Meanings of Leisure
When considering leisure as free time, which demographic group was found to have the least amount of free time?
Name 3 demographic characteristics of a population aside from age, gender, and race.
Ethnicity, income, residential location, disabilities, access to transportation, health status, educational attainment, home ownership, employment status, and job.
A term that is defined as a set of ideas used to explain something
Theory
Name one example of a leisure activity that a Thinker would enjoy?
Centered on the home
What do these words have in common: Observation, Simple, Mid-Range, Grand.
They are the types of theory.
Observation: explains a small amount
Simple: based on science, still explains some aspects
Mid-Range: combination of simple theories
Grand: explains the largest amount (all behaviors)
The remaining availability for personal choice after obligations are fulfilled describes leisure as...
Older adults over age 75 or teenagers
Older adults over 75 spend an average of 8 hours daily
This theory focuses on how well a person can fill their free time with leisure activities that are personally satisfying and rewarding.
Self-as-entertainment
What is an example of a leisure activity that the makers are likely to enjoy?
Physical forms of recreation
Symbolic Interactionism
Leisure as ________________ describes when leisure is selected according to how we participate in activities outside of work.
Recreational Activity
Lifestyle
Based upon perceived freedom and intrinsic reward, which are sorted into 6 different "States of Mind" to someone's leisure behaviors
Neulinger's Paradigm
This type tends to stay within their comfort zone, does not explore or take risks, and often has limited resources
Survivors
A sociological theory that relies on 2 conflicting conceptual perspectives that state personal leisure activities are chosen to make up for needs that are not satisfied through work vs. people who are fulfilled in their work tend to choose leisure activities that echo the skills & tasks from their job.
Compensation and Spillover
Based upon a state of mind with emphasis on personal feelings such as freedom and fulfillment, leisure is viewed as....
Special Spirit
Race
Ex: Black youth have been racially profiled in leisure facilities and programs
This theory describes leisure based on emotion, motivation, and personality. It uses the 4 categories of: relationships, means-ends, rules, and transactions.
Reversal Theory
This category view shopping from a social perspective. They love to get the attention of others and being involved in the latest trends.
Strivers
Leisure is viewed as the opposite of daily rituals, therefore it removes people from their everyday life routines. An example of this theory would explain why people take vacations.
Anti-Structure Theory
Leisure as Special Spirit
Name one way that a geographical location that someone resides in can affect their leisure interests?
Activities are not available, climate, topography, urban vs. rural, accessability
Csikszentmihalyi, a well-known leader in the theoretical world of recreation & leisure, described leisure behaviors by an emotionally subjective state that occurs during leisure when a person is significantly focused, intrinsically rewarding, and contains a balance of challenge & skill.
Flow Theory
What does VALS stand for and what type of "tool? is it?
Values, Attitudes, and Lifestyles
Used for marketing
The political ranking of "leisure class" includes those who do not work and use the resources created by others for their own personal desires. Which theory does this describe?
Veblen's Theory of the Leisure Class