Section B- Attribution

Question 1

Attribution

Answer 1

The perceived reason for success or failure

Question 2

4 Areas of causal Attribution

Answer 2

INTERNAL EXTERNAL
CAUSES CAUSES

• Ability -Task difficulty (STABLE)
• Effort - Luck (UNSTABLE)

Question 3

Locus of Control

Answer 3

Personal control
-Areas which the performer can take control. e.g. commitment to training, effort & concentration

External control
-Ares where the individual has little control over. e,g. tactics, referee & quality of the opposition

Question 4

Use of self serving-bias & attributions

Why is it used

Answer 4

• Success = internal factors (performer gains satisfaction)
• Failure = External or Unstable factors (protect their self-esteem)

-To avoid learn helplessness (where failure is inevitable)

Question 5

Attributions retraining of poor performance

From>To

Answer 5

FROM TO
(Attribution)
-lack of ability -incorrect strategy

                       (Emotion) -Negative                              -Neutral 

                      (Behaviour) -Helplessness                       -persistence

Question 6

Learned Helplessness

Answer 6

Where failure is inevitable due to past experiences

• Global (all sports)
• Specific (specific Sports)

Question 7

Strategies to avoid learned helplessness

Answer 7

• 1 to 1 attention
• Mental rehearsal
• Try to set performance goals
• Avoid social comparison
• Use attributions
• Highlight performance goals