Edexcel GCSE Physical Education: Socio-cultural Influences

A local council is concerned that teenage girls in the area are far less likely to take part in regular sport and physical activity than teenage boys, with many dropping out during secondary school.

Evaluate the factors that may discourage teenage girls from participating in sport, and discuss strategies the council could use to increase their participation. (6 marks)

Modern professional sport is heavily commercialised. The Golden Triangle is a model used to explain this.

(a) Name the three elements of the Golden Triangle, and explain what is meant by saying they are interdependent. (2 marks)

(b) State one positive effect and one negative effect of commercialisation on a professional sport. (2 marks)

In sport, behaviour can range from sportsmanship to gamesmanship to deviance.

(a) Explain the difference between gamesmanship and deviance, giving one sporting example of each. (2 marks)

(b) Give one example of sportsmanship in a named sport. (1 mark)

The media has a major influence on sport and on the people who take part in it.

(a) Explain one way positive media coverage of a sport can increase participation in that sport. (2 marks)

(b) State one way the media can have a negative impact on sport. (1 mark)

Some athletes use illegal performance-enhancing drugs (PEDs) to try to gain an advantage.

State one reason an athlete might choose to take PEDs, and one possible negative consequence to the athlete of being caught. (2 marks)

Edexcel uses the GASED framework to group the factors that affect participation in sport.

Name what the letter D stands for in the GASED framework. (1 mark)