Goal setting and attribution

Question 1

2. What does SMART stand for in goal setting

Answer 1

Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Recorded, Time phased

Question 2

3. Why is SMART goal setting important

Answer 2

For attentional focus, task persistence, raising confidence and self-efficacy, controlling arousal and anxiety, to monitor performance

Question 3

4. Why might goals not always be effective

Answer 3

Goal is not specific and focused, goal is not measurable so lose motivation, goal may not be achievable and be too hard which leads to motivation loss, goal may not be recorded so hard to monitor progress, goal may be too short or too long which leads to boredom or being too easy or hard

Question 4

1. What can be classified as stable and internal

Answer 4

Ability

Question 5

2. What can be classified as stable and external

Answer 5

Task difficulty

Question 6

3. What can be classified as unstable and internal

Answer 6

Effort

Question 7

4. What can be classified as unstable and external

Answer 7

Luck

Question 8

5. Relating to Weiners model, explain the term ‘locus of control’

Answer 8

Considers whether an outcome is controllable or uncontrollable

Question 9

6. Which attributions can be classified as uncontrollable

Answer 9

Ability, Task difficulty, Luck

Question 10

7. Which attributions can be classified as controllable

Answer 10

Effort

Question 11

10. Define learned helplessness

Answer 11

An individual’s belief that failure is inevitable

Question 12

11. Define Mastery orientation

Answer 12

An individual’s feeling of being in control of the outcome

Question 13

8. If you win, you should attribute to….

Answer 13

Ability and Effort

Question 14

9. If you lose, you should attribute to…..

Answer 14

Luck, only sometimes task difficulty