Chapter 2

Question 1

What is academic discipline?

Answer 1

body of knowledge that is discovered, developed and disseminated through scholarly research and inquiry

Question 2

What is kinesiology?

Answer 2

the study of human movement

Question 3

What is Exercise Physiology?

Answer 3

the study of the body’s response to physical activity and stress

Question 4

What is Athletic Training?

Answer 4

the study and application of the prevention, analysis, treatment, and rehabilitation of sports injuries

Question 5

What does NATA stand for?

Answer 5

national athletic training association

Question 6

What is Motor Development?

Answer 6

studies the maturation and changes in motor behavior throughout life and the factors that affect them

Question 7

What did educational psychology studies in perceptual-motor development conclude?

Answer 7

• Improved motor skills lead to an enhancement of academic performance, and cognitive development positively affected skill acquisition over time
• Justifies having physical education

Question 8

What is a longitudinal study?

Answer 8

a study that takes place over a long period of time

Question 9

What is Motor Behavior?

Answer 9

a broad term that encompasses motor control, motor learning, and motor development

Question 10

What is Motor Control?

Answer 10

focuses on the integration and maturation of muscular, skeletal, and neurological functions in executing movements

Question 11

What is Motor Learning?

Answer 11

focuses on the internal processes associated with the learning of skills and movement

Question 12

Which academic discipline did motor control and motor learning grow out of?

Answer 12

psychology

Question 13

What is Sports Biomechanics?

Answer 13

focuses on the anatomical and physiological effects of natural laws and internal and external forces acting on the human body during movement

Question 14

What do biomechanists explain movement in relation to?

Answer 14

acceleration, energy, mass, power, torque, and velocity

Question 15

What technology do Biomechanists use when completing research?

Answer 15

• cinematography
• electromyography
• telemeter
• computer analysis

Question 16

What is Sport History?

Answer 16

the descriptive and analytical examination of significant people, events, organizations, and trends that shaped the past

Question 17

What are the two types of approaches used by sports historians?

Answer 17

Descriptive History and Interpretive/Analytical History

Question 18

Difference between primary and secondary sources?

Answer 18

primary sources are firsthand information from the source or person, whereas secondary sources analyze, interpret, and discuss information about the primary source

Question 19

What is Sports Management?

Answer 19

the study of theoretical and applied aspects of leading, planning, organizing, staffing, funding, and conducting sporting events

Question 20

What career options are available to sports managers?

Answer 20

• Professional Sports
• Intercollegiate Athletics
• High School Sports
• Recreation Programs
• Leisure and Travel Industry
• Private and Public Health and Sport Clubs
• Sporting Goods Businesses

Question 21

What is Sport Philosophy?

Answer 21

The study of the beliefs and values of humans as displayed within the sport and an analysis of their meaning and significance (for example: they examine the good and the bad in sport)

Question 22

What types of behavior does sports philosophy seek to understand?

Answer 22

• Ethical and unethical
• Drug use
• Unsportsmanlike conduct

Question 23

What is Sport and Exercise Psychology?

Answer 23

The study of human behavior in sport, including an understanding of the mental processes that interact with motor skill performance

Question 24

What topics do sport and exercise psychologist study?

Answer 24

• achievement motivation
• arousal
• attribution
• personality development

Question 25

What clinical interventions do sport psychologists use?

Answer 25

• relaxation training
• biofeedback
• breath control
• desensitization
• mental imaging

Question 26

What is sport sociology?

Answer 26

The study of sport as a social phenomenon and an examination of the social structures, processes, and groups within the sporting context

Question 27

What do sports sociologists investigate?

Answer 27

• sport as a game
• concepts of social mobility, class and gender stratification, status, racial and ethnic discrimination, team dynamics, social consciousness, and social values

Question 28

Humanities?

Answer 28

Help focus on the aesthetic aspects of movement, such as through art, literature, and music