Kinesiology 1088A/B Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Normative Social Influence, Learned Helplessness
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Outcome: the result of an event that is interpreted as either success or failure. Analysis: use of previous experience, expectations, perceptions, and the impact of external factors to assess an outcome. Attribution: the cause or explanation given to an outcome. 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) Lh is an acquired (not innate born with) 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. Specific feedback is perceived to be a true judgement of ability. Variations in attribution occur according to: gender males differ from females on: Types of attributions following success and failure.