Chapters 5 and 6 Flashcards
Roger staubach said: From time ago, athletic cometition allowed me to _______
Handle business and life
Tom house said “Over time, importance changes in competition in that the athlete is _____”
a terminal adolescent
What is the sociology of sport?
What is happening today with athletes
What did roger staubach say was the value of competition?
- Generation
- Moral judgement
- Coping skills
- Adult Expectations
- Accountability
- Consequences of failure and success
What did Tom House say was the value of competition?
- Generation
- It’s an enabling system
- Fix it for me
- extended adolescence
- Lack of personal responsibility
- Who me?
What is the definition of competition?
A social process that occurs when rewards are given to people for how their performance compares with the performances of others during the same task or when participating in the same event
What are the three types of competition?
Vs scoreboard, mono on mono, and not against a normative scale
In the early 20th century, character was what?
A sense of personality traits
In the mid 20th century, character changed to what?
Human behavior was based on environment
There are three clusters of character in sports. What are they?
Sports and perspective taking, sports and moral reasoning, sports and motivation
What is sports and perspective taking?
1) cognitive
2) empathy
3) juvenile delinquents
What is sports and moral reasoning?
1) ethics
2) morals
What is sports and motivation?
1) motives and reasons
2) task vs ego
What is the essence of the competitive victory model?
Excellence means beat your competitors and rise above the rest
What does the competitive victory model encourage?
the best out of people
What is pushing motivation?
You push your opponents and they push you
What is cooperation?
A social process through which performance is evaluated and rewarded in terms of the collective achievement of a group of people working together to reach a particular goal
What are the negative concepts of de-competition?
1) competitors are rivals
2) Community Vs Community
3) Carter Vs Permian
In de-competition, what is common when you stretch rules?
cheating, intimidation, and bounty on players
What are the positives of competition?
enables players to be facilitators and enablers
Competition enables positive _________
character development
What is Martens View of Competition?
It’s a process that is accompanied by: attitude, disposition, ability, and motive
What does marten’s view of competition have attributes of?
experience, ability, motivation, and attitude
Motivation is _____ and _____
direction and intensity
What are the stages of competition influenced by?
external environment, feedback, external reward
What is an objective competitive situation?
A situation in which performance is compared with some standard of excellence in the presence of at least one other person who is aware of the comparison
What is a subjective competitive situation?
How the person perceives, accepts, and appraises the objective competitive situation
What is competitiveness?
Love of situations
What is win orientation?:
Beat versus improvement
Deutsch’s puzzle says that competitive situations are what?
self centered, closed communication, contain group conflict, and there is a mistrust of teammates
Deutsch’s puzzle says that cooperative situations do what?
open communication, shared information, develop friendships, solve problems
According to Deutsch, competition leads to what?
Negative view of competitor, heightened anxiety, lower productivity, aggression, disruption of communication, poor use of resources
What are the characteristics of appropriate competition?
Voluntary, winning not to a level of distress, everybody has a chance to win, and progress can be monitored