FINAL Flashcards

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  1. Why do we work?
A

Homo faber & homo luden

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What is Homo faber & homo luden?

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Homo faber- we naturally want to work. Human as player.

Homo ludens- we naturally want to play- human as player.

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What are the three ways of comparing work and leisure?

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Pro-leisure perspective, pro-work perspective, neutral view

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What is the pro-leisure perspective?

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workaholism: compulsive about work.

play-aversion: applying behaviors of work to leisure

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What is the pro-work perspective?

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Work is the central-life interest and life identity.

Identity connected to work; think work is noble

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What is the neutral view?

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Balancing leisure and work using downshifting

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What is downshifting?

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To simplify or reduce one’s expectation or commitments, especially in work hours

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What are the economic consequences of leisure?

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Harried Leisure class

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What is the Harried Leisure Class?

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spending money for leisure thus spoiling leisure, making us feel frantic

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Leisure effects and is..

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Standard of living
Driver of capitalism
Promoter of consumerism

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What are the different types of time?

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Cyclical time, mechanical time biological time, cultural time

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What is cyclical time?

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Time experienced as constant and returning

ex: four seasons

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What is mechanical time?

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Time paced by machine, enabling a linear precise division of the day into equal parts and a linear perception of it’s passing

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What is biological time?

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Time controlled by biological processes

  • Endogenous rhythms
  • Circadian clock
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What are endogenous rhythms?

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Timing generated within an organism

Ex: heartbeat

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What is a circadian rhythm?

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Daily rhythm of activity and rest

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What is cultural time?

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Time dictated by the values of a group

  • Monochronic groups
  • Polychromic groups
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What are monochronic groups?

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Cultures in which time is organized horizontally; schedules and deadlines are valued over people

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What are polychromic groups

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Cultures in which time is organized horizontally; people tend to do several things at once and value relationships over schedule

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What factors shape how time is used for leisure?

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Personal perception of free time
	Privilege
	Opportunity
	Empty space
	Personal amount of free time- TIME FAMINE
Temporal Displacement
A cultures time sufficiency
Time urgency
Time deepening
Time saving devices= micro-boredom
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21
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What is time a time famine?

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Having insufficient free time

22
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What is temporal displacement?

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Altering time of events as reaction to adverse changes at a recreation resource

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What is time urgency?

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Feeling rushed

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What is time deepening?

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Doing multiple activities at the same time without fully experience any of them

25
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What is micro boredom?

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Ever smaller slices of free time from which mobile technology offers an escape

26
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What are the goals of the local gov. when it comes to leisure?

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Meeting the needs wants and desires of the population

27
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What types of funding are there?

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  • Compulsory resource- the taxes we pay, fines
  • Earned income- pay to get into; rental fees
  • Contractual Receipts- long term contract w/ another entity
  • Financial assistant- grants, donation
28
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What types of regulation are there?

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Special park and recreation laws
Regulatory laws
Enabling laws
Special district laws
Home rule
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What do special park and recreation laws do?

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Empower local community to provide services

30
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What do regulatory laws do?

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Control park and recreation services to protect individuals

EX: how pools are run

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What are enabling laws?

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Allow local branch of gov. to own, operate, and manage park and recreation

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What are special district laws?

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Cities can set up own programs not owned by gov

33
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What are home rules?

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Local gov controls park and recreation services they provide

34
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Municipal Government

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Local township or city
Provides resources for the community
EX: basketball courts, playgrounds, rec leagues

35
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County Government

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Liason between state and local community
Provides services that local government can’t provide
EX: larger parks, hiking trails

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Special District

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Separate from government
Not payed through taxes
Some funding from the city & other funds
Not influenced or controlled by government

37
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What are the goals and functions of the state government recreation services?

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Legislation- acquiring land, financing, development of land

Coordination between federal and local govs.
Federal makes decisions about financing and local gov distributes the money

Creation of standards and certifications EX: hunting

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What is a resource base?

