RST 100 Study Guide - Final Guide: Civilian Conservation Corps, Job Satisfaction, Motivation
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6 May 2016
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RST 100 – Society and
Leisure
Final Exam Study Guide
University of Illinois- Fall 2015
Thursday, August 27, 2015
Intro to Leisure (ch 2)
-What is leisure?
•provides benefits important to life satisfaction & quality of life (aka happiness)
•freedom from work or other commitments (i.e. if someone is competitive but they
can't be competitive at work, they may do things in their leisure time that are
competitive)
•leisure means diff things to diff people
-free time, happiness, internal satisfaction, freedom of choice, not work-related,
recreation, play (not just for kids), sports, travel, etc
•Two Central Determinants of Leisure
-Intrinsic Motivation: motivation based on enjoyment or interest
•occurs when activity is done/desired for its own sake - doing it b/c you want to
•only a portion of leisure activities occur without some degree of extrinsic
motivation
•to be leisure, SOME aspect of intrinsic motivation must be present
-Perceived Motivation/Freedom:
•occurs when initiation of behavior is attributed to yourself
•sense of freedom - you are free to choose whether to continue or discontinue
without repercussions.
-over-justification effect: intrinsic motivation decreases after being rewarded.
Starts with high intrinsic motivation.
•www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPDCdGgjxfc
•Leisure vs. Free time
-not synonymous terms, exactly
-much of our free time is not leisure
-“leisure is a small island in a sea of free time” - the bigger the island, the happier
you’ll be
•The most important activities are spent with other people (friends/family)
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Thursday, August 27, 2015
•“leisure time” is time for developing and building relationships - social capital
•DEFINITIONS
-Free time - “leisure is the weekend” - Free time from obligations
-Activity - “Leisure is playing basketball” - Non-work experience
-State of mind/Attitude (leisure can sometimes not be enjoyable - i.e. prof
athletes)
•sports can become a job and then sport becomes extrinsic as well as
intrinsic
-Why study leisure? Why is it important?
•Economic value
-RST events/faculties have public relations value (demonstrate to residents that
they live in a vibrant community)
•museums, lakefront, sports teams, etc
-presence of RST events help communities attract businesses
•Personal value
-personal resources/income designated for RST
-time devoted to leisure (retirement years, vacations, weekends, evenings
-Leisure is important because it is important to us on a very personal level
•allows us to become and be ourselves
•allows us to develop and maintain relationships with others
•allows us to have a full and rich life (quality of life)
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