Physical Education A-Level
Specific learned helplessness
What Specific learned helplessness means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
Definition of Specific learned helplessness
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The belief that failure is inevitable in one particular sport or skill, such as 'I can never score penalties'.
Topics that use Specific learned helplessness
- 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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