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Where money comes from
Taxes
Fees and charges (entrance fees, etc.)
Federal funds
Endowments and trusts
Sales Revenue
39
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Outdoor recreation and resources

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State Parks
State Forests
State Fish & Wildlife Agencies
Trail Systems

40
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Tourism promotion

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Increased revenue from taxes

More jobs for state residents

41
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Other Recreation Services

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Correctional Institutions 
State Hospitals and Institutions 
Care and Activity Centers
Substance Abuse & Chemical Dependency Prog.
Museums
Fair grounds
Cultural programs and facilities
42
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Intrapersonal

Interpersonal

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Intrapersonal is interactions with other people
EX: no one to do it with
Interpersonal- personal ideas of beliefs
EX: men shouldn’t do ballet

43
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What does the federal government recreation services do?

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Provide services at low cost to meet our basic need.

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What are the goals of the federal government and recreation services?

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◦Providing land, services and program for our recreational use
◦Direct Management of outdoor recreation services
◦Direct management of recreation programs
◦Regulations and standards
◦Open space and park development program assistance
◦Research and technical assistance
◦Promotion of recreation as an economic function
◦Advisory and financial assistance
◦Conservation and resource reclamation

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What is a Resource Base?

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◦Appropriated funds
◾Money provided by the federal government
◦Non-appropriated funds
◾Special grants and donations recreation services received

46
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Federal Agencies

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◦US Forest Service
◦National Park Service
◾Preserve historic sites and provides land
◦Bureau of Land Management
◦US Fish and Wildlife Service
◾Make regulations
◦National Endowment for the Arts
◦Veterans Affairs
◾Provide recreation services for veterans 
◦MWR Services
◦Bureau of Indian Affairs
47
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What is the goal of Commercial Recreation?

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Make money

48
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Types of Commercial Recreation?

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•Commercial Recreation
◦recreation related products for the purposes
of making money
Xbox 1, PS4
•Commercialized Public Recreations
◦a government or non-profit providing services
funded by non-tax revenues
•Intrapreneurial Recreation
◦Provides new recreation services within an
existing organization
•Entrepreneurial Recreation
◦New recreation-related services and products;
taking advantage of emerging trends
◦Dave & Busters
•Ecotourism
◦Visit natural areas to study biodiversity,
improve the well-being of the local people, build
environmental and cultural awareness and
provide direct financial benefits
◦Stay in a developing country and living like they
do; fully participating
•Agrotourism
◦View farm and agricultural operations, pick
their own produce and live on a working
property
◦Pay to stay and a farm and do the work
•Sports Tourism
◦Sporting events and programs to attract people
to the area
◦Superbowl, FIFA, etc
•Cultural Tourism
◦Opportunities to experience the cultural heritage
of a locale
◦Mardi Gras

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Purpose of non-profits

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Working with specific groups of people who do not have access to certain places.

50
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What are the characteristics of non-profits?

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  • Organized- institutional present and structure
  • Private- separate from the state
  • Non-profit Distributing- do not return profits to managers or owners; do not give money back to anyone
  • Self-governing- in control of their own affairs
  • Voluntary- membership is not legally required
  • Beneficial to the public- contribute to the public good and purpose
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Goals of non-profits

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•Public Benefit
◦social outcomes across that appeal across a wide spectrum of populations
◦Benefits everyone- Red Cross
•Mutual Benefit
◦provide services to a limited number of members with common interests
◦Target specific people- boy scouts, country clubs

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What are the 4 types of non-profits?

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•Charities
    ◦Provides services and programs; immediately 
     impact the community
    ◦Soup kitchens, shelters
•Foundations
     ◦Provide funding to help get things up and 
      running
•Social Welfare Organizations
      ◦Lobbies to advance social causes
      ◦Raise awareness for a cause
•Professional Trades and Associations
       ◦Promote business and professional interests