Physical Education A-Level
Weiner’s dimensional classification of causes
What Weiner’s dimensional classification of causes means in Physical Education A-Level, as defined for AQA.
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Classifies the causes performers give for success and failure using dimensions such as locus of causality, stability and controllability.
Topics that use Weiner’s dimensional classification of causes
- 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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