Sports and Aging - week 23

Question 1

‘SPORT’

Answer 1

well-established, officially governed, competitive physical activities in which participants are motivated by internal and external rewards

Question 2

FUNCTIONALIST ON SPORTS

Answer 2

• sports as a form of social solidarity
• How do sports bring people together?

Question 3

CONFLICT THEORISTS ON SPORTS

Answer 3

• the dynamics of capitalist economic systems shape all institutions, sports included
• owner/player disagreements - exploitation of athletes

Question 4

SYMBOLIC INTERACTIONISTS ON SPORTS

Answer 4

• meaning-making through interactions in sports
• wearing varsity apparel as a status symbol (queens sports backpacks)

Question 5

THE LIFE-COURSE PERSPECTIVE (Moody & Sasser 2018)

Answer 5

• We cannot understand what old age means unless we understand it as part of the entire course of human life
• measuring it against other time periods in life