Kinesiology 2250A/B Study Guide - Final Guide: Light Skin, Signify, Binary Classification
22 Dec 2018
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Society: a collection of people living in a defined geographical territory and united by a political system and a shared sense of self-identification. Societal institution: persistent patterns of behaviour in the context of specific forms of organization, economic factors dominating decisions about sports. Societal determinant: individual characteristics that take on social meaning, can lead to systemic patterns of differential treatment, can impact the pa and sport experience. Culture (and context): consists of the ways of life people create as they participate in a group or society. Social construction- contestation/ struggle: gender is a social construction (made up meaning in social context, k. switzer in boston marathon. Two definitions of sport: conventional definition: institutionalized competitive activities that involve rigorous physical exertion or the use of relatively complex physical skills by participants motivated by internal and external rewards. No objectives rules for how physical an activity must be to qualify as a sport: competition, institutionalization.
