plumiIndividual differences: OCR A‑Level Physical Education questions
Every OCR A-Level Physical Education exam question on Individual differences, 2021–2025, with its mark scheme and examiner’s report.
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All 24 questions on Individual differences, as a list
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q1(a) (1 mark): A type A personality is likely to be patient. Tick (3) one box. True False [1]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q1(b) (1 mark): An introvert personality lacks concentration. Tick (3) one box. True False [1]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q5 (2 marks): Give two examples of somatic responses to anxiety. 1: 2: [2]
- June 2025, Paper 2, Q7(c) (5 marks): The graph shows catastrophe theory. Performance Arousal Use the graph to explain catastrophe theory. [5]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q3(a) (1 mark): Performing for prize money is an example of what type of motivation? [1]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q3(b) (1 mark): Suggest one disadvantage of this type of motivation. [1]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q5 (2 marks): State the most likely effect that the presence of an audience would have on the performance of: An introvert: [2]
- June 2024, Paper 2, Q7(a) (6 marks): The term personality refers to the way in which we interact with our environment and other people and makes us unique. Discuss the theories of how an individual
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(a)(i) (1 mark): Attitudes are made up of three components. Describe the affective component. [1]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(a)(ii) (5 marks): Ali has a negative attitude towards PE lessons and sport. Analyse why this negative attitude may have been formed. [5]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(b) (4 marks): Explain when the presence of an audience could have a negative effect on a performer. [4]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(d)(i) (1 mark): Define the term aggression. [1]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(d)(ii) (2 marks): Explain the social learning theory of aggression. [2]
- June 2023, Paper 2, Q7(d)(iii) (1 mark): Suggest one criticism of this theory. [1]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q3 (2 marks): Below are four examples of sources of motivation to take part in sport or physical activity. Put a tick (✓) in the two boxes next to examples of intrinsic motiv
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q7(a) (4 marks): Describe the following terms in relation to personality: Type A [4]
- June 2022, Paper 2, Q7(b) (4 marks): Describe the inverted U theory of arousal. Outline one way in which it differs from drive theory of arousal. [4]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(b) (6 marks): A 19-year-old semi-professional footballer is playing football at her team’s home stadium. A scout from a professional football club is in the crowd. Discuss th
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(c)(i) (1 mark): Define the term anxiety. [1]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(c)(ii) (2 marks): Describe trait anxiety. [2]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(c)(iii) (2 marks): Give an example of how the body responds to cognitive anxiety and to somatic anxiety. Cognitive anxiety [2]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(d)(i) (3 marks): Explain the frustration–aggression hypothesis. [3]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q7(d)(ii) (2 marks): Identify a strength and a weakness of this hypothesis. Strength [2]
- November 2021, Paper 2, Q8 (10 marks): 8* Using examples from sport, explain how an individual may learn a new sporting skill according to Bandura’s theory of observational learning. Discuss how obse
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