Attribution Theory

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Clues

  • LATE Luck, Ability, Task Difficulty, Effort (7, 5, 7)
  • NEGATIVE outlook; suggests that failure is inevitable so decreases motivation and confidence eg. failure due to low ability eg. task difficulty (7, 12)
  • POSITIVE outlook; to encourage further improvement, mastery of skills and persistence in participation eg. blame failure on effort (7, 11)
  • The reasons we give to account for success and failure in sport (11)
  • When performers use attributions in a positive way- failure seen as a temporary set back protecting their self esteem eg.poor luck (4, 7, 4)

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