Attributions

Question 1

What is an attribution ?

Answer 1

The perceived reasons for the success or failure of an event or pattern of Behaviour

Question 2

4 causal attributions that effect results

Answer 2

Effort
Luck
Task difficulty
Ability

Question 3

What is self-serving bias ?

Answer 3

The performer to attribute his or her success to internal factors, such as effort and ability.
While failure is down to external influences such as luck

Question 4

What is Learned helplessness ?

Answer 4

Feelings experienced by an individual when he believes that failure is inevitable because of negative past experiences

Question 5

Learned helplessness can be divided into two categories, what are these categories ?

Answer 5

General/global- the performer will fail in all types of sport.

Specific- to certain area of sport such as swimming.

Question 6

Strategies to avoid the development of learned helplessness are;

Answer 6

One to one attention 
Mental rehearsal 
Highlight performance goals 
Avoid social comparison 
Use correct attributions

Question 7

Weiner suggested this locus of causality could be divided into two categories.

Answer 7

Internal causes- factors within our control

External causes- factors outside our control