PSYC 241 Lecture 35: SEP lecture 21
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Problems with the connection between sport and good grades. Successful athletes may have qualities that produce academic success. Selection factor: coaches don"t deal with poor students. Family background and social class result in high academic and athletic performance. Athletes required to maintain minimum grade point average. College sports can provide an upward social mobility for children from low socioeconomic status backgrounds. College athletes have higher occupational prestige than their fathers. Not all fathers graduated from college, but college athletes are more likely to graduate. Intragenerational mobility three studies to consider: football players vs. nonathletes after graduation from notre dame university, male athletes vs. nonathletes six years after college graduation, athletes vs. nonathletes eight years after high school graduation. Studies provide evidence that athletes who graduated had enhanced social mobility tentative conclusion: male high school and college athletes are upwardly mobile: 2. Many jobs require successful experiences outside of academics development of attitudes and behaviors valued by occupations.
