Lecture 9- Midterm 2

Question 2

5-6 year olds cause and effect outcome was

Answer 2

Undistinguished
-equal effort lead to equal outcomes

Question 3

7-9 year olds cause and effect was

Answer 3

They focused on the outcome and the effort
-equal effort leads to equal outcomes
-when they weren’t doing well, they connected the outcome with effort in their mind
-when they do well they said they worked hard, and vice versa

Question 4

9-11 year olds cause and effect

Answer 4

Effort was recognized as necessary for success
-they understood they needed to put in the effort to account for outcomes

Question 5

12-13 year olds cause and effect

Answer 5

Use of ability and effort to account for the outcomes
-kids start to realize that their ability is a factor of their own success

Question 6

Variable factors are

Answer 6

Something that could change
-Persisters give different attributions than the deteriorators give

Question 7

Mastery oriented:

Answer 7

Attributions imply losses are reversible because the factors could change

Question 8

Learned helplessness

Answer 8

Attributions imply losing inevitably
-is not a competence issue
-a control issue
-its in your head

Question 9

Helplessness kids

Answer 9

-received mostly good outcomes but was taught to attribute poor outcomes to low effort
-win experiences only, they never lost

Question 10

Sport Slumps

Answer 10

Golfers chronic chokers made stable attributions

Question 11

When people were to attribute the poor shooting to a lack of effort, what happened?

Answer 11

The outcome got better and master orientation went up