Understanding Physical Activity Sociology

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Understanding Physical Activity Sociology

Test your knowledge on the sociology of physical activity with our comprehensive quiz! This quiz consists of 10 multiple-choice questions that cover various aspects of physical activity, participation trends, and research methods.

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If you ask for responses to a questionnaire that you mail to athletes on 10 varsity teams, you are probably engaged in which type of research?

Survey research

Ethnograpy

Interviewing

Societal analysis

Which of the following is NOT a component of socioeconomic status?

Wealth

Linguistic skills

Occupational prestige

Educational level

Physical activity sociologists

Conduct research in natural settings

Teach high school

Study movement

Study mental state

Which of the following is a major influence on female participation in collegiate athletics?

More female coaches

More college teams available

High school teams more available now than in the past

Title IX iesislation

What is thematic analysis

An approach that examines material such as magazines and newspapers and then categorizes the content in various ways

A research approach that involves collecting numerical data

Societal conceptions of the human body, including body image, body ideals, and body practices

The ability to do what you want without being stopping by others

Does participation in physical activity vary by race

Yes and there is equal participation across all types of physical activites

Yes, and there is also great variation across types of physical activity

No, it does not vary greatly

It depends on the sport or physical activity being considered.

Although girls and women are participating in sport and other physical activities in greater numbers now than in earlier decades, females still tend to take part in sports that involve less

Need for day-to-day coaching

Competition among athletes for playing positions

Body contact among players

Need for support among teammates

Sociologists gain information about physical activity through all of these methods EXCEPT

Observing and giving insight

Interviewing

Thematic analysis

Ophthalmology

Which of the following is one of the three main goals of the sociology of physical activity

To critique physical activity programs in order to enhance social life

To identify and analyze patters of change and stability in physical activity

To compare physical activity with the stability of social well-being

To critique physical activity programs in order to identify problems and recommend changes leading to the enhancement of individual well-being

Which of these methods do researchers use to spend many months or even years in observation of a particular social setting?

Historical analysis

Societal analysis

Ethnography

Interviewing

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