Spheres of P.A.
Importance of
Philosophy
History
Sociology
100

What does IADLs stand for?

Instrumental activities of daily living

100
What are the two main factors that influence experiences of physical activity?

Personal circumstances, social environment

100

What does holistic kinesiology mean? 

That all sub-disciplines of kinesiology need to work together to create the most informed decisions in regards to physical activity. The lines are blurred.

100

What decade was the Golden Age of Sport?

1920's

100

What decade did sociology begin to turn into a sub-discipline of kinesiology?

1960's

200

What is the gesture that guides the flow of conversation

Regulator

200

What is the definition of a closed skill? 

Environment predictable - movements consistent - no changing environment - No need to anticipate external events

200

What are the three types of research methods philosophers utilize?

Inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, descriptive reasoning

200

What are the two analytical frameworks that history uses to describe the rise of sport in the U.S.?

Modernization Theory and Human agency theory

200

What does it mean to have Power?

Access and control, ability to do what you want without being held back, reflects social inequalities, etc.

300

What is the definition of leisure?

a state of mind, a state of being in which someone finds deep satisfaction

300

What is the difference between practice and training?

Training - conditioning - physical performance capacity - temporary

Practice - learning - skill development - permanent

300

What does metaphysics mean?

A philosophical claim that identifies one thing from another, it is the scope of our field. 

300

What is the rule of context?

When reading a historical document you must understand the words for how they were interpreted when written, not the meaning of words today.

300

What does ethnography mean?

Observing a particular physical activity for a long period of time, becoming a participant

400

Name the seven spheres of physical activity

Self-sufficiency, self-expression, work, health, education, leisure, competition

400

What are the three types of subjective intuitive knowledge?

psychoanalytic self-knowledge, mystical knowledge, Socratic self-knowledge

400

When describing what a person is, what does materialism mean?

Human is nothing more than a complex machine, subjective experiences are real but have no power over future.

400

What was the reason there was such an increase in female participation in sports starting in the mid-to-late 1970's?

Title IX

400

What are the three social areas that discuss participation, leadership, and cultural expression?

Gender relations, racial and ethnic relations, socioeconomic relations

500

Name the four types of competition

side by side, face-to-face noncontact, face-to-face contact, impersonal

500

What type of sport watching participation includes: strong ties to one team, and engaged in the outcome of the sport contest?

Vicarious participation

500

What are the four values of physical activity?

Fitness, knowledge, skill and pleasure

500

Why did interest in exercise start to pick up during the first half of the 20th century?

WWI and WWII, president Eisenhower's heart attack, European children more fit than U.S. children

500

When was the Sociology of Sport journal formed?

1984