Question 1

When a basketball player dribbles the ball out of bounds during a game, she has

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A)  committed a personal foul.
B)  violated a formal norm.
C)  engaged in informal deviance.
D)  engaged in an immoral act.

Question 2

It has become difficult to determine what actions are deviant and what actions are accepted parts of athletic training today because

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A)  athletic training occurs in settings where athletes are difficult to observe.
B)  athletes tend to be less moral than other people.
C)  people in sport organizations don't care about ethical issues.
D)  all training involves surpassing limits that are accepted as normal in society.

Question 3

Research on normative overconformity suggests that if we wish to understand this form of deviance we must

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A)  study child athletes rather than adult athletes.
B)  avoid studying athletes in sports where injury rates are relatively high.
C)  critically examine the organization and dynamics of elite sport cultures.
D)  try to identify personality defects in athletes who overconform to norms.

Question 4

Historical data suggests that most substance use and abuse among athletes is due to

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A)  overconformity to the sport ethic among athletes.
B)  a lack of dedication among athletes.
C)  defective socialization among athletes.
D)  a lack of moral character among athletes.

Question 5

Information from inside high performance sports suggests that doping is seen as

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A)  a normal part of the process of training, recovery, and competition.
B)  an indication of moral corruption and weak moral character.
C)  a management driven strategy to control athletes
D)  something that fans expect and encourage.

Question 6

The people most likely to agree with the war on doping as waged by WADA and USADA are

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A)  professional athletes.
B)  retired professional athletes.
C)  believers in the great sport myth.
D)  people who believe that sports are for leisure only

Question 7

When there is a collective sense of hubris on a team, it is likely that some athletes will

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A)  feel a sense of entitlement in the general community.
B)  become social activists and community leaders.
C)  feel a special need to follow the law in the general community.
D)  question the loyalty and commitment of their teammates.

Question 8

Anarchy is the social condition that exists when

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A)  people use an absolutist approach to deviance.
B)  law enforcement officers are overtrained.
C)  supranormal actions are out of control.
D)  widespread underconformity creates general lawlessness.

Question 9

The author suggests that doping control will not be successful until

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A)  the culture and structure of high performance sports are changed.
B)  efforts are made to eliminate sexism and homophobia in sports.
C)  athletes get over their extreme fears of new technology in sports.
D)  local police and the FBI join forces with sport organizations.

Question 10

According to the author, winning is important to long time professional athletes because they

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A)  have made commitments to their coaches.
B)  are addicted to their own celebrity status.
C)  don't want to disappoint their fans.
D)  want to remain in their sports.

Question 11

Deviance may involve underconformity or overconformity to norms.The author explains that deviance involving overconformity is

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A)  harmless.
B)  so rare that it cannot be studied scientifically.
C)  based on unquestioned acceptance of norms.
D)  is generally uncontrollable.

Question 12

Information on institutional corruption in sports is scarce partly because gathering that information

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A)  is tedious and dangerous.
B)  does not interest sociologists or investigative journalists.
C)  is not important to the future of sports..
D)  requires research skills that neither sociologists nor journalists possess.

Question 13

Research on sport participation and general delinquency rates generally shows that delinquency rates among athletes are

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A)  often lower than rates for other students from similar backgrounds.
B)  always higher than rates among other students from similar backgrounds.
C)  lower than rates among other students only for football players.
D)  higher among golfers and tennis players than among football players.

Question 14

The most effective way to control deviant overconformity is to

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A)  help athletes set limits when conforming to the norms of the sport ethic.
B)  teach coaches learn more effective ways to discipline athletes.
C)  establish policies of zero tolerance of any form of deviance.
D)  hire police officers to speak with athletes about the cost of crime.

Question 15

The sport ethic becomes a source of dangerous deviance in sports when

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A)  athletes raise too many questions about its meaning.
B)  people in sports don't set boundaries to limit overconformity to the ethic.
C)  athletes reject the norms of the sport ethic and make up their own rules.
D)  referees do not take the sport ethic seriously when they enforce rules.

Question 16

According to the career model discussed in the chapter, when long time professional athletes retire from full time, year round training and competition and re-enter the "ordinary world," they

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A)  quickly embrace previously held identities.
B)  find it difficult to become normal in that world.
C)  enjoy the relative peacefulness of everyday life.
D)  usually return to amateur competition in their sport. B

Question 17

Sport programs that are designed as "interventions" for "at risk youth" are seldom successful because they

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A)  are managed by people who have no knowledge of crime and delinquency.
B)  do nothing to change the conditions in which these youth live their lives.
C)  attract the young people with the most serious criminal records.
D)  force young people to reject the communities where they live. B

Question 18

People using an absolutist approach tend to

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A)  see deviance as located in the person who engages in it.
B)  resist "get tough" strategies for controlling deviance.
C)  argue that we need fewer rules in sports.
D)  see normative boundaries as changeable.

Question 19

The athletes most likely to overconform to the norms of the sport ethic are those who see achievement as their only way to get ahead and those who have

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A)  identities based on what they do and who they know outside of sports.
B)  agents who have negotiated special performance clauses in their contracts.
C)  a low physical tolerance for pain and a desire to avoid risks in sports.
D)  a strong need to be accepted as athletes by their peers in sports.

Question 20

The model of a professional athlete's career shows that when athletes move from the amateur level to the professional level in a sport like cycling, they

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A)  focus exclusively on maintaining their overall health and well-being.
B)  learn that overconformity to the norms of the sport ethic is deviant.
C)  train so intensely that it causes physiological damage to their bodies.
D)  avoid using technologies that their competitors don't use. C

Exam 5: Deviance in Sports: Is It Out of Control

When a basketball player dribbles the ball out of bounds during a game, she has

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It has become difficult to determine what actions are deviant and what actions are accepted parts of athletic training today because

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Research on normative overconformity suggests that if we wish to understand this form of deviance we must

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Historical data suggests that most substance use and abuse among athletes is due to

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Information from inside high performance sports suggests that doping is seen as

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The people most likely to agree with the war on doping as waged by WADA and USADA are

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When there is a collective sense of hubris on a team, it is likely that some athletes will

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Anarchy is the social condition that exists when

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The author suggests that doping control will not be successful until

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According to the author, winning is important to long time professional athletes because they

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Deviance may involve underconformity or overconformity to norms.The author explains that deviance involving overconformity is

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Information on institutional corruption in sports is scarce partly because gathering that information

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Research on sport participation and general delinquency rates generally shows that delinquency rates among athletes are

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The most effective way to control deviant overconformity is to

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The sport ethic becomes a source of dangerous deviance in sports when

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According to the career model discussed in the chapter, when long time professional athletes retire from full time, year round training and competition and re-enter the "ordinary world," they

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Sport programs that are designed as "interventions" for "at risk youth" are seldom successful because they

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People using an absolutist approach tend to

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The athletes most likely to overconform to the norms of the sport ethic are those who see achievement as their only way to get ahead and those who have

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The model of a professional athlete's career shows that when athletes move from the amateur level to the professional level in a sport like cycling, they

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