Attribution retraining
What Attribution retraining means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Encourages performers to attribute failure to unstable or controllable causes, such as insufficient effort or a poor tactical choice, so they believe improvement is possible.
A cognitive intervention that helps a performer replace unhelpful explanations for failure with more adaptive ones.
A strategy that can help a performer move from helplessness to more adaptive attributions.
Topics that use Attribution retraining
- Attribution theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Application to success and failure in sport
- Attribution
- Attribution, emotion and expectancy
- Coach and teacher influence on attributions
- Controllability
- General learned helplessness
- Goal setting
- Learned helplessness
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