Kines 100 Exam Questions with Correct Answers
What does Dr. Dyreson claim as the best definition of kinesiology? - Answer-The explanation of human movement
How did the Neolithic Revolution change human bodies? - Answer-Bodies were shorter/smaller and health was worse, but lived longer
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Kines 100 Exam Questions with Correct Answers What does Dr. Dyreson claim as the best definition of kinesiology? - Answer -The explanation of human movement How did the Neolithic Revolution change human bodies? - Answer -Bodies were shorter/smaller and health was worse, but lived longer What "foundations" of the field of kinesiology did Kines 100 explore? - Answer -Physical activity in health,wellness, quality scientific foundations of physical activity, cultural/historical, philosophy and psychological foundations of physical activity, the practice of physical activity How do you "read" a culture? What "data" do you "read"? - Answer -Ethnography - dive into new culture Autobiology - written about self Written sources of literature visual sources photographs film television digital sites video games visual arts —painting, sculpture, etc. auditory sources radio broadcasts speeches, interviews, etc. artifacts sports equipment, stadiums,gymnasiums, uniforms, etc. What, according to Clifford Geertz in "Deep Play," can you "read" by looking at the sports and other physical activities of a culture? - Answer -Yes, you can read the culture because it is a story. What does Clifford Geertz mean when he argues that cockfights are "a Balinese reading of Balinese experience, a story they tell themselves about themselves"? - Answer -It is what their culture is central to, to understand themyou must understand cock fights and their significance. That their involvement in their actions through cockfights and their worth to society is based around their culture and defines them. On balance, what does David Epstein in the "Sports Gene" conclude about genetics and human performance? - Answer -That genetics can play a huge role in human performance but it's not the only thing that controls it. According to Dr. Dyreson, what are the basic characteristics of "meaningful movement"? - Answer -Something that can be voluntary or involuntary, it creates something of value or worth, and has significance, such as medals, beyond simple physical vitality an d wellness. In The Republic, Plato insists that all of the guardians (the soldiers and leaders) of his ideal state should be schooled through a balanced system of what two types of education? - Answer -Gymnastics and Music In the "Evolution of Intelligent Running Ape People," what set of inter -related characteristics did Bernd Heinrich identify as the keys to making human ancestors into "super -endurance predators"? How did Heinrich define human "vision" in his explanation of how we became "super endurance predators"? - Answer -The ability to self regulate heat, stand on two legs, pace ourselves, and with vision see the future or end goal. In Born to Run, how did Chris MacDougall describe "Tarahumaraland" as a utopia? - Answer -The perfect land with no health issues, shared everything, good morals, and truthful, they drink beer and can run endlessly. What alternative view to McDougall's claims about "Tarahumaraland" did Dr. Dyreson raise? - Answer -Shorter life expectancy -40 years old Highest rate of malnutrition 80% infant/child (Under 6) mortality rate Disconnected from technology, the industrial revolution which lead to episodic families through 1960 Why is not perhaps the utopia of health and happiness that MacDougall claims? - Answer -Because of all the issues that come with being a 3rd world/hidden culture How has the evolutionary history of our species created two major problems for our twenty -first century world? - Answer -Inactivity crisis The overabundance of calories crisis What, according to many scholars, was the most important change in human history? - Answer -Ability to farm/conserve our food Which American presidents that you read advocated engagement by the nation's youth in sport and exercise as one of the keys to building a strong United States? - Answer -
Roosevelt Who is George Weah and what did he do for his nation? - Answer -The most famous soccer player and athlete from Liberia. He created the national soccer team and turned their athletes into successful soccer players.
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