REC105 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Grazia, Liminality, Collective Effervescence
5 Jun 2018
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Hi Folks,
The midterm consists of
a)
20 multiple-choice questions at 2 points for 40 marks (40%)
b)
2 short paragraph answer questions at 10 points each for 20 marks (20%) (There will be a
choice of questions to answer).
c)
4 definitions at 5 points for 20 marks (20%) (there will be a choice of what to define)
d)
1 question at 20 marks (20%) on reflexivity.
The exam will cover all lecture material, class discussions, documentary films and assigned book
chapters up to and including the week on Tourism. articles with the exception of Chapter 32. In
particular play close attention to the lecture slides.
Everything from the assigned readings, to the lectures, to the debates is fair game for this
exam. You should know theorists’ names and the sociological perspective or concepts they are
associated with. You need to be able to understand and to define social control and its types.
All the best with this.
Dr. Svenson
P.S. I will not be posting the answers to the multiple-choice samples. You need to seek out the
answers. Some of them may be on the midterm. Some other questions will be very similar but
you need to be able to think your way through them. As with all multiple choice, choose the best
answer.
Ch. 3 Economics
Key terms: cost-benefit analysis, externality, quantity, price, elasticity
灵活性
CIW lecture: well-being, gdp – GS Note 3
Well-being: good living standards, robust health, live in a sustainable
environment, high levels of democratic participation, have access to
and participation in leisure activities.
GDP:
cost-benefit analysis:
systematic approach to estimating the strengths and
weaknesses of alternatives. Also a systematic process for
calculating and comparing benefits and costs of a decision
or a project.
people are willing to pay for leisure activities which
produce diverse private and social benefits.
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Externality: an unintended effect of an individual’s consumption
on the benefits or costs of an uninvolved the party.
Price: economic value of some leisure activity would
depend on direct cost of participating
Elasticity: how the quantity of good (or service) demanded may shift
in response to changes in another variable such as household income,
or the price of related goods.
- Own-price Elasticity= (% change in quantity of good/service demand)/ (% change in
price)
- Income Elasticity= (% change in quantity of good/service demand)/ (% change in
income)
- Cross-price Elasticity= (% change in quantity of good/service demand)/ (% change in
price of good)
1.
List and describe one cultural effect, one demographic effect, and one personal effect on
demand for leisure products or services
Cultural, Demographic and Personal Effects on Demand
- Across the world: Various leisure activities will be associated with certain cultures
and countries
- On a personal level: an individual’s tastes may change according to ages
- Consumers will have higher demand for services and experiences that they deem to be
of higher quality
Branding can help
Immigration come to Canada
2.
How is climate change an externality? Give an example from the class lecture of how climate
change has impacted a leisure practice.
Greenhouse
3.
With regards to studying leisure what are the strengths of economics as a discipline? What
are its limitations?
- Leisure phenomena will be enhanced with an interdisciplinary research approach but the
lack of cross-fertilization if often criticized in the field.
- The evaluation of the economic impact maybe biased and use improper methodologies to
inflate results.
- Benefit transfer
Strength:
(1) Useful when understanding demand for leisure
(2) Scope of leisure economy
(3) Help society make more effective policy and project decisions
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Weakness
(1) Lack of application of concepts from other disciplines to promote understanding of
leisure behavior
(2) Economic impact reports tend to be based and use improper methodologies to inflate
results
(3) Valuation tools adopted based on assumption that individuals fully process information
with unlimited information processing capabilities
(4) Transfer of benefits inevitable 必然的 generates transfer error
1)
For economists, increasing consumption of leisure goods and services leads to b
levels of satisfaction
a.
lower
b.
higher
c.
no change in
d.
None of above is correct
2)
Measuring the economic value of specific leisure activities requires three kinds of data:
a.
price, cost, elasticity
b.
quantity, price, elasticity
c.
elasticity, cost, quantity
d.
none of the above
3)
According to the CIW, what three domains are most critical to the quality of community
life?
a.
education, environment, living standards
b.
community vitality, democratic engagement, time use
c.
leisure and culture, time use, environment
d.
leisure and culture, community vitality, environment
e.
none of the above
time use, leisure and culture, and community vitality 活力
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Document Summary
The exam will cover all lecture material, class discussions, documentary films and assigned book chapters up to and including the week on tourism. articles with the exception of chapter 32. In particular play close attention to the lecture slides. Everything from the assigned readings, to the lectures, to the debates is fair game for this exam. You should know theorists" names and the sociological perspective or concepts they are associated with. You need to be able to understand and to define social control and its types. I will not be posting the answers to the multiple-choice samples. Some of them may be on the midterm. Some other questions will be very similar but you need to be able to think your way through them. As with all multiple choice, choose the best answer. Key terms: cost-benefit analysis, externality, quantity, price, elasticity. Ciw lecture: well-being, gdp gs note 3.
