Mid-term Prep Flashcards
What is the basic unit of social life?
Family
What are the customs, leisure pursuits and practices of the general population called?
Mass culture
What is the primary place for recreation for most people?
Home
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?
volunteers
What is the rationale for decision making related to program policy, leadership, development, and design?
theory driven program design
What is the state of mind brought about by an activity freely engaged in and done for its own sake?
leisure
The municipal government is responsible for the provision of recreation, this is called the…
public sector
What is recreation that isn’t provided by the commercial or public sector called?
private
What is the systematic explanation of some phenomena based on evidence?
theory
the latin word for leisure
otium
what is the delivery of recreation services and programs by the public sector, the commercial sector, and the private sector called?
providers
who saw leisure as a mental and spiritual attitude; a condition of the soul?
joseph pieper
What is it called when you use theory and supporting evidence to guide program development and implementation?
evidence based practice
What is the act of people retreating to their homes for a significant portion of their daily lives, including recreation called?
cocooning
what is an activity engaged in by children; that is culturally defined?
play
what is a short-lived and pleasurable activity requiring little or no special training to enjoy it?
casual leisure
leisure in all of life, a total way of life is called…
holistic leisure
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
needs assessment
restoration or recovery is…
recreation
what requires considerable planning, effort and sometimes skill or knowledge? may include planning a special birthday party
project based leisure
what is the individual gain satisfaction from the activity itself and not from an external reward
intrinsic motivation
What are customs, leisure pursuits, and practices of the wealthy or elite?
high culture
what are entertainment venues that follow scripted themes?
theme ocentric
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?
flow
What is the non-coerced, allocation of a certain number of minutes, hours or days to carrying out an activity?
discretionary time
What are collectors, makers, tinkerers, and enthusiasts of liberal arts called?
hobbyists
What is an opportunity to differentiate ourselves from others called?
individualism
what is the distinctive set of shared patterns of tangible behaviour organized around a set of coherent interest or social conditions
lifestyle
What are recreation opportunities provided based on the potential for creating a profit called?
commercial sector
what is found in art, science, sport, and entertainment; invariably linked in a variety of ways with professional counterparts?
amateur
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
serious leisure
what is the spirit of the community; manifested in shared attitudes, practices, values, beliefs and goals called?
ethos
