Kinesiology 1088A/B Lecture Notes - Normative Social Influence
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External = (situational) luck, ease or difficulty of task, officiating. Most people are self-centered in their perception of cause. Success is usually attributed to internal personal characteristics (ability, effort, mood) Failure is usually attributed to external situational characteristics (task difficulty, luck, others) Behaviour that is wrong but seems right and justified) Lh is an acquired belief that you are incompetent. Result of continual negative feedback from significant others about a specific aspect(s) of performance or behaviour. Doesn"t occur if generally negative about a number of aspects (when negative feedback is constant and about everything then it doesn"t occur) Specific feedback is perceived to be a true judgment of ability. Types of attributions following success and failure: gender. Have a stronger belief in the need for effort vs. natural ability. Endorse luck for almost all outcomes (less responsibility but also less satisfaction: age. Children don"t readily distinguish between effort and ability as the primary cause for performance.