Attribution Flashcards
What are attributes?
The perceived causes of a particular outcome
What are the 4 factors in weiners model of attribution?
Ability
Luck
Task difficulty
Effort
Ability in weiners model?
Internal
Stable
Uncontrollable
Effort in Weiners model?
Internal
Unstable
Changeable
Luck in weiners model?
External
Unstable
Uncontrollable
Task difficulty in weiners model?
External
Unstable
Controllable / uncontrollable
What are the 3 dimensions (locus) of Weiners model?
Locus of stability
Locus of causality
Locus of control
What is the locus stability?
Refers to whether the attribution can change
Stable or unstable
What is the locus of causality?
Refers to where the attribution came from
Internal or external
What is the locus of control?
Refers to whether the performer can control the outcome
Controllable or uncontrollable
What is mastery orientation?
A term used to describe a performer who is motivated to become an expert.
They believe failure is a learning experience.
They feel in control of their performance outcomes
What would someone who is at mastery orientation attribute to?
Internal
Unstable
Controllable
What is learned helplessness?
A belief that failure is inevitable and a belief that they will never succeed.
Can lead to a performer giving up
Often show avoidance behavior
What will someone at learned helplessness attribute to?
Internal
Stable
Uncontrollable
What is self serving bias?
A mindset where performers will attribute all success to internal attributions and all failure to external attributions.
