Deck 5: Sport, Social Stratification, and Social Mobility 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

Systems of social stratification are systems of structured inequality.

Answer 2

True

Question 3

A career in professional sports is fairly easily obtained if the individual has a real dedication to becoming a pro athlete.

Answer 3

False

Question 4

In boxing, those who make it to the top typically maintain their high social status when they quit or lose their championship.

Question 5

Pseudosport depends in very large measure on the interest and attendance of blue-collar workers and their families.

Question 6

Research on sports participation shows that the lower the socioeconomic status of the individual, the more likely the person is to be actively engaged in sport and exercise.

Question 7

High-income, high-education, and high-status occupational groups have the highest rates of active attendance at sports events.

Question 8

The greatest contribution that sports participation has with regard to upward social mobility is through the opportunities that some athletes are given to extend their formal education.

Question 9

High school sport participation provides an avenue for upward social mobility for athletes from low-income families because about 40 percent of high school athletes are awarded an athletic scholarship.

Question 10

According to figures reported in your textbook, fewer than 15 percent of recruited athletes in Division I schools failed to meet the regular admission standards of their universities.

Question 11

Women have the majority of coaching positions for women's intercollegiate sports teams.

Question 12

The the social class, the one is to participate in violent/aggressive sport.

A) higher, more likely
B) higher, less likely
C) lower, less likely
D) None of the above

Question 13

The average length of a career in professional team sports of those who make it as a pro is

A) one to two years.
B) three to five years.
C) eight to ten years.
D) twelve to fifteen years.

Question 14

Members of the upper social classes tend to engage in sports more frequently than members of the lower classes.

A) individual
B) contact
C) pseudo
D) team

Question 15

measures the changes in an individual's social status through her or his life.

A) Intergenerational mobility
B) Intragenerational mobility
C) Exogenous mobility
D) Endogenous mobility

Question 16

Which of the following has the highest rates of sport participation?

A) The working class
B) The working poor
C) The upper-middle class
D) The middle class

Question 17

The major historical pattern of sport has been that patronage

A) has been rather evenly distributed across social classes.
B) has largely been upper social class.
C) has largely been lower social class.
D) is largely unknown.

Question 18

Various forms of automobile and motorcycle racing may appeal to working-class persons because

A) artifacts of the sport are part of working-class life.
B) the machines represent excitement to persons whose work is dull and repetitious.
C) they offer persons of this class an opportunity to prove their worth in aggressive, competitive situations.
D) All of the above
E) None of the above

Question 19

The percentage of high school athletes who will receive Division I scholarships (full or partial) is approximately

A) 1 percent.
B) 5 percent.
C) 10 percent.
D) 20 percent.

Question 20

Which of the following is an example of a "prole" spectator sport?

A) track
B) professional wrestling
C) professional baseball
D) miniature golf

Question 21

Describe the ways in which preference for participation in specific sports is related to socioeconomic status.

Question 22

Based on the readings for this class, write a response to the following statement: "Participation in sport is an excellent avenue for upward social mobility in American society."

Question 23

In what ways can sport participation facilitate upward mobility? To what extent does it actually do this? Explain both parts of this question in detail.

Question 24

Describe the characteristics of sports played by the rich. Describe the characteristics of sports played by blue-collar workers.

Question 25

Why should we be wary of research findings that compare athletes with nonathletes on school achievement?