Mid-term Prep

Question 1

What is the basic unit of social life?

Answer 1

Family

Question 2

What are the customs, leisure pursuits and practices of the general population called?

Answer 2

Mass culture

Question 3

What is the primary place for recreation for most people?

Answer 3

Home

Question 4

Who are people who provide uncoerced help offered either formally or informally with at most, token pay and done for the benefit of other people?

Answer 4

volunteers

Question 5

What is the rationale for decision making related to program policy, leadership, development, and design?

Answer 5

theory driven program design

Question 6

What is the state of mind brought about by an activity freely engaged in and done for its own sake?

Answer 6

leisure

Question 7

The municipal government is responsible for the provision of recreation, this is called the…

Answer 7

public sector

Question 8

What is recreation that isn’t provided by the commercial or public sector called?

Answer 8

private

Question 9

What is the systematic explanation of some phenomena based on evidence?

Answer 9

theory

Question 10

the latin word for leisure

Answer 10

otium

Question 11

what is the delivery of recreation services and programs by the public sector, the commercial sector, and the private sector called?

Answer 11

providers

Question 12

who saw leisure as a mental and spiritual attitude; a condition of the soul?

Answer 12

joseph pieper

Question 13

What is it called when you use theory and supporting evidence to guide program development and implementation?

Answer 13

evidence based practice

Question 14

What is the act of people retreating to their homes for a significant portion of their daily lives, including recreation called?

Answer 14

cocooning

Question 15

what is an activity engaged in by children; that is culturally defined?

Answer 15

play

Question 16

what is a short-lived and pleasurable activity requiring little or no special training to enjoy it?

Answer 16

casual leisure

Question 17

leisure in all of life, a total way of life is called…

Answer 17

holistic leisure

Question 18

a fundamental part of the program planning process; involves identifying what is important or relevant in a situation or factors affecting service delivery or leisure participation

Answer 18

needs assessment

Question 19

restoration or recovery is…

Answer 19

recreation

Question 20

what requires considerable planning, effort and sometimes skill or knowledge? may include planning a special birthday party

Answer 20

project based leisure

Question 21

what is the individual gain satisfaction from the activity itself and not from an external reward

Answer 21

intrinsic motivation

Question 22

What are customs, leisure pursuits, and practices of the wealthy or elite?

Answer 22

high culture

Question 23

what are entertainment venues that follow scripted themes?

Answer 23

theme ocentric

Question 24

What are intensely absorbing experiences where the challenge of an activity matched the skill level of the individual so that the person lost track of both time and awareness of self?

Answer 24

flow

Question 25

What is the non-coerced, allocation of a certain number of minutes, hours or days to carrying out an activity?

Answer 25

discretionary time

Question 26

What are collectors, makers, tinkerers, and enthusiasts of liberal arts called?

Answer 26

hobbyists

Question 27

What is an opportunity to differentiate ourselves from others called?

Answer 27

individualism

Question 28

what is the distinctive set of shared patterns of tangible behaviour organized around a set of coherent interest or social conditions

Answer 28

lifestyle

Question 29

What are recreation opportunities provided based on the potential for creating a profit called?

Answer 29

commercial sector

Question 30

what is found in art, science, sport, and entertainment; invariably linked in a variety of ways with professional counterparts?

Answer 30

amateur

Question 31

What is the systematic pursuit of an amateur, hobbyist or volunteer activity that participants find substantial, interesting, and fulfilling that they typically launch themselves on a leisure career centred on acquiring and expressing its special skills, knowledge and experience

Answer 31

serious leisure

Question 32

what is the spirit of the community; manifested in shared attitudes, practices, values, beliefs and goals called?

Answer 32

ethos