Defining Leisure, Recreation, & Play

Question 1

Leisure

Answer 1

Experiences characterized by a high degree of personal engagement, intrinsic motivation, and free choice

Question 2

Three key characteristics of Leisure

Answer 2

Individuals are highly engaged in a leisure experience
Intrinsically motivated, meaning an end into itself, and not
externally motivated
Freedom from something, or freedom to have/do something

Question 3

What is the nature of leisure

Answer 3

Subjective: Definition varies from person to person
Neither “good” nor “bad”
Contextual: Definition varies from context to context

Question 4

Recreation (list of five)

Answer 4

1. Voluntary activity
2. Restores us mentally and physically
3. Provides pleasure or satisfaction
4. Dependent on work for meaning
5. Provides individual and/or societal benefits

Question 5

RECREATION AS SOCIALLY REDEEMING

Answer 5

Recreation is intended to make us happier and healthier
 Enriches our lives by providing fun/satisfaction
 Organized and supported by society to do so

Question 6

Play definition/ key characteristics

Answer 6

Appears purposeless/childlike
 Freely chosen
 Fun, has “continuation desire”
 Absorbing (losing track of time and self)
 Occurs outside the “normal” realm
 Improvisational potential

Question 7

neoteny definition

Answer 7

retaining juvenile
characteristics into adulthood;
promotes neuroplasticity