AQA GCSE Physical Education Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport June 2023 question paper 8582/2

Which one of these is the correct amount of carbohydrates in a balanced diet?

Which one of these is largely responsible for maintaining the efficient working of the body systems and general health?

How many calories should an average adult male consume per day?

Which one of these is the definition of a self-paced skill?

Which one of these is an example of etiquette in sport?

Skills in sport can be classified in different ways.

Define the term ‘closed skill’.

Outline the difference between gross and fine skills.

Use sporting examples in your answer.

Explain the relationship between arousal level and performance level in the inverted-U theory.

You must use a sporting example in your answer.

Describe how deep breathing and mental rehearsal could be used to control arousal in named sporting activities of your choice.

Describe how an individual’s gender and age may affect their engagement in physical activity and sport.

Discuss how the personality type of an individual may affect which sporting activities they choose to participate in.

Give three negative effects of having spectators at major sporting events.

Negative effect 1

Negative effect 2

Negative effect 3

Define the term ‘sedentary lifestyle’.

Describe ‘physical health and wellbeing’.

Explain two ways that good mental health helps to improve performance in sport.

Explain two negative effects that eating an unbalanced diet will have on the ability of an individual to perform in a physical activity.

Somatotyping is a method of classifying body types.

Identify two physical characteristics for each of the following somatotypes:

• Endomorph

• Mesomorph.

Endomorph

Mesomorph

SMART targets are used in goal setting.

What do the S, M and A in SMART stand for?

Ben is a 16-year-old athlete who has been competing in the 800m for 5 years.

Table 1 shows Ben’s personal best times in each of those 5 years.

Ben’s coach has set a target of 1m 53s for Year 6.

Analyse whether you think this target is SMART.

Figure 1 shows the basic information processing model.

Identify the missing stage of the basic information processing model in Figure 1.

Using a named skill from a sport, explain what happens at the following stages of the basic information processing model:

• Decision making

• Output.

Blood doping is a prohibited method that can be used to improve the performance of a marathon runner.

Evaluate the effects that different performance enhancing drugs (PEDs) may have on a marathon runner’s performance.

Do not refer to blood doping in your answer.

Analyse the impact that the media and sponsorship have had on sport.