Exam 9: Violence

Violence has been part of the attraction of sport since:

Messner's most innovative element for understanding sporting violence is the way he conceptualizes _____,according to the text.

Your son engages in a fistfight while playing hockey.According to Michael Smith's categories of sports violence,this would be an example of:

According to the text,the most convincing explanation of violence in sport is the _____ theory.

Which of the following stands in contrast to catharsis theory?

Growing opposition to fighting in hockey has resulted from a greater understanding of the long-term consequences of _____.

"Pansification" essentially refers to:

Michael Smith defines _____ as any behaviour designed to injure another person,psychologically or physically.

In the late 19ᵗʰ and early 20ᵗʰ centuries,the overpresence of _____ was seen as a significant problem in the lives of boys.

You are watching a friend's daughter play soccer and see a player on her team viciously head-butt a player on the opposing team.This is an example,according to Michael Smith's categories of sports violence,of:

NHL commissioner Gary Bettman likened fighting in hockey to a thermostat that regulates the game.Based on Bettman's analogy,we could argue that he is a proponent of a variation of which of the following theories?

The most successful sports league is the United States is the _____ and in Canada the dominant sports business is the _____.

_____ is defined as a healthy venting of aggression that reduces the risk of further,more dangerous manifestations of violence.

Using Smith's categories of sports violence,a tackle in football would be considered:

The sixth and final stage of value-added theory is:

One of the most contentious issues in modern sport is the role of fighting in:

_____ suggests that people come together because of common interests or goals and use the formation for protection to engage in aggressive behaviours.

In which of the following theories of collective behaviour is it argued that people in a crowd act together as one unit and frequently engage in spontaneous and irrational action?

Your classmate argues,when discussing crowd violence,that new norms for behaviour result from messages between group members and people respond to the moods and actions of those around them.You classmate is,in all likelihood,a/an _____ theorist.

With whom do we associate the "value-added theory" of crowd behaviour?