Question 1

The sport ethic becomes a source of dangerous deviance in sports when

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A) athletes raise too many questions about its meaning. 
B) people in sports don't set boundaries to limit overconformity to the ethic. 
C) athletes reject the norms of the sport ethic and make up their own rules. 
D) referees do not take the sport ethic seriously when they enforce rules. 
A) athletes raise too many questions about its meaning. 
B) people in sports don't set boundaries to limit overconformity to the ethic. 
C) athletes reject the norms of the sport ethic and make up their own rules. 
D) referees do not take the sport ethic seriously when they enforce rules. B

Question 2

Studying deviance in sports presents problems in that

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A) psychological research shows that athletes have conforming personalities. 
B) coaches enforce rules so strictly that deviance seldom occurs. 
C) actions that are normal in sports may be deviant outside sports. 
D) athletes don't understand the differences between sports and the rest of life. 
A) psychological research shows that athletes have conforming personalities. 
B) coaches enforce rules so strictly that deviance seldom occurs. 
C) actions that are normal in sports may be deviant outside sports. 
D) athletes don't understand the differences between sports and the rest of life. C

Question 3

The author points out that the seemingly endless parade of cheating scandals in the big-time NCAA sport programs and other sport governing bodies is four factors.Which of the following is NOT one of those factors?

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A) A lack of transparency and accountability in sport organizations. 
B) Sport governing bodies are unprepared to investigate themselves. 
C) Self-policing strategies create inherent conflicts of interest in sports. 
D) Sport leaders are so diverse that they cannot agree on social control strategies. 
A) A lack of transparency and accountability in sport organizations. 
B) Sport governing bodies are unprepared to investigate themselves. 
C) Self-policing strategies create inherent conflicts of interest in sports. 
D) Sport leaders are so diverse that they cannot agree on social control strategies. D

Question 4

One of the reasons that it is difficult to study deviance in sports is that much of it involves actions grounded in

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A) accepting and overconforming to norms in sport cultures. 
B) a rejection of norms and expectations in society and sports. 
C) strong feelings of despair and alienation among athletes and coaches. 
D) a strong desire on the part of athletes to avoid responsibility. 
A) accepting and overconforming to norms in sport cultures. 
B) a rejection of norms and expectations in society and sports. 
C) strong feelings of despair and alienation among athletes and coaches. 
D) a strong desire on the part of athletes to avoid responsibility.

Question 5

When a basketball player dribbles the ball out of bounds during a game,she has

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A) committed a personal foul. 
B) violated a formal norm. 
C) engaged in informal deviance. 
D) engaged in an immoral act. 
A) committed a personal foul. 
B) violated a formal norm. 
C) engaged in informal deviance. 
D) engaged in an immoral act.

Question 6

When there is a collective sense of hubris on a team,it is likely that some athletes will

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A) feel a sense of entitlement in the general community. 
B) become social activists and community leaders. 
C) feel a special need to follow the law in the general community. 
D) question the loyalty and commitment of their teammates. 
A) feel a sense of entitlement in the general community. 
B) become social activists and community leaders. 
C) feel a special need to follow the law in the general community. 
D) question the loyalty and commitment of their teammates.

Question 7

Athletes today sometimes seem to engage in more sport-related forms of deviance than athletes in the past because

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A) coaches today are less concerned about control than they were in the past. 
B) society is less orderly today than in the past. 
C) sports and sport organizations have more rules today than in the past. 
D) rules in sports are enforced more strictly today than in the past. 
A) coaches today are less concerned about control than they were in the past. 
B) society is less orderly today than in the past. 
C) sports and sport organizations have more rules today than in the past. 
D) rules in sports are enforced more strictly today than in the past.

Question 8

A social constructionist approach to deviance is based on

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A) unchanging ideas about right and wrong. 
B) a combination of cultural,interactionist,and structural theories. 
C) the idea that any departure from moral ideals is a form of deviance. 
D) the assumption that all people who engage in deviance lack moral character. 
A) unchanging ideas about right and wrong. 
B) a combination of cultural,interactionist,and structural theories. 
C) the idea that any departure from moral ideals is a form of deviance. 
D) the assumption that all people who engage in deviance lack moral character.

