Chapter 2

Question 1

The Deeper Game’s Points of Understanding

Answer 1

1. Social and cultural contexts in which sports exist
2. Connections between those contexts and sports
3. Social worlds that people create as they participate in sports
4. Experiences of individuals and groups associated with those social worlds
5. Organization of sports and how people are influenced by sports

Question 2

Social Research

Answer 2

Investigations in which we seek answers to questions about social worlds by systematically gathering and analyzing data

Question 3

Social Theories

Answer 3

Logically interrelated explanations of the actions and relationships of human beings and the organization and dynamics of social worlds.

Question 4

Personal Theories

Answer 4

Summaries of our ideas about and explanations of social life and the contexts in which it occurs.