Attribution | OCR A-Level Physical Education (H555)
Attribution
- 41 questions
- 3 subtopics
- Component 02: Psychological factors affecting performance
- Component 02
Attribution is examined in Component 02, Psychological factors affecting performance.
It covers Weiner's model: locus of causality and stability, controllability, self-serving bias and attribution retraining and learned helplessness and mastery orientation.
Sample questions from Attribution
Answer each one closed book first, then open the answer.
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Weiner's model: locus of causality and stability
What is an external attribution?
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An external attribution places the cause of an outcome outside the performer. Task difficulty and luck are external causes. -
Weiner's model: locus of causality and stability
Why does a stable attribution for success raise expectations of future success?
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A stable cause such as ability is expected to be present next time. The performer therefore expects to succeed again. -
Controllability, self-serving bias and attribution retraining
Why do performers show a self-serving bias?
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The self-serving bias protects self-esteem after a defeat. Personal credit for success also raises pride and confidence. -
Controllability, self-serving bias and attribution retraining
How should success be attributed to build a performer's confidence?
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Success should be linked to internal, stable causes such as ability. Credit for effort and good preparation also helps. -
Learned helplessness and mastery orientation
Explain how learned helplessness acts as a barrier to sports performance.
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A helpless performer lowers effort and avoids challenges. Poor performance then confirms the belief that failure is certain. -
Learned helplessness and mastery orientation
Compare how a helpless and a mastery-oriented performer respond to a heavy defeat.
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A helpless performer blames a lack of ability and wants to give up. A mastery-oriented performer blames controllable causes and works harder.
The 3 subtopics
One subtopic is one session. Work down the list.
| Subtopic | What it covers | Questions |
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| Weiner's model: locus of causality and stability | Attribution, the locus of causality and stability dimensions, ability, effort, task difficulty and luck, classifying a golfer's, a sprinter's and a hockey team's attributions, and pride, expectations and motivation. | 14 |
| Controllability, self-serving bias and attribution retraining | Controllability and effort, the self-serving bias and how it holds performers back, attribution retraining for a swimmer, attributing failure to unstable causes and success to stable ones, and blaming luck. | 13 |
| Learned helplessness and mastery orientation | General and specific learned helplessness, attributions that cause it, effects on performance and participation, late developers, mastery orientation, praising effort, and the tennis player who cannot beat one rival. | 14 |
How the guide is worked
Answering a question from memory stores it far better than reading the answer again. The guide runs that as a fixed procedure on one subtopic at a time, about twenty minutes a session.
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Step 1 · Closed book
Cover the answers. Work through one subtopic and write down what you can. Leave blanks where you have nothing.
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Step 2 · Open book
Go back to the top. Read each printed answer and write it out in full, including the ones you had right.
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Step 3 · Closed book again
Same questions, same order, from memory. The gap between pass one and pass three is the session result.
Read the full method, the return schedule and the research behind it.
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