Discuss how social learning theory can help a sports coach promote physical activity in children.

Explain the issues in personality research and sports performance of athletes and non-athletes.

«social learning theory» explains behaviour in terms of observational learning «modelling» and social reinforcement «feedback»
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«social learning theory» proposes that the behaviour, the environment and the person continuously change and influence each other ✔

people learn through observing others/modelling physical activity behaviours
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modelling is a way that children learn to engage in physical activity ✔

children imitate people that appear to be similar to them ✔

children are likely to imitate someone that appears to have control or power over something desirable
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the sports coach can be a role model to promote physical activity in children ✔

the sports coach may demonstrate/present skills for players to model ✔

reinforcement for exhibiting/learning similar actions/behaviour/ physical activity/personal «eg behavioural/emotional factors»/social/physical/environmental factors must be considered when trying to understand physical activity behaviours ✔

difficulty to define the term athlete ✔

personality is complex and multifaceted ✔

disagreement in research of validity, reliability and sophistication of models ✔

difficulties comparing data between different questionnaires ✔

controversy between the value of personalities impact on performance ✔

no single personality trait exists that determines successful sports performance ✔

some personalities are better suited to some sports «eg boxers must have aggression» ✔

Generally understood well.

Very challenging question where candidates struggled to get more than two marks. Many answers given indicated a lack of truly understanding the question.