Leadership | AQA A-Level Physical Education (7582)
Leadership
- 58 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Paper 2: Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity and sport
- Paper 2
Leadership is examined in Paper 2, Factors affecting optimal performance in physical activity and sport.
It covers effective, prescribed and emergent leaders, autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles, Fiedler's contingency theory and Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model.
Sample questions from Leadership
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Effective, prescribed and emergent leaders
Why is empathy a useful leadership quality?
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Empathy lets a leader understand how group members feel. The leader can then adjust support to each member's needs. -
Effective, prescribed and emergent leaders
Give a sporting example of an emergent leader.
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A senior player who takes charge on the pitch when the captain is injured is an emergent leader. The squad follows the player because of their experience. -
Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles
Why would an instructor leading novices on a climbing wall use an autocratic style?
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Climbing carries a risk of serious injury, so clear, immediate instructions are needed. Novices lack the knowledge to make safe decisions. -
Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles
What is a disadvantage of autocratic leadership?
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An autocratic leader can create resentment and lower motivation in experienced players. Players have no ownership of the decisions. -
Fiedler's contingency theory
What does situational favourability mean in Fiedler's theory?
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Situational favourability is how much control and influence the situation gives the leader. A situation can be highly favourable, moderately favourable or highly unfavourable. -
Fiedler's contingency theory
Which style suits a moderately favourable situation?
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A person-oriented style suits a moderately favourable situation. Better relationships can move the group forward. -
Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model
What is required leader behaviour?
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Required behaviour is what the situation demands of the leader. A team losing at half-time may require firm tactical instruction. -
Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model
What happens if actual behaviour matches required behaviour but not preferred behaviour?
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Performance may be good, but group members are likely to be dissatisfied. Motivation may fall over time.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Effective, prescribed and emergent leaders | Qualities of effective leaders such as communication, vision, empathy and adaptability, and prescribed and emergent leaders. | 14 |
| Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire styles | Autocratic, democratic and laissez-faire leadership, when each suits, their drawbacks, and the influence of group gender, age and experience. | 15 |
| Fiedler's contingency theory | Fiedler's task-oriented and person-oriented leaders, situational favourability and its three factors, and the style suited to each situation. | 14 |
| Chelladurai's multi-dimensional model | Chelladurai's antecedents, required, actual and preferred behaviour, consequences for performance and satisfaction, and a comparison with Fiedler. | 15 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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