Key term
Eduqas A-Level Physical Education A550QS
Health, Fitness and an Active Lifestyle
Short-Term Responses to Exercise
Long-Term Adaptations to Exercise
Fitness Testing and Components of Fitness
Training Methods, Principles and Periodisation
Topic overviewSpecificity, progressive overload, reversibility, variance and FITTContinuous, fartlek, interval and high intensity trainingWeight, plyometric, circuit and flexibility trainingAltitude training and training in hot and cold climatesTraining zones, heart rate monitoring and periodisation
Energy Systems
Fatigue and Recovery
Diet, Nutrition and Supplements
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Joints and the Musculo-Skeletal System
Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns
Biomechanical Principles and Levers
Linear and Angular Motion
Projectile Motion and Fluid Mechanics
Performance Analysis
Technology in Sport
Personality
Attitudes
Goal Setting
Stress, Arousal and Anxiety
Motivation
Aggression
Social Facilitation
Group Dynamics and Leadership
Attribution Theory
Self-Efficacy and Confidence
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
Learning Curves, Theories and Stages
Transfer, Practice and Guidance
Information Processing, Memory and Feedback
Sport, Culture and Society
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Social Differentiation in Sport
Sport and the Mass Media
Commercialisation and Globalisation
Attitudes
- 3 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- Components 1 and 2
What Attitudes covers
Attitudes is examined in both papers, since Component 1 and Component 2 can each examine any of the content. It covers attitudes, prejudice and stereotyping, the triadic model of attitudes and changing attitudes through cognitive dissonance and persuasion.
Where it is assessed
Components 1 and 2
Either 2 hour written paper, each worth 35% of the A level, can examine this.
Check the Eduqas specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Attitudes, prejudice and stereotypingAttitudes and how they form, past experience and significant others, inconsistency, prejudice and stereotyping, their effect on participation, self-fulfilling stereotypes and the media's influence.Open →
- The triadic model of attitudesThe cognitive, affective and behavioural components with examples of positive and negative attitudes, why belief does not always lead to behaviour, and using the triadic model to change a pupil's attitude.Open →
- Changing attitudes through cognitive dissonance and persuasionFestinger's cognitive dissonance and the pupil who dislikes running, changing the affective and behavioural components, persuasive communication and its persuader, message, recipient and situation.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What are inconsistency and prejudice in attitudes?
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What are the cognitive and affective components of an attitude? Use a swimmer as an example.
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What is an attitude?
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What is the triadic model of attitudes?
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What is cognitive dissonance?
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How are attitudes formed?
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What is the cognitive component of an attitude?
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Who proposed cognitive dissonance theory?
Take Attitudes further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Cognitive component vs Affective component
Cognitive component: beliefs and knowledge about the attitude object. Affective component: feelings and emotions towards the attitude object.
Cognitive dissonance vs Persuasive communication
Cognitive dissonance: discomfort from conflicting beliefs that prompts change. Persuasive communication: a message from a credible person designed to change a view.
Stereotyping vs Inconsistency
Stereotyping: applying a fixed simplified image to all members of a group. Inconsistency: a mismatch between what a person believes, feels and does.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is an attitude?
Model answer
An attitude is a learned, fairly stable view of an object, person or activity. Attitudes can be positive or negative.
- 2
How are attitudes formed?
Model answer
Attitudes are formed through experience, socialisation and the influence of significant others. The media and culture also shape attitudes.
- 3
How do past experiences shape attitudes to sport?
Model answer
Enjoyable, successful experiences create positive attitudes. Bad experiences, such as failure or embarrassment, create negative ones.
- 4
How do significant others shape attitudes?
Model answer
Parents, teachers, coaches and friends pass on their views of sport. Children often copy the attitudes of people they admire.
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What is meant by an inconsistency in attitudes?
Model answer
An inconsistency is when a person's beliefs, feelings and actions do not match. Someone may believe exercise is healthy but never do it.
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What is prejudice in sport?
Model answer
Prejudice is a negative attitude towards a person or group formed without evidence. Prejudice is based on stereotypes rather than facts.
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Attitudes revision questions
- What does Attitudes cover in Eduqas A-Level Physical Education?
- 3 subtopics: attitudes, prejudice and stereotyping, the triadic model of attitudes and changing attitudes through cognitive dissonance and persuasion. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Attitudes organised?
- By the Eduqas A550QS specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
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