RECR 200 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Autotelic, Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Cultural Identity

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Ch 1: power, promise, potential, and possibilities of parks, recreation, and leisure (in-class notes) Happens everywhere, for everyone, all the time. This field is all about making ppl happy: making memories vs. making something tangible, (cid:862)(cid:272)usto(cid:373)er ser(cid:448)i(cid:272)e(cid:863) This field is one of the biggest industries in usa/world. *leisure: unobligated (free) time; state of mind/being; consumption patterns. *recreation: activity; pleasurable (intrinsically motivating); engaged in during free time (leisure); personally/socially redeeming qualities: * = use these definitions. Intrinsic: motivated internally; participate for the experience (pleasure) Categories of time: leisure= recreation, work, personal care= maintenance (reading notes) Recreation: activity, as in particip. in recreation/recreation activity: not all recreation is play, ex: soccer league for 10 yr. olds. Leisure: (same as in-(cid:272)lass (cid:374)otes(cid:895); a(cid:374)tidote to a perso(cid:374)"s (cid:449)orki(cid:374)g life. Provide and indiv. w/personal control over act. Cause person 2 lose track of time. Unobligated time accounts for 1/3 of most ppls lives. Values & benefits of parks, recreation & leisure-

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