Socio-Cultural Influences | OCR GCSE Physical Education (J587)
Socio-Cultural Influences
- 70 questions
- 5 subtopics
- J587/02
- J587/02
Socio-Cultural Influences is examined in J587/02, Socio-cultural issues and sports psychology.
It covers participation in physical activity and sport, commercialisation, the media and sponsorship, sportsmanship, gamesmanship, deviance and violence and drugs in sport.
Sample questions from Socio-Cultural Influences
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Participation in physical activity and sport
How can ethnicity, religion and culture affect participation?
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Religious festivals, days of worship and dress codes can clash with some activities. Discrimination or a lack of role models from the same background can also discourage people. -
Participation in physical activity and sport
How can promotion be used to improve participation?
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Promotion means advertising and campaigns that encourage people to be active. Sport England's This Girl Can campaign aimed to encourage women and girls to exercise. -
Participation trends in England
How did activity levels differ by ethnicity in Sport England's Active Lives Adult Survey for 2024-25?
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Black adults (57.2%) and Asian adults (56.3%) were less likely to be active than White adults. -
Participation trends in England
What was the trend in swimming and team sports among adults in England in Sport England's Active Lives Adult Survey for 2024-25?
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Swimming (4.4 million adults) and team sports such as football, cricket and netball (3.5 million) stayed below their levels before the Covid-19 pandemic. Participation in both has been largely stable over the past two to three years. -
Commercialisation, the media and sponsorship
How has social media changed the commercialisation of sport?
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Performers and clubs can reach fans directly and promote sponsors' products to them. A performer with many followers is more valuable to a sponsor. -
Commercialisation, the media and sponsorship
How can sponsorship put pressure on performers?
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A sponsor expects results and publicity in return for its money. The pressure to win can affect performance and even tempt some performers to cheat. -
Sportsmanship, gamesmanship, deviance and violence
Why do performers use gamesmanship?
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The pressure to win, and the money and fame that come with success, tempt performers to look for any edge. Gamesmanship can unsettle an opponent without risking a penalty. -
Sportsmanship, gamesmanship, deviance and violence
Give an example of player violence in sport.
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A fight between players after a hard tackle in football is an example of player violence. Deliberately elbowing an opponent in basketball is another.
The 5 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Participation in physical activity and sport | Sources of participation data, the factors from age and gender to cost and discrimination that affect participation, and promotion, provision and access as strategies to improve it. | 17 |
| Participation trends in England | Sport England's Active Lives figures for adults and young people, and the trends in participation by sex, socio-economic group, ethnicity, age, disability and activity. | 12 |
| Commercialisation, the media and sponsorship | Commercialisation and the golden triangle, the types of media, the positive and negative effects of the media and sponsorship, and examples of sponsorship in sport. | 14 |
| Sportsmanship, gamesmanship, deviance and violence | Sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance with examples, why performers bend or break the rules, and the reasons for player violence and how sports reduce it. | 13 |
| Drugs in sport | Why performers use drugs, anabolic steroids, beta blockers and stimulants with their effects, users and side effects, and the impact of drug use on performers and sport. | 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.
Nearby topics
OCR GCSE Physical Education Active Recall Guide
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