KIN 231.3 Lecture 8: Lecture 8 Jan 30 - Common sense approach in Sport Psychology
Common Sense Approach KIN 231
JAN 30/18
Outcomes/Performances
-Winners typically attribute outcome more to internal factors whereas those who lose tend
to externalize - self-serving bias.. Ruddock & Hardman
-When you lose, you try to protect yourself (ego) so you externalize things.
-If you win, you take credit for it.
-Win - “i’m always prepared”
-Lose - “my opponent was too good”
Exercise Classes - Adherence
-Those who were more successful in attending reported:
-“I’m good at managing my time”
-Internal
-Personally controllable
-Stable
Expertise
-Experts in basketball make more strategy attributions than non experts or novices
-Attributions is what motivates you
Factors vs. Dimensions
-Which is more important?
-‘Effort’ - factor vs. dimension?
Big Four Factors - used only 45% of the time in sporting situations
Researcher and attributer do not always agree on the meaning of an attribution
-“I was scoring on my serve” - internal or external?
External: reason i was scoring my serve was cause they couldn’t hit back
Task difficulty - stable or unstable?
Causal Dimension Scale II – CDSll
-Scale to assess attributions
-Participant identifies factor
E.g., ‘scoring on my serve’
-Factor classified along 4 dimensions
1. Causality (internal or external)
2. Stability (stable or unstable)
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Document Summary
Winners typically attribute outcome more to internal factors whereas those who lose tend to externalize - self-serving bias ruddock & hardman. When you lose, you try to protect yourself (ego) so you externalize things. If you win, you take credit for it. Those who were more successful in attending reported: Experts in basketball make more strategy attributions than non experts or novices. Big four factors - used only 45% of the time in sporting situations. Researcher and attributer do not always agree on the meaning of an attribution. External: reason i was scoring my serve was cause they couldn"t hit back. Factor classified along 4 dimensions: causality (internal or external, stability (stable or unstable) Common sense approach: external control (others have control, personal control (you have control. In the original scale, 3 dimensions came out. Argument that success and failure are psychological states based upon the individual"s interpretation of the outcome. Winning isn"t the same thing as success.