Question 9

When two college basketball players turn their back to the U.S.flag during the playing of the national anthem,they

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A) violate an informal norm. 
B) engage in formal deviance. 
C) violate a formal norm. 
D) offend people but violate no norms. 
A) violate an informal norm. 
B) engage in formal deviance. 
C) violate a formal norm. 
D) offend people but violate no norms.

Question 10

A reason that athletes may overconform to the norms of the sport ethic is because they

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A) seek identity reaffirmation from other athlete. 
B) were pressured by their parents to play sports. 
C) want to be seen as normal by people outside of sports. 
D) want to be seen as better than their fellow athletes. 
A) seek identity reaffirmation from other athlete. 
B) were pressured by their parents to play sports. 
C) want to be seen as normal by people outside of sports. 
D) want to be seen as better than their fellow athletes.

Question 11

The people most likely to agree with the war on doping as waged by WADA and USADA are

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A) professional athletes. 
B) retired professional athletes. 
C) believers in the great sport myth. 
D) people who believe that sports are for leisure only. 
A) professional athletes. 
B) retired professional athletes. 
C) believers in the great sport myth. 
D) people who believe that sports are for leisure only.

Question 12

Athletes who engage in deviant underconformity are usually punished or cut from teams;athletes who engage in deviant overconformity are

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A) ridiculed in the media. 
B) rejected by teammates. 
C) seen by fans as having weak character. 
D) likely to experience health problems as a result. 
A) ridiculed in the media. 
B) rejected by teammates. 
C) seen by fans as having weak character. 
D) likely to experience health problems as a result.

Question 13

As the term is used by sociologists,deviance

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A) always involves a violation of a law. 
B) is punished only when it occurs in formal social situations. 
C) refers to any action that is seen as different. 
D) can involve a person's ideas and traits as well as actions. 
A) always involves a violation of a law. 
B) is punished only when it occurs in formal social situations. 
C) refers to any action that is seen as different. 
D) can involve a person's ideas and traits as well as actions.

Question 14

The sport ethic is linked to deviance in sports because athletes

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A) are unwilling to accept norms developed by others. 
B) expect each other to overconform to its norms. 
C) tend to be self-centered. 
D) come from families in which parents valued conformity. 
A) are unwilling to accept norms developed by others. 
B) expect each other to overconform to its norms. 
C) tend to be self-centered. 
D) come from families in which parents valued conformity.

Question 15

An absolutist approach to deviance in sports is based on the assumption that

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A) there are no ideals in society. 
B) humans have inborn tendencies to be evil. 
C) humans have inborn tendencies to be moral. 
D) unchanging moral truths are the foundation for all norms. 
A) there are no ideals in society. 
B) humans have inborn tendencies to be evil. 
C) humans have inborn tendencies to be moral. 
D) unchanging moral truths are the foundation for all norms.

Question 16

Information from inside high performance sports suggests that doping is seen as

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A) a normal part of the process of training,recovery,and competition. 
B) an indication of moral corruption and weak moral character. 
C) a management driven strategy to control athletes. 
D) something that fans expect and encourage. 
A) a normal part of the process of training,recovery,and competition. 
B) an indication of moral corruption and weak moral character. 
C) a management driven strategy to control athletes. 
D) something that fans expect and encourage.

Question 17

The author describes a model of a professional athlete's career to show that

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A) cyclists use drugs in order to do their jobs successfully. 
B) medical support staff are trained to discourage drug use by athletes. 
C) very few professional cyclists use performance enhancing substances. 
D) cyclists at all levels of competition feel a need to use drugs when they race. 
A) cyclists use drugs in order to do their jobs successfully. 
B) medical support staff are trained to discourage drug use by athletes. 
C) very few professional cyclists use performance enhancing substances. 
D) cyclists at all levels of competition feel a need to use drugs when they race.

Question 18

Research that high rates of alcohol use and binge drinking

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A) exist for athletes across all age levels and for males and females. 
B) have caused coaches to test athletes before practices. 
C) exist only are common among athletes only during the off-season. 
D) linked with a culture in which partying and drinking are expected. 
A) exist for athletes across all age levels and for males and females. 
B) have caused coaches to test athletes before practices. 
C) exist only are common among athletes only during the off-season. 
D) linked with a culture in which partying and drinking are expected.

