Deck 3: Sport and North American Culture and Values Main Themes

Question 1

Sport is one of the most powerful contributors to the ideology of the openness of American society and the meritocratic social order based on hard work.

Answer 1

True

Question 2

According to a recent Gallup values and beliefs survey, Americans are more than twice as likely to rate the state of moral values in the United States as "poor" rather than as "excellent" or "good."

Answer 2

True

Question 3

Locker-room slogans used by coaches tend to reinforce and reproduce American values.

Answer 3

True

Question 4

Sport and American values are so intertwined that any attack on sport is often interpreted as unpatriotic.

Question 5

The relationship between American values and sport is essentially one way; values affect sport rather than sport affecting the values.

Question 6

Functionalism views sport as almost a sacred activity that socializes participants about competition values.

Question 7

The aggressiveness of humans appears to be universal as seen by the stress on competition found in all societies.

Question 8

Conformity is a characteristic of all societies.

Question 9

Sports reinforce success values for athletes but have little effect on spectators.

Question 10

There are three related, highly valued ways to succeed in North American society, and one of these is immediate gratification.

Question 11

Both feminist and racial theorists share hegemony theorists' interpretation of the social production of cultural values.

Question 12

When winning is the primary standard for evaluation in sport, one of the negative consequences is a tendency to evaluate people by their accomplishments rather than their human qualities.

Question 13

A recent national survey found that over 50 percent of US adults believe that hyper-emphasis on winning is a serious issue in American sport.

Question 14

The authors of the textbook emphasize that the work ethic has no relation to the sports ethic.

Question 15

The most commonly used criterion to measure success in North American society is

A) wealth.
B) power.
C) social acceptance.
D) organizational memberships.

Question 16

Two values that are especially inconsistent with each other are

A) success and progress.
B) materialism and external conformity.
C) individual achievement and external conformity.
D) success and hard work.

Question 17

The heavy emphasis on winning in North America

A) is a natural phenomenon.
B) is a cultural phenomenon.
C) is present in all human societies.
D) was transplanted from primitive societies.

Question 18

The foundation of the capitalist economic system is

A) strong central government.
B) competition.
C) cooperation.
D) family values.

Question 19

Which North American value orientation does the following cliché best illustrate? "It's not the size of the dog in the fight but the size of the fight in the dog."

A) Success in competition
B) Progress
C) Materialism
D) External conformity

Question 20

The tremendous popularity of sport in North America is most likely a consequence of

A) the conditions of mass society that encourage individuals to identify with a cause.
B) the emphasis by the media.
C) the close relationship between North American sports and North American values.
D) All of the above

Question 21

Some coaches have violated National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations by

A) arranging to have transcripts altered.
B) enrolling athletes in classes they never attended.
C) allowing substitutes to take admissions tests for athletes.
D) illegally using government work-study funds for athletes.
E) All of the above

Question 22

How do Zuni Indians treat a runner who habitually wins?

A) He is disbarred from running.
B) He is given gold and silver.
C) He is allowed to choose any female in the tribe as his wife.
D) He is killed.

Question 23

Identify three of the six most dominant American values that were described in your textbook and explain how each is manifested in society and in sport.

Question 24

Summarize the major points of the report in Box 3.2 titled "Two Athletes at the Rio Olympic Games" and then discuss the values exhibited. Finally, summarize your reaction to the report.

Question 25

According to the textbook, "coaches do all they can to socialize their athletes with the value orientation that winning is the most admired achievement in sport." Describe and discuss several of the ways discussed in your text that coaches do that.

Question 26

According to the textbook, "conformity is highly valued in North American sport." Describe and discuss the ways and means by which conformity is valued in sport.

Question 27

"By playing, watching, and reading about sports, children and adults are socialized into America's dominant values." Assuming that this statement is true, explain how this is accomplished.

Question 28

In an essay on values and sport, demonstrate how sport is a window on society.

Question 29

Identify three of the six most dominant American values that were described in your textbook and explain how each is manifested in society and in sport.

Question 30

Summarize the major points of the report in Box 3.2 titled "Two Athletes at the Rio Olympic Games" and then discuss the values exhibited. Finally, summarize your reaction to the report.

Question 31

According to the textbook, "coaches do all they can to socialize their athletes with the value orientation that winning is the most admired achievement in sport." Describe and discuss several of the ways discussed in your text that coaches do that.

Question 32

According to the textbook, "conformity is highly valued in North American sport." Describe and discuss the ways and means by which conformity is valued in sport.

Question 33

"By playing, watching, and reading about sports, children and adults are socialized into America's dominant values." Assuming that this statement is true, explain how this is accomplished.

Question 34

In an essay on values and sport, demonstrate how sport is a window on society.