Ideologies

Question 1

what is an ideology?

Answer 1

a set of normative beliefs and values that a person or other entity has for no specific reasons

Question 2

what are some examples of sport ethic?

Answer 2

• giving priority to sport
• having the ‘proper’ attitude
• demonstrating unwavering commitment
• making sacrifices for the game
• not questioning coaches demands
• playing through pain/injury

Question 3

how is sport ethic reinforced?

Answer 3

• media broadcasts/commentary
  ex: praising athletes for coming back to game even when badly injured
• coaching decisions
  ex: praising an injured athlete for coming back to game despite larger risks
• advertising/media messages
  ex: TV commericals that glorify the ‘work’ of sport

“Just do it”

Question 4

What is deviance?

Answer 4

any scial behaviour that departs from what is regarded as ‘normal’ or socially acceptable

Question 5

what are the three theories of deviance?

Answer 5

1) Absolutist approach
2) Relativist approach
3) Alternative approach

Question 6

what is the absolutist approach (Functionalist theory)?

Answer 6

• devience is defined as failing to conform to what is ‘normal, ‘acceptable’, or ‘appropriate’
• the more it deviates from the norm, the more deviant it is
• rule violators tend to be regarded as disruptive or without morals

Question 7

what is the relativist approach (labelling theory)?

Answer 7

• deviance is a socially relative phenomenon:

influenced by how it is reported/described

• deviance is labelled by powerful groups:

power to label someone as deviant, and to stigmatize

Question 8

what is the alternative approach (positive deviance)?

Answer 8

• Under-conformity (negative deviance):

Behaviour that disregards commonly-held goals and accepted ruled

• Over-conformity (positive deviance):

Behaviour hat goas above and beyond accepted rules to the extent that is negatively affects others

ex: using drugs to enhance playing abilities