Aggression | Edexcel A-Level Physical Education (9PE0)
Aggression
- 56 questions
- 4 subtopics
- Component 2: psychological and social principles of physical education
- Component 2
Aggression is examined in Component 2, Psychological and social principles of physical education.
It covers aggression and assertion in sport, types of aggression, theories of aggression: Lorenz, Bandura, Dollard and Berkowitz and causes of aggression and strategies to reduce it.
Sample questions from Aggression
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Aggression and assertion in sport
Give an example of player aggression.
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A footballer who stamps on an opponent after a tackle is being aggressive. The act is deliberate and meant to hurt. -
Aggression and assertion in sport
Why is intent important in judging aggression?
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The same action can be aggressive or assertive depending on what the performer meant. A collision that injures by accident is not aggression. -
Types of aggression
Why is instrumental aggression still unacceptable?
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Instrumental aggression accepts harm to an opponent as a price of winning. The act breaks the rules and risks serious injury. -
Types of aggression
How does hostile aggression differ from instrumental aggression?
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Hostile aggression has harm as its main goal and involves anger. Instrumental aggression uses harm only to achieve another goal, such as winning. -
Theories of aggression: Lorenz, Bandura, Dollard and Berkowitz
How does social learning explain aggression in young footballers?
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Young players copy aggressive acts they see from professionals on television. Imitation is more likely when the aggression brings success or praise. -
Theories of aggression: Lorenz, Bandura, Dollard and Berkowitz
Give examples of aggressive cues in sport.
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A hockey stick or cricket bat can act as a cue because it could be used as a weapon. A particular rival, a crowd chant or an opponent's foul can also trigger aggression. -
Causes of aggression and strategies to reduce it
Give an example of bracketed morality.
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A rugby player who would never hit anyone in the street accepts violent play on the pitch. The sporting context seems to excuse the behaviour. -
Causes of aggression and strategies to reduce it
How can giving a player responsibility reduce aggression?
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A role such as captain requires the player to set an example. The responsibility encourages self-control.
The 4 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Aggression and assertion in sport | Aggression and assertion and the differences between them, the hard but fair rugby tackle, aggression and assertion by players, coaches and spectators, intent, and why coaches value assertion. | 13 |
| Types of aggression | Hostile, instrumental, reactive and channelled aggression with examples of each, why instrumental aggression is still unacceptable, the problem of reactive aggression, and how channelled aggression relates to assertion. | 13 |
| Theories of aggression: Lorenz, Bandura, Dollard and Berkowitz | Lorenz's instinct theory and catharsis, Bandura's social learning theory and the Bobo doll study, Dollard's frustration-aggression hypothesis, Berkowitz's aggressive cue hypothesis, nature and nurture, the netball shooter and an ice hockey fight. | 16 |
| Causes of aggression and strategies to reduce it | Over-arousal, moral reasoning and bracketed morality, situational causes, and reducing aggression through punishment, role models, stress management, responsibility, officials and spectator measures, with the hockey player who retaliates. | 14 |
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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