Conflict Theory The general assumption of the conflict theorists is that sport is a reflection of the exploitative and unequal prac...

Attitudes in Regard to Sport Psychology Consultation Closely related to research in the development of knowledge is the exploration...

Sport and Exercise Psychology Orientations The future of sport psychology has been viewed as dependent upon the development of a con...

Theories about Sport, Fitness, Physical Activity, and Society Each author writing a textbook on sociology groups theories diffe...

Critical Theory Critical theories see sport as more than a reflection of society. They encompass a variety of theoretical approaches...

Interactionist Theory Interactionist theorists see sports as  meaningful interaction  between people. This view is based on the assu...

Functionalist Theory Social science researchers who are functionalists assume that the driving force behind all social life is to c...

Development of Sport and Exercise Psychology In most countries, the evolution of sport psychology (and later exercise psychology, as...

Sport and Exercise Psychology Around the World Simultaneous to the development of sport psychology in North America, is its develop...

Soci ology of  S port  – F itness  – Phy sical  ac tivity What does sociology have to do with sport? “Sociologists study social b...