Attribution

What is attribution?

the perceived causes of a particular outcome

What is Weiner’s 4 main reasons

-ability
-effort
-task difficulty
-luck

What does Weiner’s model look like?

What is the locus of causality?

whether the attributions come from within person or the environment

What is the stability?

whether the attribution is changeable and affects a persons expectations of future outcomes

Problems with Weiner’s model

not sport specific so can’t apply to sporting situations.

What is self-serving bias?

person’s tendency to attribute their failure to external reasons and success to internal reasons

Why do people do self-serving bias?

protect their self esteem
but means they can’t improve as they can’t accept their faults

What is controllability?

whether attributions are under control of performer or under control of others

Controllability for success

performer takes credit for success due to their effort
raises self confidence and encourages mastery orientation

Controllability for failure

failure was due to insufficient prep
gives them control over future success

What is learned helplessness?

belief that failure is inevitable and that can’t control causes of failure

What is mastery orientation?

high achiever who has strong desire to succeed and expects to succeed