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Vocabulary
Grab Bag
100
The two reasons offered that are different between girls and boys for playing youth sports, according to lecture.
What is a) to win and b) for team spirit.
100
Some people claim that sport detracts from educational goals for these reasons: hypocrisy, rule-breaking behavior, and potential for ______________.
What is poor sportsmanship.
100
List the three main purposes of the NCAA.
What are 1) provide a set of rules across sports 2) adjudicate disputes and 3) organize tournaments and play-offs.
100
Define role model theory.
What is another name for social learning theory. The idea that youth can learn values, beliefs, and actions in society from watching and mimicking others.
100
If college athletes are injured, they may be eligible for __________ or ____________.
What are worker's compensation & insurance coverage.
200
Three people, or groups, that typically socialize youth into sports participation.
What are family/parents, siblings, peers, coaches, schools, and mass media.
200
This is one way to decrease the sense of elitism at the high school level.
What is a) create more opportunities for there to be teams OR b) do not discriminate based on physical appearance (height and weight).
200
The reduction of number of teams, the potential for cheating, and decisions being made based on profit are three possible outcomes related to ____________.
What are athletic department deficits.
200
Define dual-status balance.
What is the phenomenon at the high school and college levels, when student-athletes have to balance the demands of both school and athletics, while also having these roles contribute to their identity.
200
The establishment and use of an external, unbiased accreditation agency to oversee activities in college athletics is one ________ reform that the textbook authors suggest.
What is administrative.
300
Reasons include the coach playing favorites, needing more time to study, not having much fun, and too much pressure.
What are reasons for youth dropping out of or no longer participating in sport.
300
Labels like "loser" that are often tossed around in middle & high school, especially toward those who have failed to make, play on, or improve with a team, affect these parts of someone's well-being.
What are confidence, self-esteem, identity (and other potential mental health issues)
300
These are the four time demands typically placed on student-athletes who are competing at the college level.
What are preparing, traveling, participating, and recovering.
300
Define vicarious living / vicarious involvement.
What is the idea that parents, or guardians, "live out" their dreams through their children and their children's activities.
300
Having only students with proper academics admitted into college athletics is one ______ reform that the textbook authors suggest.
What is educational.
400
The three primary youth sport objectives might be described as learning culturally relevant skills, ________, and ________.
What are building interpersonal skills/associations and fulfilling community needs.
400
Corporation-related efforts at the high school level include the use of these avenues.
What are TV broadcasting, extensive travel, endorsement offers, and pressure.
400
List three ways in which athletes' rights are restricted in college sports.
What are 1) signing with school, not with coach, 2) renewal at the discretion of coach (after 1 year), and 3) transfers typically have to wait 1 year to play/compete.
400
Define "dumb jock."
What is a socially constructed label often applied (mistakenly?) to student-athletes who are assumed to be more athletically inclined than academically focused.
400
When winning is an essential outcome, _____ goes up and ______ go down.
What is pressure & educational goals.
500
The phenomena of the "lost childhood" and child molestation cases are evidence for unfortunate _________ issues related to youth sport participation.
What are "psychosocial issues."
500
Athletes may report feeling like they're being treated as commodities, or objects, during this intense period.
What is the college recruitment process.
500
Describe the predicament of "voluntary" practices for college athletes.
Answers will vary; think back to class discussion.
500
Define clustering.
What is the phenomenon whereby student-athletes cluster in certain academic fields/classes based on factors like ease, flexibility, and stereotypes.
500
Sports at the high school level have the potential to lift morale, minimize conflict, and _________________.
What is "generate loyalty/unity."