One Valid Criticism of Youth Sports Is That __________

question 62

Multiple Choice

One valid criticism of youth sports is that __________.

• A) participation in organized sports often results in psychological damage to children
• B) they substitute adult control for children's natural experimentation with rules and strategies
• C) participation in community athletic teams is the leading cause of childhood injury
• D) they often interfere with schoolwork and can cause a sharp decline in academic achievement

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Definitions:

Hazel Rose Markus

A social psychologist renowned for her research in self-schemas, and how the self is constructed in the context of social and cultural environments.

Charles Horton Cooley

an American sociologist known for his work on the looking-glass self, which describes the process by which individuals form their self-image through how they believe others view them.

Twenty Statements Test

A self-assessment tool used in social psychology which asks respondents to complete the sentence "I am..." twenty times to assess their self-conception.

Zoroastrian

A follower of Zoroastrianism, one of the world's oldest monotheistic religions, founded by the prophet Zoroaster in ancient Iran.