ISBN:
9780898598759
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (391 p)
Edition:
2nd ed
Parallel Title:
Print version Sports, Games, and Play : Social and Psychological Viewpoints
DDC:
306.483
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
This updated study of sports and recreation utilizes the most current research, introducing the latest innovations and analyses in new chapters while revising and expanding chapters from the previous edition. Presenting diverse methodological and conceptual approaches, this anthology reflects the current view of sports as a "natural laboratory" for ecologically valid research. This collection contains literature reviews, innovative theories and methods, and essays on various psychological and social aspects of sports, games, and organized play
Description / Table of Contents:
Front Cover; Sports, Games, and Play; Copyright page; Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1. The Development of Make-Believe Play: Lonnie R. Sherrod and Jerome L. Singer; Definition and Development of Play; The Benefits of Make-Believe Play; Individual Variation in the Development of Make-Believe Play; Contributing Factors to Individual Differences in Pretend Play; Processes of Influence; Summary; 2. Little League Baseball as Sport, Play, and Work: Gary Alan Fine; Little League as Work; Little League as Play; The Character of Work and Play
Description / Table of Contents:
3. Moral Reasoning, Judgment, and Action in Sport: David Lyle Light Shields and Brenda Jo Light BredemeierKohlberg's Theory of Moral Development; Haan's Theory of Moral Development; Empirical Findings About Morality and Sport; 4. Motivation and Competition: Their Role in Sports: Edward L. Deci and Bradley C. Olson; Cogrlitive Evaluation Theory; Competition and Intrinsic Motivation; Summary; 5. Personality Change in the American Sport Scene: Thomas A. Tutko; Introduction; What We Believe About Athletics: The Halo and the Heaven; What We See in Athletics: The Harassment and the Hell
Description / Table of Contents:
The Reason for Change in the American Sport ScenePersonality Change: Grooming the Athlete; Change; 6. Women and Sport: Carole A. Oglesby; Introduction; Socio-Historical Context of Sport for Women; Philosophy and Guidelines of Sport-for-Women; Contemporary Developments: 1975 to the Present; Conclusion; 7. The Elderly Jock and How He Got That Way: Frank Winer; 8. The Motives of Sports Fans: Lloyd Reynolds Sloan; The Spectator/The Fan; The Development of Theories of Sport; Theories of the Impact and Function of Sport; The Effects of Winning and Losing on Cohesiveness and Group-Related Attitudes
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A Somewhat Empirical Approach to the Examination of TheoryFan's Vicarious Achievement-Seekingn and Possible Mediating Phenomena; Possible Tools in the Fan's Vicarious Achievement-Seeking Techniques Repertoire; A Personality by Situation Interactional Approach to Exploring Fan's Motives; Conclusions and Considerations; 9. Enjoyment From Sports Spectatorship: Dolf Zillmann, Jennings Bryant, and Barry S. Sapolsky; Introduction; Participation Versus Spectatorship; In Defense of Sportsfanship; Exploring the Spectator's Affective Reactions; Concluding Remarks
Description / Table of Contents:
10. Violence in Sports: Jeffrey H. GoldsteinIntroduction; The Social Construction of Sports; Effects of Witnessing Sports Violence; Flow, Peak Performance, and Violence in Sports; Curbing Sports Violence; 11. Sports Crowds and the Collective Behavior Perspective: Leon Mann; Introduction; The "Whole Crowd" Problem; Basic Theoretical Questions; Crowd Dimensions and Crowd Dynamics; Crowd Forms Related to Sports; Queues at Sports Events; Classifying Sports Riots; The Aggressive Effects of Viewing Sport; Post Event Assembling; The Culture Factor; Conclusion
Description / Table of Contents:
12. The Home-Field Advantage: John D. Edwards and Denise Archambault
Note:
Description based upon print version of record
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