Year 11 - Physical education
Prohibited substances and methods
Socio-cultural influences: ethics and behaviour
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Unit Summary
This unit will examine socio-cultural factors concerned with sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance in sport to understand the choices made by some sportspeople and spectators.
Lesson Summary
You will learn to identify different types of performance enhancing drugs, their effects and the reasons for and against taking them.
Key Notes
- Anabolic agents, stimulants, peptide hormones (EPO) and blood doping can have positive effects on performance.
- Diuretics can help aid weight loss or mask other drug use.
- Narcotic analgesics can be used to mask pain and allow the athlete to perform, even when injured.
- Athletes using prohibited substances and methods to gain an advantage over others may do so for fame, money and success.
- Athletes using prohibited substances or methods do so at the risk to their health, reputation and career.
Vocabulary To Learn
- anabolic steroids: artificially produced male hormones mimicking testosterone and promote muscle and bone growth, and reduce recovery time
- blood doping: a technique to increase the amount of red blood cells in the body
- beta blockers: drugs that are used to steady nerves by controlling heart rate and have a calming and relaxing effect
- stimulants: drugs that have an effect on the central nervous system, i.e., they increase mental and/or physical alertness
- narcotic analgesics: drugs that can be used to reduce the feeling of pain
Common Mistakes To Avoid
- All PEDs are automatically illegal and banned substances.
3 Quick Questions (With Answers)
1. Explain the lesson in two key points.
Anabolic agents, stimulants, peptide hormones (EPO) and blood doping can have positive effects on performance. Diuretics can help aid weight loss or mask other drug use.
2. What does this key word mean in this lesson? 'anabolic steroids'
artificially produced male hormones mimicking testosterone and promote muscle and bone growth, and reduce recovery time.
3. Correct this common mistake.
Mistake: All PEDs are automatically illegal and banned substances. Correction: Not all are instantly illegal or banned. For example, some stimulants are legal such as caffeine which is used by many as a stimulant. Beta blockers are available on prescription and therefore have certain restrictions.
More Lessons In This Unit
- Conduct of performers Study Guide
- Drugs in sport Study Guide
- Hooliganism Study Guide
- Interpretation and analysis of data and graphs related to socio-cultural issues Study Guide
- Spectator behaviour Study Guide
- Sportsmanship, gamesmanship and conduct of performers Study Guide
- Sportsmanship, gamesmanship and deviance Study Guide
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