SPM 5027 Exam 2- FSU
socioeconomic status - ANS-materialistic approach to the study of social class, focuses on
people's access to income, education, and occupation
social class - ANS-focus is on differences in power, discusses issues of subjugation, autonomy,
and politics; various classes- working class, middle class, owning class
ways that social class impacts sport - ANS--Access: to watch, play, or work in it
-Control: who has the ability to make decisions
-Use: what is the class approach to sport, what do we view it as a means of
habitus - ANS-the way individual's perceive the world and react to it, closely tied with the
individual's background (social class)
describe and/or explain specific reasons why soccer has experienced a growth in American
suburbs - ANS--The suburbs began to experience the impact of Title IX on sport from the late
1960s to mid 1980s when the North American Soccer League (NASL) attempted to infuse youth
soccer programs in the suburbs
-The governmental legislation indirectly led to the production of more youth sport programs for
girls in particular
-The NASL's production of youth soccer programs, along with the mandatory increase in
opportunities for girls in sport in educational institutions, stimulated the massive growth of
soccer participation during the 1980s and '90s
-Upper-middle-class parents also find soccer to be quite appropriate for their suburban boys and
girls and claim it is "good for the kids" because it emphasizes dedication and teamwork and is a
safe sport
determine how social class impacted the sport landscape for the suburban families in the study -
ANS--The suburban landscape is described as a "site of class-based power, prestige, and
privilege"
-The practices of white, upper-middle-class mothers as they mold the development of their sons
contributes to the understanding of how the structure of the suburban landscape is experienced
-The mothers ultimately embodied the suburban soccer landscape because of the dynamic
relationship between the field and habitus, placing their children in youth soccer was the "right"
thing to do and they explained that their children received benefits such as exercising, gaining
leadership skills, and being part of a team from it
describe how Swanson (2009) found soccer to provide a channel to reproduce "good boys" -
ANS-Commitment, the "right" thing to do, the agreeable sport (with social class), the "good boy"
(around families and friends like them, similar to socioeconomic means), influenced by the
"good coach"
socioeconomic status - ANS-materialistic approach to the study of social class, focuses on
people's access to income, education, and occupation
social class - ANS-focus is on differences in power, discusses issues of subjugation, autonomy,
and politics; various classes- working class, middle class, owning class
ways that social class impacts sport - ANS--Access: to watch, play, or work in it
-Control: who has the ability to make decisions
-Use: what is the class approach to sport, what do we view it as a means of
habitus - ANS-the way individual's perceive the world and react to it, closely tied with the
individual's background (social class)
describe and/or explain specific reasons why soccer has experienced a growth in American
suburbs - ANS--The suburbs began to experience the impact of Title IX on sport from the late
1960s to mid 1980s when the North American Soccer League (NASL) attempted to infuse youth
soccer programs in the suburbs
-The governmental legislation indirectly led to the production of more youth sport programs for
girls in particular
-The NASL's production of youth soccer programs, along with the mandatory increase in
opportunities for girls in sport in educational institutions, stimulated the massive growth of
soccer participation during the 1980s and '90s
-Upper-middle-class parents also find soccer to be quite appropriate for their suburban boys and
girls and claim it is "good for the kids" because it emphasizes dedication and teamwork and is a
safe sport
determine how social class impacted the sport landscape for the suburban families in the study -
ANS--The suburban landscape is described as a "site of class-based power, prestige, and
privilege"
-The practices of white, upper-middle-class mothers as they mold the development of their sons
contributes to the understanding of how the structure of the suburban landscape is experienced
-The mothers ultimately embodied the suburban soccer landscape because of the dynamic
relationship between the field and habitus, placing their children in youth soccer was the "right"
thing to do and they explained that their children received benefits such as exercising, gaining
leadership skills, and being part of a team from it
describe how Swanson (2009) found soccer to provide a channel to reproduce "good boys" -
ANS-Commitment, the "right" thing to do, the agreeable sport (with social class), the "good boy"
(around families and friends like them, similar to socioeconomic means), influenced by the
"good coach"
