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Leisure Studies Exam 2
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Sports
Undergraduate 1
04/24/2012

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Term
Parallel Play
Definition
when children play side by side with each other. In this mode, children begin to learn from one another.
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Associative Play
Definition
involves children sharing a common game or activity.
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Cooperative Play
Definition
when children actually begin to join in games as players with assigned roles.
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Egocentric
Definition
refers to being concerned or preoccupied with oneself
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Joseph Lee
Definition
known as the father of the playground movement. He earned that title by creating the first playgrounds in the Boston area, thus establishing a model by which thousands more would be developed. Also realized early on that there was a shortage of activities for young children and adolescents in the city.
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Living Vicariously
Definition
In America, we place a great deal of importance on either playing a sport, acting as spectators, or ____ through others’ sports exploits. By _____, we mean we are projecting ourselves into the game or experience and experiencing it through someone else. Many of us live vicariously through our children. We may never have had the skills to be great athletes, but we may be able to have a second chance at enjoying athletics through the activities of our children.
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Adolescence
Definition
the developmental transition from childhood to adulthood that begins at the onset of puberty, between ten and twelve years of age, and ends at nineteen or twenty years of age.
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Society
Definition
An enduring and cooperating social group whose members have developed organized patterns of relationships through interactions with one another.
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Community
Definition
A clustering of people with a common bond.
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Lay Representation
Definition
Occurs when people normally not professionally associated with the particular field of government work volunteer to help in the administration of public affairs.
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Enabling Legislation
Definition
Laws that provide or enable the ability to levy taxes, collect fees, and establish park boards.
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productivity
Definition
The production of goods and services with labor.
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Primary Economics
Definition
An economy in which the majority of the labor force is engaged in farming and extractive work.
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Secondary Economics
Definition
An economy based on manufacturing.
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tertiary Economics
Definition
A service-based economy.
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Quaternary Economics
Definition
A predicted post-industrial economy in which more time will be available for recreation and leisure.
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Public Providers
Definition
organizations or agencies that derive funding from public sources such as property taxes, real-estate taxes, or sales taxes. Since taxation is the source of funding, these providers must make opportunities available to all persons.
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Private Providers
Definition
These providers are typically non-profits, and their role is to enrich the life of participating members through meaningful leisure opportunities offered to groups or individuals. The majority of the money raised goes back into the organizations.
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Commercial Providers
Definition
These providers design appealing activities for customers in order to make a profit. They may be very competitive or may provide a service that is not available through private or public providers because of the associated expenses.
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Title IX Act of 1972
Definition
provided equal opportunities for women in collegiate athletics.
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Infancy
Definition
From birth to 18 months
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Early Childhood
Definition
From 18 months to 5 years
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Toddlerhood
Definition
From 18 months to 3 years
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Sensorimotor Stage of Development
Definition
the stage from birth to 2 years of age during which children learn to deal with objects, time, and space on a concrete basis
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Gross Motor Activity
Definition
Activity that uses the large muscle groups that coordinate body movements required for normal living, such as walking, running, jumping, throwing, and balance
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preschooler
Definition
a child between 3 and 5 years
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middle childhood
Definition
the period of childhood between 5-12 years old
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Fine motor skills
Definition
precise, coordinated movements in such activities as writing, buttoning, tracing, cutting, and visual tacking
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Traditional playgrounds
Definition
steel slides, seesaws, swings, merry-go-round, and climbing apparatus placed on dirt or gravel.
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Adventure Playgrounds
Definition
This was post world war II when children used their own imaginative playgrounds on the sites of bombed out buildings.
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Modern Playgrounds
Definition
High tech playgrounds
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puberty
Definition
the period of life at which the ability to reproduce begins
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Secondary Sex Characteristics
Definition
Physical characteristics that appear in only one sec and are not directly related to reproduction (Breasts in females, thickened vocal cords for males)
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Menarche
Definition
Onset of menstruation
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Anorexia Nervosa
Definition
a disorder characterized by a prolonged refusal to eat, resulting in emaciation, cessation of menstruation, emotional disturbance concerning body image, and an abnormal fear of becoming obese
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Bulimia
Definition
an insatiable craving for food, often resulting in episodes of continuous eating and often followed by purging, depression, and self-deprivation
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Role Confusion
Definition
experienced by adolescents who have not achieved a sense of identity and who tend to exhibit erratic and sometimes self-destructive behavior
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Youth at risk
Definition
adolescents who are in trouble at home or school, who may be involved in substance abuse and who may or may not have been brought into the juvenile justice system
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Young Adulthood
Definition
The period of adulthood from the ages of 20 and 40
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Generation X
Definition
Americans born between 1965 and 1976; this generation numbers about 41 million people
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Middle adult years
Definition
40-60 years of age
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Menopause
Definition
termination of menstruation and the end of childbearing capability
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Baby Boomers
Definition
Americans born in the post World War II years between 1946 and 1964; this generation numbers about 77 million people
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Nuclear Family
Definition
a family that consists only of mother father and children. Named for the nuclear age that began after World War II
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Senior Adulthood
Definition
Begins at age 60
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Ageism
Definition
discrimination based on age
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Activity theory
Definition
suggests that successful aging depends on remaining active and socially involved
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Disengagement Theory
Definition
views aging as a process of mutual (and mutually satisfactory) withdrawal: the individual from society from the individual
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Attribution Theory
Definition
holds that wether people perceive the causes of events as being internal or external to themselves determines whether they feel confident or inadequate in dealing with situations
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Integrated Personality
Definition
enjoys a high degree of self-esteem and life satisfaction. Outgoing characteristics and will adjust well to the aging of their lives
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Passive- dependent personality
Definition
Rely heavily on others for motivation and emotional support. They tend to have limited interest in their surroundings
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Unintegrated Personality
Definition
Angry, self hater and unsatisfied with life ingeneral
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Customs
Definition
the whole body of usages, practices, or conventions that regulates social life
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Mores
Definition
the fixed, morally binding customs of a group
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Race
Definition
a division of humankind possessing traits that are transmittable by descent
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Ethnicity
Definition
the affiliation of a large group of people classed according to a common racial, national, tribal, religious, linguistic, or cultural background
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androgyny
Definition
state of being specifically neither female or male in terms of attributes and behavior
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Egocentric
Definition
1-5 yrs. Kids will either play with self (Self-play) or play along with other (Parallel Play). Kids will explore (Exploration) and imitate. Teaching approaches are exploration and problem solving.
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Cooperative
Definition
4-8 years old. Kids will play with a partner ( Partner play) or will join in on a small group. Process of play will entail imitation, prediction, analysis, and synthesis. Teaching approach should entail problem solving and guided discovery
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Competitive
Definition
7-12 years old. Kids will join in on small groups or team play. Process of play will be testing, contesting, analysis, synthesis, and evaluation. Teaching approach should entail problem solving, guided discovery and command
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