5.1- Attribution In Sport

Question 1

Wieners model of attribution?

Answer 1

Consists of internal, external, stable and and unstable.

Ability. Task difficulty

Effort. Luck

Question 2

Self serving bias?

Answer 2

A persons tendency to attribute their failure to external reasons. E.g. I lost the badminton match because the floor was slippy

Question 3

What is controllability?

Answer 3

Whether attributions are under control of the performer or under the control of others, or whether they are uncontrollable (i.e. nothing can be bone by anyone, e.g. luck, weather).

Question 4

What is learned helplessness?

Answer 4

This refers to the belief that failure is inevitable and a feeling of hopelessness when faced with a particular situation

Question 5

What is mastery orientation?

Answer 5

It’s the view that an individual will be motivated by becoming an expert in skill development or sports performance

Question 6

Attribution retraining?

Answer 6

It can optimise spores performance, seeking often to change learned helplessness into mastery orientation