SOCPSY 3B03 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Institute For Operations Research And The Management Sciences, Competition
17 Oct 2017
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Sports as a social world: social world: way of life and associated mindset that revolves around activity that encompasses people and relationships from society. Relates to interactionist theory since we cannot understand participants and sport influence without the context that informs the meanings attributed: sport informs and affects socialization experiences and processes. Socialization: socialization: through interaction we learn and socially develop to become acquitted in the social world we live in. Actively interpreting, rejecting, accepting and revisiting information perceived: aids in identity formation, involves participatory learning within larger processes of cultural reproduction, production and change. Central socialization topic areas: process of becoming and staying involved in sport. Consists of three factors: abilities, characteristics and resources, influence of significant others, availability of opportunities to participate, participation decisions are complex and impacted by: Becoming involved includes four phases (continuous process): acquiring knowledge. For example, elite athlete become stressed which can lead to a burn out and drop out.
