✅Sociology of Sport Flashcards
What are the two main concerns of sociology?
Examining interactions and interdependence - the way people live in groups within society and therefore interact with others throughout their everyday lives.
Examining how human behaviour becomes controlled, e.g. via family members, friends, schools, etc.
Define society
An organised group of people associated fro some specific purpose or with a shared common interest.
How can sport be applied to a society?
Success in sport on a global scale is often viewed as an important measure of the relative status of a society or nation in the world.
E.g. National identity and pride are often achieved as a result of success at events such as the Olympics.
Define socialisation
A lifelong process where, members of a society learn its norms, values, ideas, practices and roles in order to take their place in society.
Define primary socialisation
Refers to socialisation during the early years of childhood which takes place mainly within immediate family.
Define secondary socialisation
This occurs in the later years, when family is less involved and its more friends, peers, groups and schools.
What is a key part of primary socialisation?
A key process is the internalisation of a society’s culture where individuals absorb and accept its shared norms and values.
What’s an example of secondary socialisation?
School helps by teaching important moral skills such as co-operation, teamwork and learning to take responsibility for ones own actions.
What is gender socialisation?
The act of learning to conform to culturally defined gender roles through socialisation.
Define social control
A concept that refers to the way in which people’s thoughts, feelings, appearance and behaviour are regulated in social systems.
What’s an example of modern social control?
Mild disapproval from a husband or male partner might persuade women to limit their physical activity to what they view as ‘respectable’ and therefore ‘socially acceptable’.
They might choose badminton over rugby, or aerobics over boxing if under the influence of social control.
What is an institution?
An established organisation founded for a religious, educational, professional or social purpose.
Define social change
An alteration in the social order of a society.
When does social change occur?
When institutions re-adjust to meet ‘new needs’ of groups in society such as women.
What’s an example of an attempt to bring social change?
‘This girl can’ campaign, launched by sport England, as a high profile scheme to try to bring about social changes in the way women’s participation in sport and physical activity is viewed.
