A manifest function of sports is ________
a. providing recreation and physical conditioning.
b. fostering social relationships.
c. generating jobs.
d. teaching a society's way of life.
Question 2Racial discrimination in professional sports is evident today in ________
a. the positions typically played by white and black players.
b. the exclusion of African American players from professional sports.
c. the fact that most managers and team owners are African American.
d. the fact that women's sports attract less attention than men's sports.
Question 3Building social relationships and creating tens of thousands of jobs are two of the _________ of sports.
a. manifest functions
b. latent functions
c. dysfunctions
d. non-functions
Question 4A social-conflict approach to sports would be an analysis of ________
a. the way in which sports help encourage competition.
b. the importance of physical ability in success.
c. how sports reflect social inequality.
d. the different meanings people attach to games.
Question 5A limitation of the symbolic-interaction approach is that it ________
a. is not concerned with the meaning people attach to behavior.
b. is not focused on macro-level social structures.
c. does not use the sociological perspective.
d. does not focus on the widespread influence of culture.
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