Exam 4: Social Problems and North American Sport: Violence and Substance Abuse

Athletes' rights and responsibilities are unresolved issues with regard to substance abuse in sports. Describe the features of each of these issues and discuss the efforts to resolve them.

Describe how the functionalist and conflict/cultural social theories account for social problems.

The instinct and frustration/aggression theories ground aggression/violence in biological explanations.

According to several sports authorities, the substance that athletes abuse more than Any other is

There is rather compelling evidence that the use of steroids dropped quickly once athletes realized the dangers of using them.

Most of the drug-testing programs of the various sports' governing bodies have been implemented without fully resolving

The American Declaration of Independence was a document that literally furnished the rationales for the legitimate use of violence by the colonists.

Surveys of sports fans' preferences indicate that spectator enjoyment of games is unrelated to the amount of violence in them.

Use of performance-enhancing drugs corrupts the essence of fair sporting competition.

Identify and describe several of the sociocultural forces which encourage athletes to use drugs in connection with playing sports.