Module 1

Question 1

What is Sociology?

Answer 1

Sociology, simply stated, is the study of social life, including all forms of interactions and relationships

Question 2

What are Power-Relations?

Answer 2

Relations that either enable or constraint who you are

Question 3

What is an Authority Figure?

Answer 3

Refers to asymmetrical power relations between an individual or group (e.g., relations between coach-athlete, parent-child, teacher-student)

Question 4

What are Ideology & power relations?

Answer 4

Refers to power relations embedded within social structures in society (e.g., class, gender or race)

Question 5

Power in sport is the ability to:

Answer 5

1. Structure sport in preferred ways
2. Establish selective sports traditions
3. Define legitimate practices and
   meanings of sport

Question 6

What is a Sport?

Answer 6

“any formally organized, competitive activity that involves vigorous physical exertion or execution of complex physical skills with rules enforced by a regulatory body”

Sport is a social construction, which is to say that the structures, meanings and traditions of sport are always changing over time.