PSY-1 Chapter Notes - Chapter 1: Perceived Control
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Athletes who attribute success to internal and controllable factors are more motivated to sustain a high level of effort. Elite athletes can use internal causes of failure to enhance their future selves rather than protect their current ego. Attribution style affects effort, persistence, and future success measuring attribution. Causal dimension scale 2 (cdsii) russell, 1982, mcauley, 1987: athletes rate their perceived cause for an outcome, then rate the cause relative to. 9 questions (3 for each dimension: total score ranges 3-27, higher score = more internal, stable, controllable the attributions criticisms of attribution theory. If the goal is to only win, anything that is not a win is a failure regardless if they improved at all. Methodological problems: perceived vs. actual outcome (awareness) Does it matter what the outcome was regardless if you didn"t do well. First place but didn"t ski well: male/female; team/individual implications for practice. Be aware of the reasons athletes give for success and failures.
