Sport, Culture and Society

Question 1

Define the term culture

Answer 1

The ideas, customs, and social behaviour of a particular people or society.

Question 2

Define the term society

Answer 2

the aggregate of people living together in a more or less ordered community.

Question 3

Define the term social institution

Answer 3

Group of people with a common purpose. Social institutions include:
- Family
- Education
- Government
- Religion

Question 4

Define the term socialisation

Answer 4

The process by which someone learns society’s norms and values.

Question 5

Identify and explain two types of socialisation

Answer 5

Primary socialisation – learning norms and values of society from family

Secondary socialisation – learning norms and values of society from education, religion etc.)

Question 6

Define social control

Answer 6

Social control is the active or passive process of a group/society regulating itself based on its norms, values and customs.

Question 7

Summarise how sport can be used as a means of social control

Answer 7

• Individuals must abide by rules
• Rule breaks are punished

Question 8

Define national identity

Answer 8

National identity is defined as ‘a sense of a nation as a cohesive whole and represented by distinctive traditions, culture, and language’.

Question 9

Identify the 4 roles of sport within society

Answer 9

1. Social Control
2. Social Institution
3. Socialisation
4. National pride

Question 10

What is an example of a social institution within sport?

Answer 10

National governing bodies

Question 11

Identify 3 ways that sport generates national pride.

Answer 11

1. Bringing people together for events
2. The singing of the national anthem
3. Creation of a feel good factor
4. By creating national icons