OCR As Physical Education Paper 2 2025 Mark Scheme Pdf

Download the official OCR AS Level Physical Education H155/02 Psychological and Socio-cultural Themes in Physical Education mark scheme from the June 2025 examination series. This downloadable PDF contains the complete examiner mark scheme for OCR AS PE Paper 2, including accepted answers, levels-based marking criteria, examiner annotations, assessment guidance, and indicative content used during live OCR marking.

The OCR H155/02 June 2025 mark scheme provides detailed answers and examiner guidance for all assessment objectives, including AO1 knowledge, AO2 practical sporting application, and AO3 analysis and evaluation. Students and teachers can use this document to understand exactly how OCR awarded marks in the live June 2025 AS Physical Education examination.

The mark scheme includes extensive examiner guidance for questions covering skill classification, skill continua, transfer of learning, guidance types, feedback, goal setting, attitudes, persuasive communication, arousal theories, social facilitation, crowd effects, historical development of sport, professionalism, Olympic Games history, and the social impact of hosting major sporting events.

Question 1 focuses on skill acquisition and sports psychology. The mark scheme provides examiner-approved examples of discrete, serial, and continuous skills, bilateral transfer, negative transfer, verbal and visual guidance, manual and mechanical guidance, and different forms of positive feedback and knowledge of performance. OCR also explains acceptable sporting examples and common mistakes that would not gain credit.

Question 2 examines motivation, attitudes, arousal, and social facilitation. The mark scheme explains how OCR awarded marks for goal-setting benefits, SMART targets, persuasive communication, cognitive dissonance, inverted-U theory graphs, social inhibition, crowd effects, selective attention, mental rehearsal, and self-talk strategies used to improve performance under pressure.

Question 3 explores socio-cultural influences and the historical development of sport. The mark scheme includes detailed answers relating to pre-industrial sport, professionalism and amateurism, the split between rugby league and rugby union, De Coubertin and the modern Olympic Games, the 1980 Moscow Olympic boycott, and the social, economic, and political impacts of hosting major sporting events.

The extended-response section provides full levels-based marking guidance for the 10-mark question on cognitive learning theory and the evaluation of intrinsic and extrinsic motivation in sport. OCR outlines the exact characteristics required for Level 1, Level 2, and Level 3 responses, including AO1 knowledge, AO2 sporting examples, and AO3 evaluative discussion.

The indicative content section includes detailed examiner-approved explanations of Gestalt theory, insight learning, problem-solving activities, intervening variables, memory and perception in decision making, intrinsic and extrinsic motivation, persistence, reinforcement, praise, rewards, and the long-term effects of motivational strategies on performance and participation.

The mark scheme also contains official OCR examiner annotation guidance explaining the meaning of tick marks, benefit-of-doubt annotations, development indicators, AO1/AO2/AO3 coding, levels-of-response labels, and examiner instructions for contradictory answers, multiple-choice responses, and extended-response marking procedures.

This OCR AS Physical Education H155/02 mark scheme is ideal for examiner-standard revision, self-assessment, retrieval practice, coursework support, mock-exam marking, and understanding how OCR applies assessment criteria in live examinations. Pair this document with the official OCR H155/02 June 2025 question paper for complete examiner-style revision and performance analysis. Updated for the 2025/2026 academic year, fully mobile-friendly, and instantly downloadable.

This document is designed for OCR AS Physical Education students preparing for the 2026 examination series, resit candidates improving Psychological and Socio-cultural Themes in Physical Education exam performance, home-educated learners, and independent candidates studying AS PE. It is especially valuable for students learning how OCR applies AO1 knowledge, AO2 sporting application, and AO3 analysis and evaluation during live marking.

Teachers, PE departments, tutors, revision-course providers, intervention coordinators, and parents can use this official OCR mark scheme for mock-exam marking, examiner-standard feedback, classroom discussion, retrieval practice, and benchmarking student responses against live June 2025 OCR assessment standards.