Rick Gruneau Contends That There Are Three Notable Measures of Power

question 10

Multiple Choice

Rick Gruneau contends that there are three notable measures of power of different social groups that need to be considered in the sociology of sport. Which of the following is NOT one of these three?

• A) the capacity to institutionalize preferences in sports rules and organizations
• B) the capacity to establish sports traditions
• C) the capacity to define the range of legitimate meanings associated with dominant sports practices
• D) the capacity to determine who gets in and who is left out of both formal and informal sport

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Definitions:

Anomic Suicides

Suicides resulting from a person's inability to cope with major social changes or a breakdown in social norms, leading to feelings of disconnection.

Societal Pressures

The influence exerted by society on individuals or groups to conform to certain norms, values, or behaviors.

Thanatos

According to the Freudian view, the basic death instinct that functions in opposition to the life instinct.

Psychodynamic

An approach in psychology which emphasizes systematic study of the psychological forces that underlie human behavior, feelings, and emotions and how they might relate to early experience.