Test 4

Question 1

An attempt to distinguish differences in the nature of games and pay fall most nearly under which philosophic area?

Answer 1

Metaphysics

Question 2

Patch Adams would most likely to agree with which one of the following claims?

Answer 2

Humor complements traditional forms of medial intervention, it can have a real impact on health

Question 3

Which of the following, according to Zen Buddhism, best describes the suffering faced by human beings. People suffer because…

Answer 3

they cannot quite their ego.

Question 4

For Group Project #3, you were asked to provide a holistic metaphor for a person. Which of the following does the best job of depicting “mindbody”?

Answer 4

A long island ice tea

Question 5

The two fundamental philosophic ways of regarding the body are:

Answer 5

Body as object vs. body as subject

Question 6

Which of the following was not a conclusion drawn from the body survey we took in class?

Answer 6

Men tend to objectify their bodies more often basically, are tougher on themselves than women are on themselves.

Question 7

Play is mostly…

Answer 7

Doing something caring how the project turns out, but choosing the project freely. Play can be serious but one cannot be force to play.

Question 8

A game is…

Answer 8

An invented problem

Question 9

True/False: Kretchmar speculated that play came before games in human evolution and that play requires less intelligence, but he also argued that there is no credible evidence to suggest that this is true. One could argue just as easily that games before play.

Answer 9

True

Question 10

True/False: Kretchmar argued that play provides a stronger motivation for persistence than work. Because of this, he suggested that it is follhardy to present physical activity to our patients as a duty, a necessity, that is, as work. In other words we do not need activity as work in our professional toolbox.

Answer 10

False

Question 11

True/False: Kretchmar argued that work cannot be intrinsically satisfying.

Answer 11

False

Question 12

The relationship between games and rules is…

Answer 12

games are produced by their rules

Question 13

In the text it was argued that the stimuli for the invention of games by our ancestors in the Upper Paleolithic Era were..

Answer 13

Efficiency and boredom

Question 14

True/False: It is logically impossible to be at play and in competition at the same time.

Answer 14

False

Question 15

A good problem that is most likely to produce deep games is…

Answer 15

Not too hard and not too easy

Question 16

Which is the preferred method for promoting play among children, as argued in the text and class lecture?

Answer 16

Acquaint children with a limited number of playgrounds, but spend considerable time with each one. teach the skills, attitudes, history, and culture of the playground.