Question 19

When athletes collectively overconform to the norms of the sport ethic,they may develop hubris,which leads them to see themselves as separate from and superior to the rest of the community.The author explains that this hubris

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A) provides a strong incentive to do excessive community service. 
B) leads to a sense of entitlement and lack of concern for people outside their sport. 
C) makes athletes uncoachable and destroys a foundation for teamwork. 
D) discourages all forms of deviance on and off the field. 
A) provides a strong incentive to do excessive community service. 
B) leads to a sense of entitlement and lack of concern for people outside their sport. 
C) makes athletes uncoachable and destroys a foundation for teamwork. 
D) discourages all forms of deviance on and off the field.

Question 20

After reviewing research on academic cheating the author points out that rates of cheating among athletes

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A) are lower than they are for other students. 
B) have declined ever since coaches have established mandatory study programs. 
C) are lower only than the rates among fraternity and sorority members. 
D) have not been studied adequately to make any definite conclusions. 
A) are lower than they are for other students. 
B) have declined ever since coaches have established mandatory study programs. 
C) are lower only than the rates among fraternity and sorority members. 
D) have not been studied adequately to make any definite conclusions.

The sport ethic becomes a source of dangerous deviance in sports when

Studying deviance in sports presents problems in that

The author points out that the seemingly endless parade of cheating scandals in the big-time NCAA sport programs and other sport governing bodies is four factors.Which of the following is NOT one of those factors?

One of the reasons that it is difficult to study deviance in sports is that much of it involves actions grounded in

When a basketball player dribbles the ball out of bounds during a game,she has

When there is a collective sense of hubris on a team,it is likely that some athletes will

Athletes today sometimes seem to engage in more sport-related forms of deviance than athletes in the past because

A social constructionist approach to deviance is based on

When two college basketball players turn their back to the U.S.flag during the playing of the national anthem,they

A reason that athletes may overconform to the norms of the sport ethic is because they

The people most likely to agree with the war on doping as waged by WADA and USADA are

Athletes who engage in deviant underconformity are usually punished or cut from teams;athletes who engage in deviant overconformity are

As the term is used by sociologists,deviance

The sport ethic is linked to deviance in sports because athletes

An absolutist approach to deviance in sports is based on the assumption that

Information from inside high performance sports suggests that doping is seen as

The author describes a model of a professional athlete's career to show that

Research that high rates of alcohol use and binge drinking

When athletes collectively overconform to the norms of the sport ethic,they may develop hubris,which leads them to see themselves as separate from and superior to the rest of the community.The author explains that this hubris

After reviewing research on academic cheating the author points out that rates of cheating among athletes

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Exam 5: Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control

The sport ethic becomes a source of dangerous deviance in sports when

Studying deviance in sports presents problems in that

The author points out that the seemingly endless parade of cheating scandals in the big-time NCAA sport programs and other sport governing bodies is four factors.Which of the following is NOT one of those factors?

One of the reasons that it is difficult to study deviance in sports is that much of it involves actions grounded in

When a basketball player dribbles the ball out of bounds during a game,she has

When there is a collective sense of hubris on a team,it is likely that some athletes will

Athletes today sometimes seem to engage in more sport-related forms of deviance than athletes in the past because

A social constructionist approach to deviance is based on

When two college basketball players turn their back to the U.S.flag during the playing of the national anthem,they

A reason that athletes may overconform to the norms of the sport ethic is because they

The people most likely to agree with the war on doping as waged by WADA and USADA are

Athletes who engage in deviant underconformity are usually punished or cut from teams;athletes who engage in deviant overconformity are

As the term is used by sociologists,deviance

The sport ethic is linked to deviance in sports because athletes

An absolutist approach to deviance in sports is based on the assumption that

Information from inside high performance sports suggests that doping is seen as

The author describes a model of a professional athlete's career to show that

Research that high rates of alcohol use and binge drinking

When athletes collectively overconform to the norms of the sport ethic,they may develop hubris,which leads them to see themselves as separate from and superior to the rest of the community.The author explains that this hubris

After reviewing research on academic cheating the author points out that rates of cheating among athletes

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Sports and the Media: Could They Survive Without Each Other

Sports and Politics: How Do Governments and Global Political Processes Influence Sports

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Sports in the Future: What Do We Want Them to Be

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