5.1 - Attribution In Sport

Question 1

What does wieners model of attribution show?

Answer 1

Stable internal - ability (uncontrollable)
Unstable internal - effort (controllable)
Stable external - task difficulty (uncontrollable/controllable)
Unstable external - luck (uncontrollable)

Question 2

What is learned helplessness?

Answer 2

Belief that failure is inevitable

Question 3

What are the 2 types of learned helplessness?

Answer 3

Specific learned helplessness (in a particular situation) ‘’im a hopeless football plater’’

Global learned helplessness (in a group of situations) ‘’im hopeless in all sports’

Question 4

What is mastery orientation?

Answer 4

View that an individual will be motivate by becoming an expert in skill development or sports performance

Question 5

What will an athlete who is mastery orientated often do?

Answer 5

Attribute failure to internal, controllable, unstable factors like effort

Question 6

What is attribution retraining?

Answer 6

Seeking often to change learned helplessness into mastery orientation