AQA GCSE Physical Education Paper 2: Socio-cultural influences and well-being in physical activity and sport June 2024 question paper 8582/2

What is the correct kcal/day requirement for an average adult female?

Which one of these is a positive influence of spectators at matches?

Which one of these can be defined as ‘attempting to gain an advantage by stretching the rules to their limit’?

Which one of these is a mental health benefit of taking part in regular exercise?

Which one of these would benefit most from blood doping?

Data now plays an important role in sport.

Define qualitative data.

State two methods of collecting qualitative data.

Define sponsorship in sport.

Give three negative effects of sponsorship on sport.

Negative effect 1

Negative effect 2

Negative effect 3

Explain how the following types of sponsorship may improve an individual’s performance in sport.

Clothing/footwear

Define skill.

Give one sporting example of a gross skill.

Justify why it is a gross skill.

Justification

Explain how a performer uses the basic information processing model to receive a pass in a team sport.

Define arousal.

The inverted-U theory helps to explain the relationship between arousal level and performance level.

On Figure 1, sketch the shape and the position of the curve for each of the following sporting skills:

• Boxing punch

• Golf putt.

Label each curve.

Figure 1

Give three physiological reasons why a performer may take beta blockers.

3

Explain how the following performance enhancing drugs could improve the performance of a sprinter:

• Anabolic agents

• Narcotic analgesics.

Narcotic analgesics

Define indirect aggression.

Give a sporting example of when it is used.

Identify the personality type that would be most suited to long distance running.

Justify your choice.

Suggest two ways an individual’s disability may affect their engagement in physical activity and sport.

Suggest two ways an individual’s peers may positively affect their engagement in physical activity and sport.

Suggest two reasons an individual's religion may affect their engagement in physical activity and sport.

Define an outcome goal.

Use a sporting example in your answer.

Explain how knowledge of performance would help a beginner learning a new sport.

Alec has just started to play cricket.

Evaluate the merits of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation to help him develop his skills.

Describe a balanced diet.

Explain three negative effects that obesity could have on performance in athletics.

Discuss the positive and negative effects of the use of technology in sport on officials.

Discuss the reasons why hooliganism may occur at football matches.

Table 1 contains data from a survey.

It shows the percentage of male and female adults (aged 16+) who have taken part in running or team sports at least twice in the month before completing the survey.

Analyse the factors for the different participation levels between males and females shown in Table 1.