11.1- Attribution in sport

Question 1

What is an attribution

Answer 1

Giving reasons for success and failure

Question 2

Name 3 reasons for attributions

Answer 2

influence motivation, confidence and future expectations of success

Question 3

Give an example of an attribution in football

Answer 3

-football team blaming bad weather as a reason for losing

Question 4

What is Weiner’s model of attribution

Answer 4

-identified four main reasons for an outcome; ability, effort, task difficulty, luck

-locus of causality

-stability dimension

Question 5

What is locus of causality on Weiners model

Answer 5

refers to whether attribution comes from within (internal) or from environment (external

Question 6

Describe Weiner’s model of attribution

Answer 6

Locus of causality
Internal External

Ability Task difficulty

Stable

Effort Luck

Unstable

Question 7

What does the stability dimension on Weiner’s model of attribution refer to

Answer 7

whether attribution is changeable, unchangeable

Question 8

Internal stable attribution

Answer 8

Ability

Question 9

Internal stable uncontrollable

Answer 9

Ability

Question 10

External stable controllable/uncontrollable

Answer 10

Task difficulty

Question 11

Internal unstable controllable

Answer 11

Effort

Question 12

External unstable uncontrollable

Answer 12

Luck

Question 13

What is self-serving bias

Answer 13

persons tendency tp atteribute their failure to external reasons

Question 14

Meaning of controllability

Answer 14

whether attributions are under the control of the performer or under the control of others

Question 15

What is Learned helplessness

Answer 15

belief that failure is inevitable

Question 16

Give an example of learned helplessness

Answer 16

i am hopeless at football

Question 17

State the difference between low achievers and high achievers in terms of failure

Answer 17

low achievers attribute failure to uncontrollable factors -> learned helplessness

high achievers see failure as learning experience attribute it to controllable factors

Question 18

What is mastery orientation

Answer 18

feeling of being motivated to learn and become the best you can be

Question 19

Describe hoe an athlete who is mastery oreintated would attribute failure

Answer 19

-internal, controllable, unstable factors e.g. effort

-will continue to strive to be better at the activity

Question 20

What is attribution retraining

Answer 20

changing learned helplessness into mastery orientation to optimise sports performance

Question 21

Name the 2 types of learned helplessness

Answer 21

global
specific