it called?
Adrenaline
Noradrenaline
Testosterone
Monoamine Oxidase
10
Sport as a social construct differs in two contexts, but which two are they?
Temporal and spatial contexts
Culture and society
Time and history
Space and places
11
What is the Patriarchy?
It is the system of political discourse that creates a hegemonic status quo
It is the system whereby the Bourgeoisie control the Proletarians
It is the mechanisms through which power is wielded by those in authority.
It is the system of control that perpetuates male dominance in society
12
On Guttmann's (1978) model of Sport, Games and Play what should appear in box G?
Contest
Intellectual contest
Play
Games
13
Which of the following statements is true?
Weber, Marx and Durkheim were all interpretivist philosophers
Weber was a positivist philosopher
Weber, Marx and Durkheim were all positivist philosophers
Weber was an anti-positivist philosopher
14
Who described modernity as an iron cage for its citizens?
Bauman
Weber
Guttmann
Marx
15
On the model below, what should appear in place of the question mark next to point 4?
Rationalism
Secularism
Records
Equality
16
Who developed Figurational Sociology as a theoretical perspective?
Elias
Foucault
Guttmann
Marx
17
Which of the following is not a social process?
Codification
Urbanisation
Industrialisation
Rationalisation
18
What theory developed by Apter (2007) that can be applied to risk based sport do the models below relate to?
Unverted U-theory
Reversal theory
Sensation seeking
Arousal theory
19
Which of the follow describes life in modern societies & can therefore be used to better understand the appeal of sport?
It is civil, managed and safe
It is safe, predictable and civil
It is controlled, predictable and civil
It is organised, civil and safe
20
Which of the archetypes developed by McEwan et al. (2018) fits the 'extreme sports stereotype'?
Recreationalists
Aesthletes
Competitors
Risk Competitors
21
Which of the options below best describes the risk society?
A process ensures certainty through regulations that create predictability
A process of modernity & urbanisation enabling social interactions
A process whereby people are kept safe via control in secular societies
A process whereby laws and rules are created to keep people safe
22
Which form of leisure can be described as being a state of mind requiring no justification (Neulinger, 1981)?
Social Class Symbol
Social Instrument
Casual and Serious Leisure
Antiutilitarian
23
Which process is often connected to the use of sport in the public schools in England during the industrial revolution?
Civilising Process
Corrinthianism
The Archiology of Knowledge
Muscular Christianity
24
What phrase does Wheaton (2003) use to describe activities that are often labelled as extreme sports?
X-sports
Gravity games
Lifestyle sports
Emerging sports
25
Which of the following is not a subscale on Zuckerman's SSS?
Experience Seeking
Thrill and Adventure Seeking
Boredom Susceptibility
Inhibition
26
Subcultural identities, such as in extreme sports, can be described using which term developed by Bourdieu (1998)?
Doxa
Habitus
Cultural currency
Soical capital
27
On Apters Protective Frame Model (2008), which label denotes the Danger Zone?
A
B
D
E
28
Which of the following is itself an evolution theory based on power and conflict?
Feminist Theory
Functional Theory
Dramaturgy
Figurational Sociology
29
The process of the development of rules which enabled folk games to become sports is known by what name?
Rationalisation
Regulatory alignment
Codification
Muscular Christianity
30
Giddens (1990) uses what word to describe the characteristics of the social order in post-industrial societies?
Modernity
Culture
Liquid Modernity
Postmodernity
31
Jenks (2005) suggests that society has become increasingly pluralised. What name does he use to describe this?
Social fragmentation
Social de-conformity
Liquid modernity
Late modernity
32
Complete the following sentence:
The national curriculum for sport can be seen as ________________.
A mechanical process designed to create solidarity
Neither a mechanical and an organic process designed to create solidarity
An organic process designed to create solidarity
Both a mechanical and an organic process designed to create solidarity
33
Who stated that “Modern sports have exhibited core characteristics that make them specifically modern”?
Holowchak (2011)
Dunning and Sheard (1979)
Dunning, Maguire and Pearton (1993)
Horne, Tomlinson and Whannel, (1999)
34
What did Chaney (1995) describe as the process of de-traditionalisation within society, gaving a cultural voice to all?
Late modernity
Postmodernity
The cultural turn
The cultural switch
35
Which philosopher formulated the theory of Conspicuous Consumption?
Goffman
Veblen
Marx
Bauman
36
On Guttmann's (1978) model of Sport, Games and Play what should appear in box B?
Play
Contest
Non-competitive games
Games
37
Which of the following is not a constructed concept?
Gender
Femininity
Sex
Masculinity
38
What point do Kruger and McClelland (1984) make regarding the development of Modern Sport?
That its birthplace was in Italy and France during the Renaissance
That it occurred due to the industrial revolution in England
That they stem from violent folk games
That it occurred due to globalised trade and transport
39
In which year did Rugby Union professionalise as a sport?
1995
1895
1975
1985
40
The Dick Kerr ladies football team and access to sport can be seen as an example of which wave of feminism?
Fourth wave
First wave
Second wave
Third wave
41
Which of the following is claimed to be the first philosopher to observe 'society' through scientific process
?
Goffman
Comte
Durkheim
Marx
42
On Apters Protective Frame Model (2008), what does label A represent?
Safety Zone
Dangerous Edge
AProtective Frame
Trauma Zone
43
What term for sportsmanship that occurs in uncodified sports such as mountain biking did McEwan (2016) develop?
Emerging-sportsmanship
Neo-sportsmanship
Postmodern-sportsmanship
Extreme-sportsmanship
44
Which of the following is a 'Grand Narrative'?
History
Religion
Politics
Society
45
Which of the following is not a fundamental characteristic of industrialisation?
Increased mechanisation
Development of a consumer economy
International trade
Specialisation of roles
46
Who suggested that association football was developed in Sheffield, rather than the public school system?
Foucault
Harvey
Guttmann
Mangan
47
In relation to the appeal of sport, how did Elias and Dunning (1986) describe it as an activity?
Social interaction which facilitates sensation seeking and achievement
As a prime example of modernistic escapism
As a social arena for achievement through violence
As one of the purest forms of arousal orientated social behaviour
48
According to Brown (2005), Weber was heavily influenced by what methodology for exploring meaning?
Hermeneutics
Semiotics
Synthesis Methods
Positivism
49
The Competitiveness Index (Smither & Houston, 2002) contains two subscales, enjoyment of competition and _________.
Disagreeableness
Aggressiveness
Belligerence
Contentiousness
50
Deviant cultures are described by Maffasoli (2007), but what is the name that he gives them?
Neo-cultures
Neo-communities
Fashion-cultures
Neo-tribes
