Week 3 Lecture 2

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Week 3 Lecture 2

• Inter-, Multi-disciplinary Knowledge and
  Kinesiology

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Theory of Questioning

• 4 levels of questioning
• Summary and Definition Questions
• Seeks descriptions of reality
• Analysis Questions
• Seeks comparison between theory and reality
• Hypothesis Questions
• Based on a test where reality is believed to
  extend from a theory
• Evaluation Questions
• Seeks a judgment based on a desired outcome

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Sociological Knowledge

• Sociology Defined
• The study of human organization and public
  relationships
• The Study of Order and Disorder
• Primary Assumption
• Human beings Social beings
• Analytical focuses
• Stratification
• Socialization
• Representation
• Structure versus Agency

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Sociological Variables

• Differentiation Variables
• Income, Class
• Race
• Religion
• Sex, gender, sexuality,
• Ethnicity, nationality
• Ability, age

• Behavioural Variables
• Mobility
• Accessibility
• Transgression
• Institutional Variables
• Work
• Art
• Domestic Life
• Sport

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Classical Sociology Problems for Sport Studies

• Does sport sustain gender differentiation in
  Canadian society?
• Type of Question?
• Qualitative/Quantitative

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Classical Sociological Problems for Sports Studies

• When does the institution of sport become
  influence the structure of social class?

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Classical Sociology Problems for Sport Studies

• Does sport help individuals transcend racial
  barriers?
• Type of Questions?
• Quantitative/Qualitative

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Classical Sociological Problems for Sport Studies

• Theory states that male childhood experiences of
  aggressive behaviour leads to sexually aggressive
  behaviour in adult life.
• Can we expect that early exposure to aggressive
  contact sport leads to higher incidence of sexual
  violence among these male athletes?

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Classical Sociology Problems for Sport Studies

• Can individuals find unique personal meaning in
  spite of the structures of sport?
• Type of Question?
• Quantitative/Qualitative

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Classical Disciplinary Problem for Sport Studies
Structure versus Agency
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Anthropological Knowledge

• Definition
• The study of culture within specific societies
• The study of societies and their production of
  self-knowledge reflexive knowledge
• Primary Assumption
• Teleological Paradigm human societies evolved
  from primitive to civilized
• Contemporary Paradigm societies differ based on
  the specific practices
• Analytical Focuses
• Rituals/Festivals/Spectacles
• Practices of Everyday Life
• Social Transitions

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Anthropological Variables

• Differentiation Variables
• Income, Class
• Race
• Religion
• Sex, gender, sexuality,
• Ethnicity, nationality
• Ability, age

• Institutional Variables
• Work
• Art
• Domestic Life
• Sport

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Anthropological Variables

• Behavioural Variables
• Rituals/festivals/ spectacles
• Eating/ drinking/ working/ leisure
• Sex/ courting

• Human Variables
• Collective Identity
• Individual Identity
• Presentation of Self
• Representation of Self
• Embodiment
• Time and Space

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Gathering Information Theory

• Personal Experience
• Example?
• Interviews/ Surveys/ Observations
• Examples?
• Printed/Published/preserved Materials
• Examples?