sport and society defintions

• society

  organised group of people associated for some specific purpose or with a shared common interest
• socialisation

  lifelong process where members of a society learn its norms, values, ideas, practices and roles in order to take their place in that society
• primary socialisation

  socialisation during early childhood through influence of immediate family
• internalisation

  learning of values or attitudes that are incorporated within yourself
• secondary socialisation

  socialisation in teenage years through influence of peer groups, friends and schools
• social control

  way in which peoples thoughts, feelings, appearance and behaviour are regulated in social systems
• social change

  alteration in the social order of society
• social issues

  problems which affect people within a society
• inequality

  unfair situation where resources or opportunities are distributed unequally within a society
• social stratification

  type of social inequality where society is divided into different levels on the basis of social characteristics such as: wealth, status
• social class

  term used to define social inequalities - e.g certain groups have more access to wealth than others
• social action theory

  a way of viewing socialisation emphasising social action
• equal opportunities

  right to access the same opportunities regardless of factors such as: race, age, sex etc..
• prejudice

  forming unfavourable opinions of an individual based on inadequate facts
• discrimination

  unfair treatment of a person or minority ethnic groups - make a distinction and act on prejudice
• stereotyping

  making simple generalisations about all members of a group which allows others to categories and treat them accordingly
• overt discrimination

  highly visible - in the form of verbal abuse - telling someone they cant play
• covert discrimination


  harder to uncover - individuals vote for their captain and negative stereotypes influence them voting a candidate with a disability
• integration

  disability sport included with non-disabled sport
• segregation

  disability sport completely seperated from non-disabled sport
• stacking

  term used as an illustration of racism - used to explain lack of team captains from minority ethnic groups
• channeling

  minority ethnic groups may be channeled away from certain sports into others based on stereotypical assumptions
• gender socialisation

  behaviour and attitudes historically considered appropriate for a given sex e.g: boys learn to be boys