The psychology of performance, taught with the scenarios Cambridge loves to set.
Skill and Ability
Skill and ability are two different things, and examiners check that you know which is which. Ability is what a performer is born with; skill is what they build from it t...
8 questions · 23 marks
Revise this topicCharacteristics of a Skilled Performance
Cambridge describes a skilled performance using six characteristics: fluent, aesthetically pleasing, consistent, accurate, goal-directed and coordinated. A skilled perfor...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicSkill Classification Continua
Skills are not simply 'open' or 'gross'. Cambridge wants you to place a specific skill on a continuum and justify where you put it, using the features of the skill. The m...
7 questions · 19 marks
Revise this topicThe Simple Information Processing Model
The simple information processing model explains what happens between a performer noticing something and acting on it: input, decision-making, output and feedback, with f...
7 questions · 19 marks
Revise this topicThe Stages of Learning
Learning a skill passes through three stages: cognitive, associative and autonomous. Cambridge asks you to name each stage and describe what a performer at that stage act...
6 questions · 18 marks
Revise this topicFeedback
Feedback is the information a performer gets about their performance, and it is the stage that closes the information processing loop. Cambridge asks you to name and desc...
6 questions · 17 marks
Revise this topicGuidance
Guidance is the information a coach gives to help a performer learn a skill, and Cambridge splits it into three types: visual, verbal and manual/mechanical. You need to d...
6 questions · 17 marks
Revise this topicGoal Setting
SMARTER is a checklist for writing a target that actually changes behaviour, and Cambridge wants every one of the seven letters — Specific, Measurable, Agreed, Realistic,...
6 questions · 17 marks
Revise this topicMotivation
Motivation is what drives a performer to take part and to keep going. Cambridge splits it into intrinsic, which comes from inside the performer, and extrinsic, which come...
7 questions · 19 marks
Revise this topicArousal, Anxiety and Relaxation
Arousal is how ready and switched on you are. Too little and you are flat; too much and you tighten up and make mistakes. Cambridge tests whether you can draw and explain...
7 questions · 20 marks
Revise this topicPersonality Types
Cambridge names two personality types: introvert and extrovert. You need the terms, the typical characteristics of each, and which physical activities each type usually t...
6 questions · 14 marks
Revise this topicOther areas in IGCSE PE
Where this fits in IGCSE PE 0413
This page is one area of Cambridge IGCSE PE 0413 / 0995. IGCSE PE 0413 is the course home: every area and every topic in Cambridge's own order, the papers you sit and what each one tests, and the exam-practice tools. The full topic list, with each topic linked to its revision page, is on the IGCSE PE 0413 syllabus page.