Question 1

The fascination with so-called 'cyborg athletes' is interesting because:

Accepted Answer

A)  Rarely do such athletes get labelled with accusations that they are cheating or have an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes 
B)  They are often understood to be less-skilled athletes who simply buy unfair performances advantages in the form of technologies 
C)  Most athletes use some form of performance enhancing technology, and these athletes are considered similarly to cyborg athletes who use wheelchairs or prosthetics 
D)  Their bodies are scrutinized in similar ways and to a similar degree as able-bodied athletes 
A)  Rarely do such athletes get labelled with accusations that they are cheating or have an unfair advantage over able-bodied athletes 
B)  They are often understood to be less-skilled athletes who simply buy unfair performances advantages in the form of technologies 
C)  Most athletes use some form of performance enhancing technology, and these athletes are considered similarly to cyborg athletes who use wheelchairs or prosthetics 
D)  Their bodies are scrutinized in similar ways and to a similar degree as able-bodied athletes

Question 2

A football player who deliberately tries to injury a star player on the opposing team in order to improve the chances of his team winning would be an example of:

Accepted Answer

A)  Positive deviance 
B)  Playing through pain 
C)  Tolerable deviance 
D)  Deviance dance 
A)  Positive deviance 
B)  Playing through pain 
C)  Tolerable deviance 
D)  Deviance dance

Question 3

To argue that there is nothing that is inherently deviant in sport in or in society is to understand deviance:

Accepted Answer

A)  As a goal-oriented rational action 
B)  Through an objectivist lens 
C)  As a psychological rather than sociological phenomenon 
D)  Through a functionalist lens 
A)  As a goal-oriented rational action 
B)  Through an objectivist lens 
C)  As a psychological rather than sociological phenomenon 
D)  Through a functionalist lens

Question 4

The government-funded public inquiry into doping n Canadian track and field after Ben Johnson's scandal in 1988 was called the:

Accepted Answer

A)  Guttman Inquiry 
B)  Mitchell Report 
C)  McLaren Report 
D)  Dubin Inquiry 
A)  Guttman Inquiry 
B)  Mitchell Report 
C)  McLaren Report 
D)  Dubin Inquiry

Question 5

A key phenomenon or issue that emerges when we stigmatize an athlete for a particular deviant act is that:

Accepted Answer

A)  It rarely leads to improved behaviour 
B)  It leads to a spoiled identity 
C)  It is consistently applied to all athletes irrespective of broader gender or racial components 
D)  It is applied absent of media influence 
A)  It rarely leads to improved behaviour 
B)  It leads to a spoiled identity 
C)  It is consistently applied to all athletes irrespective of broader gender or racial components 
D)  It is applied absent of media influence

Question 6

The relationship between alcohol and sport is interesting to sociologists. Which of the following is NOT a reason for this?

Accepted Answer

A)  Alcohol use is widespread among recreational and competitive athletes 
B)  Alcohol is widely understood as a performance enhancing substance 
C)  The alcohol industry profits heavily from sport despite the destructive abuse of alcohol in sport 
D)  Alcohol use is widespread in sport-related rituals, like hazing 
A)  Alcohol use is widespread among recreational and competitive athletes 
B)  Alcohol is widely understood as a performance enhancing substance 
C)  The alcohol industry profits heavily from sport despite the destructive abuse of alcohol in sport 
D)  Alcohol use is widespread in sport-related rituals, like hazing

Question 7

The topic of _____ in sport has been, and still is, hotly contested and deeply politicized and ideological, according to the chapter on deviance in the text.

Accepted Answer

A)  mandatory equipment 
B)  drugs 
C)  proper dress off the court, rink, etc. 
D)  public behaviour outside the game 
A)  mandatory equipment 
B)  drugs 
C)  proper dress off the court, rink, etc. 
D)  public behaviour outside the game

Question 8

Which of the following was NOT true of the Dubin Inquiry?

Accepted Answer

A)  It revealed that Ben Johnson had used steroids 
B)  It was the first full-scale examination of doping in sport that looked beyond the athlete's guilt 
C)  It failed to acknowledge the partial responsibility for doping to athlete's coaches, trainers and other consultants 
D)  It revealed that the use of performance enhancing drugs was endemic in sport 
A)  It revealed that Ben Johnson had used steroids 
B)  It was the first full-scale examination of doping in sport that looked beyond the athlete's guilt 
C)  It failed to acknowledge the partial responsibility for doping to athlete's coaches, trainers and other consultants 
D)  It revealed that the use of performance enhancing drugs was endemic in sport

Question 9

Which of the following particular field of activities are often constructed as deviant and yet heralded?

Accepted Answer

A)  team sports 
B)  individual sports 
C)  risk sports 
D)  women's sports 
A)  team sports 
B)  individual sports 
C)  risk sports 
D)  women's sports

Question 10

Types of deviance that are normalized and not interpreted by audiences as a legitimate threat to the collective moral good could be considered:

Accepted Answer

A)  Accepted deviance 
B)  Good deviance 
C)  Tolerable deviance 
D)  Positive deviance 
A)  Accepted deviance 
B)  Good deviance 
C)  Tolerable deviance 
D)  Positive deviance

The fascination with so-called 'cyborg athletes' is interesting because:

A football player who deliberately tries to injury a star player on the opposing team in order to improve the chances of his team winning would be an example of:

To argue that there is nothing that is inherently deviant in sport in or in society is to understand deviance:

The government-funded public inquiry into doping n Canadian track and field after Ben Johnson's scandal in 1988 was called the:

A key phenomenon or issue that emerges when we stigmatize an athlete for a particular deviant act is that:

The relationship between alcohol and sport is interesting to sociologists. Which of the following is NOT a reason for this?

The topic of _____ in sport has been, and still is, hotly contested and deeply politicized and ideological, according to the chapter on deviance in the text.

Which of the following was NOT true of the Dubin Inquiry?

Which of the following particular field of activities are often constructed as deviant and yet heralded?

Types of deviance that are normalized and not interpreted by audiences as a legitimate threat to the collective moral good could be considered:

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Exam 8: Deviance, Sport, and Physical Culture

The fascination with so-called 'cyborg athletes' is interesting because:

A football player who deliberately tries to injury a star player on the opposing team in order to improve the chances of his team winning would be an example of:

To argue that there is nothing that is inherently deviant in sport in or in society is to understand deviance:

The government-funded public inquiry into doping n Canadian track and field after Ben Johnson's scandal in 1988 was called the:

A key phenomenon or issue that emerges when we stigmatize an athlete for a particular deviant act is that:

The relationship between alcohol and sport is interesting to sociologists. Which of the following is NOT a reason for this?

The topic of _____ in sport has been, and still is, hotly contested and deeply politicized and ideological, according to the chapter on deviance in the text.

Which of the following was NOT true of the Dubin Inquiry?

Which of the following particular field of activities are often constructed as deviant and yet heralded?

Types of deviance that are normalized and not interpreted by audiences as a legitimate threat to the collective moral good could be considered:

Sport and Physical Culture in Canadian Society

Thinking Sociologically: Sport, Physical Culture, and Critical Theory

Sport and Physical Culture in Historical Perspective

Sport and Social Stratification

Physical Culture, Sport, Ethnicity, and Race in Canada

Sex, Gender, and Sexuality

Youth Sport and Physical Culture

Violence and Sport

Sport and Health

Sport, Media, and Ideology

Sport, Politics, and Policy

The Business of Sport

Globalization, Sport, and International Development

Sport and the Environment

Sport and the Future

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