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| In what sequence is Kretchmar’s Practical Philosophy of Physical Activitytextbook ordered? |
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| The nature of philosophy, the nature of the person, the nature of kinesiology subject matter, ethics and values |
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| Kretchmar argues that philosophy offers which of the following: |
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| Real-life applications of philosophy to kinesiology practice |
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| The notion that human behavior is chaotic and unpredictable is an argument against which of the following arguments for why philosophy belongs in a kinesiology profession: |
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| T/F In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, education is presented as a relatively painless process and that one needs only awareness of their situation to break free from their ‘chains.’ |
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| In his efforts to explain the impact of holism on the significance of performance, Kretchmar argues that, “under holism, __________ performance is now on an equal footing with _________ performance. |
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| T/F Kretchmar argues that traditional practitioners tend to look for partial causes - taking reciprocal causation seriously, while holistic practitioners tend to look downstream toward anatomy and physiology for underlying causes. |
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| On the Philosophic Readiness Inventory, if one was not committed to philosophical insights and conclusions, she would also likely: |
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| If we started with, for instance, 5 specific, non-controversial examplesof sportsmanship, and then made observations about commonalities found across the sample set in order to make conclusions about sportsmanship in general, we would be involved in which of the following: |
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| T/F Kretchmar argues that the guiding question most central to his textbook is to find out what role human movement plays in our search for a happy and healthy existence. |
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| According to the textbook, in order to carry out a proper philosophic analysis, one should (in order): |
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| Develop a thesis, clarify the problem, search for arguments |
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| According to the text and class lecture, introducing new terms - i.e. terms that don’t appear in any premise - into the conclusion creates problems with which type of philosophic reasoning? |
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| When philosophers attempt to investigate the world by moving beyond simply what they see and try to describe the nature of the world as it truly is, they would be involved in which of the following: |
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| Having a controversial or mixed set of examples might lead one to draw misleading or incorrect observations about the subject under investigation. This is a pitfall of which type of philosophic reasoning? |
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| The case studies written by Dixon (The Ethics of Running up the Score) and Gardner (The Ethics of Taking Performance Enhancing Drugs) are meant to illustrate which of the following points about philosophic reasoning? |
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| Philosophers can use inductive, intuitive and deductive reasoning effectively in different situations |
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| T/F In the text, Kretchmar explains that philosophy, like science, is in constant revision, adjusting to new information that emerges. While some truths have a higher degree of certainty than others, both disciplines continue to change and revise the truths that are known. |
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| Which one of the following is a function of game rules that we identified in the text and lecture: |
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| Rules function to explain how a game starts and stops |
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| According to class lecture and the text, which of these is not a reason why we should have philosophy in a kinesiology major: |
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| It provides us with the only method we need to solve problems |
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| _________ dualists emphasize the primacy of the mind, and how the mind is more essential than the body, therefore more meaningful to humanity and human experience. |
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| The idea that sometimes we must use art, dance, or other expressive movements to communicate ideas or messages that cannot otherwise be communicated through verbal or written symbol systems reflects a theoretical problem with: |
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| According to the logical relationship presented in class between the different types of dualisms, which of the following statements cannot be true? |
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| If you are a knowledge dualist, you are also a behavior dualist |
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| In Plato’s Allegory of the Cave, the flickering shadows on the wall in front of the prisoners, and the echoes they hear coming from behind them are meant to represent which of the following? |
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| Which of the following represents the best way to eliminate dualism (making it holistic) from the statement “A mind is a terrible thing to waste”? |
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| A person is a terrible thing to waste |
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| As a result of losing all four games of the dualistic tournament, according to the text, kinesiologists are: |
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| Assigned an auxiliary, or marginalized role in higher education |
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| Scientific materialists know the world consists of: |
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| One substance (atoms within the void) |
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| By eliminating the notion of an immaterial mind, scientific materialism solves which lingering problem for all types of dualism? |
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| The problem of how something intangible can affect something tangible |
