Attribution Flashcards

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What is attribution?

A

Establishing that a particular situation occurred as a result of another situation effecting it

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What is Weiner’s Model of Attribution (1979)?

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The four main reasons to categorise loss are:
- Ability
- Task difficulty
- Effort
- Luck

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What is the stability dimension of Weiner’s model?

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Stable/unstable
Whether attribution is changeable or unchangeable

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What is loss of causality in Weiner’s model?

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Internal/external
In the athlete’s control or outside the athlete’s control

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What is the effect of an athlete’s self-serving bias?

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It usually attributes to failure to external causes and success to internal causes to make themselves feel better

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What was the third component of Weiner’s model?

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The dimension of controllability

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7
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What is the dimension of controllability?

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Attribution is controlled by performer or the environment

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8
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How do coaches respond to the dimension of controllability?

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They praise effort and controllable successes and punish a lack of effort and controllable failures

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What is learned helplessness?

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Failure is inevitable and this causes hopelessness

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10
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What is specific learned helplessness?

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Hopelessness in a specific situation

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11
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What is global learned helplessness?

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Towards groups or situations

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12
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What is common in low achievers?

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They blame outcomes on things out of their control

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13
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What is common in high achievers?

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Oriented towards mastery and see failure as a learning opportunity

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What is mastery orientation?

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Athlete is motivated on becoming an expert. They attribute failure to internal, controllable and unstable factors like effort

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15
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What is attribution retraining?

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To maximise performance by turning learned helplessness into mastery orientation

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Why is attribution retraining used?

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A lot of attributions are subjective and do not help progression. Athletes should attribute failure to controllable unstable factors