Exam 9: Violence and Sport

Which of the following is a fair criticism of Michael Smith's categories of sports violence?

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

'The required performance of neophyte athletes of often traumatic initiation rituals in the pursuit of a new group identity and induction into a new team setting', is Young's definition of what phenomenon?

Which of the following was NOT included among the violent ancient Greek and Roman sporting events?

Which of the following were noted in the text as being crucial elements of hockey's spectator appeal?

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

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

Michael Messner suggests that male athletes commit three main forms of violence, both during and outside their sport. Which of the following is NOT one of the three forms noted By Messner?

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 degenerative brain disease that has led to hundreds of deaths in football and hockey players carried the acronym:

According to the text, during the late 19th and early 20th centuries, one of the most influential masculine ideals in North America was an aggressive version of manliness that valued:

Which of the following theories of violence in sport is rooted in biology?

"Pansification" essentially refers to:

According to Michael Smith, what is the main difference between the definitions of 'aggression' and 'violence'?

In their research considering female athletes' responses to their own pain and injury, both Charlesworth and Young, and Young and White, would argue that the difference between male and female athletes in this regard is:

If applying the _______ theoretical framework, sport-related violence would be seen to 'serve a need' and to stabilize both sport and society and consider an approved means for minimizing what some see as 'unavoidable' forms of violence.

In recent years, which of the following has the NHL NOT faced increased pressure to eliminate?

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

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

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