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Leisure meanings in the humanities
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can be found in art, music, and literature |
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Impressionism in art
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a and c only |
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In ancient Greece, "leisure ideal" meant |
Need answer |
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What is the dominant type of sport participation in Europe, Latin America, and North Africa?
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Try out for the Sluggers, a regional club baseball team |
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The Middle Ages |
Need answer |
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Leisure defined as a psychological condition means:
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Need answer |
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When leisure is defined as recreational activity - it is how we use our free time in nonwork actions - it can be counted and compared across different population groups - it is completely contextual - a and b - None of the above |
a and b |
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Leisure can perhaps be best understood through the ideas portrayed in a story, a song, and a painting.
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True |
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Ludi to ancient Romans meant public games.
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True |
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In much of history, leisure was differently experienced according to social class.
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True |
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During the Renaissance period, leisure was banned in favor of a work ethic.
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False |
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Teddy Roosevelt was the “father of the American playground movement.”
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False |
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Jane Addams is known for the establishment of the Hull House Settlement in Chicago.
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True |
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The special attitude definition of leisure has led to opportunities for comparing leisure expression in different cultures.
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False |
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The free time definition of leisure has led to opportunities for comparing leisure expression in different cultures.
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True |
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According to Neulinger’s ideas about leisure, “pure” leisure
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None of the above |
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The idea of freedom “to”
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b and c only |
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According to the writings of Bregha, freedom in leisure requires
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all of the above |
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To Aristotle, eudaimonia described happiness as
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based on doing moral activities |
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The type(s) of pleasure found in leisure are
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all of the above |
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The type of play required in a game may be
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all of the above |
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A long-term commitment to developing a recreation skill, a high standard of performance for a recreational pursuit, and self-definition through a recreation pursuits is a leisure concept called:
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serious leisure |
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The deliberate use of risk is
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b and c only |
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Intrinsic meaning is the reason for doing something is the satisfaction gained from doing it.
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True |
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The ancient Greek idea of hedonism holds that pleasure is the highest goal of life.
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True |
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The competence-effectance theory says that children play to practice skills needed for adult life.
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False |
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Games represent a synthetic counterpart to real life.
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True |
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Along with make-believe and daydreaming, humor and laughter are types of daily leisure.
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True |
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According to leisure scholar Doug Kleiber, leisure is simply being appreciative, contemplative, and peaceful.
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True |
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In contemporary societies, we no longer value the leisure quality of relaxation, but rather feel we must be active and productive in leisure.
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False |
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From the perspective of the leisure quality of solitude, leisure can be considered a form of narcissism.
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True |
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Demography
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a and c only |
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Theories that attempt to explain leisure behavior
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all of the above |
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The compensatory explanation of leisure behavior
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Need answer |
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The spillover explanation of leisure behavior
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Need answer |
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Self-as-entertainment theory
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Focuses on personality as a basis for leisure choices |
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Symbolic interactionism
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Describes how people interact with each other via symbols
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The theory of anti-structure
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Need answer |
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Leisure is declining as a consideration when choosing where we will live.
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False |
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Examples of demographic factors that explain leisure behavior include age and gender.
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True |
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Determining people’s lifestyle types has been rejected by marketing strategies as too weak a predictor of people’s behavior.
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False |
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According to Wilensky, leisure interests and choices are either a continuation of, or a contrast to, work interests and choices.
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True |
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Csikszentmihalyi’s autotelic concept means intrinsic motivation.
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True |
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Mannell’s self-as-entertainment theory is based on individual personality differences in the ability to fill freetime meaningful.
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True |
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Reversal theory explains leisure behavior similarly to Wilensky’s compensation theory ideas.
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False |
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The concept of communitas means perceived freedom.
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False |
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Broadly defined, “well-being” is the dynamic process that ensures people
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all of the above |
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The concept of “core plus balance” suggests
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there is both a persistent core and a balancing variety in our pastimes across the life span
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Infant’s play is characterized as
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a and b only |
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Research has indicated that gender identity is formed in part during leisure via gender messages conveyed by
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all of the above |
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The famous psychologist, Piaget, discovered
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play was important to the intellectual development of children
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Autonomy
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is typically developed in teens through social leisure experiences
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Keeping mentally sharp can be aided by
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all of the above |
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According to a study of post retirement leisure behavior reported in “The Study Says” box 4.2
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a and b only |
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Life’s longevity is helped by an active and meaningful lifestyle in adulthood.
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True |
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According to the World Health Organization health is the absence of disease or infirmity.
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False |
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Over the past two decades, children in North American have significantly decreased physical play and replaced it with increased amounts of passive play.
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True |
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Being a part of a well-defined friendship group is developmentally important at only the young adult stage of life.
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False |
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In spite of changes in the nature and types of family today, the family remains the most common leisure companion throughout the life span.
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True
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For the oldest adults, leisure is often the sole connection to the social world.
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True |
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Leisure contributes to positive emotional health, and not to the development of negative emotions.
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False |
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When we consider leisure anthropologically,
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all of the above |
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Characteristics of culture include
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shared |
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The process of enculturation through leisure occurs when
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the leisure pursuit is transmitted from one generation to the next
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Cultural change through leisure occurs from
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all of the above |
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Contrary to the standard view, data by Sahlins suggest that prehistoric people
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a and c only |
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Ethnocentricity
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is the belief that one’s own culture is superior to others
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Postmodernism is
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a breakdown of old certainties and standards due to modernity
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To characterize a culture as integrated means that all parts of a culture, including leisure, are interrelated.
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True |
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Economic development not only improves an area’s standard of living, but is usually also able to enhance a culture’s uniqueness.
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False |
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Within the past several decades tourism has been used as part of economic development strategies in most countries.
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True |
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Acculturation is the same anthropological process as enculturation.
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False |
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Leisure in technological cultures is equated with materialism and consumerism.
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True |
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The acceptance of increased screen time that has contributed to a decline in children's active free play is an example of cultural loss.
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True |
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Leisure’s distribution in space differs according to
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all of the above |
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Increases in distance that bring about decreases in most forms of leisure behavior is
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distance decay |
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Urban sprawl is
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a and b only |
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The park type that requires the least amount of travel time and distance to use is the
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mini-park |
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Attaching strong sentiment to leisure places comes from our _____ senses.
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all of the above |
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Place attachment in leisure can be motivated by
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crowding |
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Conservation is
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the most efficient use of natural resources over the long term
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Research has found that crowding is a perception based on geographical patterns.
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False |
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Crowding in leisure places is in part determined by the personal characteristics of the visitors.
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True |
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Distance decay is a concept that suggests smells are place related.
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False |
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Strong leisure place attachment contributes to our self-identity.
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True |
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Place identity is a person’s functional association with a place
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False |
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Sustainable tourism attempts to control visitation to tourist sites in order to conserve the natural integrity of the sites
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True |
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Without wise management many leisure expressions will be lost due to the demise of leisure space and place resources.
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True |
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One of the properties of leisure space is pattern which is the frequency with which something occurs in space.
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False |