Physical Education A-Level
Locus of causality
What Locus of causality means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Locus of causality
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A dimension that distinguishes internal causes, such as effort or ability, from external causes, such as luck, opponent quality or officiating.
Topics that use Locus of causality
- Attribution theory (AQA A-Level)
Related terms
- Application to success and failure in sport
- Attribution
- Attribution retraining
- Attribution, emotion and expectancy
- Coach and teacher influence on attributions
- Controllability
- General learned helplessness
- Goal setting
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