Understand the Causes of our Behaviours

Question 1

Achievement- Related Attributions

Answer 1

Explains our and others daily choices and behaviours
- External - physical or environmental causes
- Internal - psychological causes such as ability or effort

• Achievement-motivation play a aprt in academic achievement

Question 2

How does achievement-related attributuions develop?

Answer 2

• Signs around 3 years
  Children makes attributions about success and failures in task
• Gradual process
  Distinguishing to internal and external causes

Question 3

Mastery-oriented attributions

Answer 3

Children high in motivation
- Success in a task to their own ability
- A view on effort
- Failure is attributed to factors that can change
- Persistent approach to learning and mastery

• Focus on learning and try to increase ability through effort to learn more

Question 4

Learned helplessness

Answer 4

Attributes failure to ability
- Rather external factors
- View ability as something that cannot be changed
- Give up without effort if faced with difficult task

• Focus on performance to obtain positive evaluation of their ability