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| Telling someone, “You’re using the right side of your brain too much! Try to get those neurons on the right side firing more regularly!” is not an effective method for teaching activity skills. This reflects a specific practical problem found in the textbook with which type of materialism? |
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| Kinesiologists lose in the Tournament of Optimal Health because they are seen as: |
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| T/F Under the new model for judging human intelligence based on quality of behavior, intelligent behavior can generally be characterized as “in-chair” based activities, while “out-of-chair” based activities are seen as less impressive displays of intelligence. |
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| A physical education teacher that spends the bulk of her time allowing students to play on their own, rather than using too much specific instruction, as they get to know and appreciate a new activity (yet under her watchful guidance) is most closely displaying which of the following holistic strategies: |
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| After losing all four games of the Dualism Tournament, Kretchmar concludes that kinesiologists should: |
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| Not try to play by their rules, and instead emphasize movement as a thoughtful, intellectual skill, like writing or mathematics |
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| “Exercise is Medicine!” characterizes our efforts to switch teams (from serendipity to utility) in which game of the dualistic tournament? |
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| After losing the first two games (Team Theory vs. Team Practice; Team Academics vs. Team Skill) of the Tournament of Dualism, Kinesiologists are labeled as: |
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| Non-intellectual, non-academic |
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| When prescribing physical activity, which of the following intervention techniques recommends that the practitioner should look for ways to incorporate the entire movement subculture in order to make the activity as personally meaningful as possible. |
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| Placing Activity in a Human Context |
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| The key move in shifting from dualism to holism is: |
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| From looking at parts of people to the character and quality of a person’s behavior |
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| T/F According to the text, scientific materialism incorporates five distinct, but overlapping concepts that can be described in logical relationship to one another, while Cartesian dualism is simply the understanding that the world consists only of material reality. |
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| The layout of the horizontal image of intelligence indicates most nearly which of the following: |
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| Kinesiologists and mathematicians can both behave in similarly impressive ways |
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| If a kinesiologist were to use a holistic approach, he would be most likely to use which of the following intervention techniques: |
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| Listen carefully to his student/player/client in order to tailor a suitable strategy |
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| The story Kretchmar presents in the book about Jo Packer, the cardiac rehab therapist, and her idea to have female cardiac rehab patients call home at the end of the day is an example of which of the following: |
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| Varied sites for intervention |
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| Patch’s first appointment with the doctor at the psychiatric hospital is a textbook example of a medical professional using which of the following approaches to the human being? |
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| T/F Patch Adams wholly replaces traditional practices of medicine with things like humor to improve the quality of patients’ lives; he believes traditional practices are ineffective and seeks to eliminate them from healthcare. |
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| Which of the following present an example of Patch Adams demonstrating his holistic approach: |
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| Understanding that improving quality of life sometimes requires unusual sites for intervention. |
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| Patch Adams argued that “if you treat a(n) _______, you win or you lose; when you treat a(n) ______, I guarantee you, you’ll win every time.” |
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| T/F Holistic practitioners can be characterized by their efforts to look in unusual and creative places in order to gain motivation, compliance and persistence with their patient’s/client’s/student’s relationship to physical activity. |
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| In the text, Kretchmar states that his philosophy: |
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| Is eclectic, i.e. drawn from many sources/approaches |
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| Which of the following concepts did Branch argue began in the late 19thcentury in England as a way to keep the working-class from having to interact with members of the elite British aristocracy? |
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| T/F On the horizontal image of behavior, the mind typically resides on the right side of the image, while the body is typically found along the y-axis. |
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| What is the best way to correct the following exclamation, making it holistic, “Our goal is to get the body as healthy as it can be, so the mind can flourish.”? |
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| Human health is the key to flourishing. |
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| T/F Plato’s Allegory of the Cave’s main message is to depict education as a “turning towards the light,” where the light is meant to represent a process, albeit a painful and uncomfortable one, of uncovering the truth of human existence. |
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| In the climactic scene in the court room, Patch Adams says the following, “______ is not the enemy, gentlemen. If we are going to fight a disease let’s fight one of the most terrible diseases of all: __________.” |
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| Patch Adams argued forcefully throughout the movie that ___________ is inevitable, and in fact, putting himself on the same level as his patients and finding personal connections with them can be a highly beneficial strategy in healthcare. |
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