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

The heavy emphasis on winning in North America

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.

The foundation of the capitalist economic system is

"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.

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.

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

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.

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

Conformity is a characteristic of all societies.

How do Zuni Indians treat a runner who habitually wins?

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.

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."

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

Some coaches have violated National Collegiate Athletic Association regulations by