Key term
Eduqas A-Level Physical Education A550QS
Health, Fitness and an Active Lifestyle
Short-Term Responses to Exercise
Long-Term Adaptations to Exercise
Fitness Testing and Components of Fitness
Training Methods, Principles and Periodisation
Topic overviewSpecificity, progressive overload, reversibility, variance and FITTContinuous, fartlek, interval and high intensity trainingWeight, plyometric, circuit and flexibility trainingAltitude training and training in hot and cold climatesTraining zones, heart rate monitoring and periodisation
Energy Systems
Fatigue and Recovery
Diet, Nutrition and Supplements
Injury Prevention and Rehabilitation
Joints and the Musculo-Skeletal System
Planes, Axes and Movement Patterns
Biomechanical Principles and Levers
Linear and Angular Motion
Projectile Motion and Fluid Mechanics
Performance Analysis
Technology in Sport
Personality
Attitudes
Goal Setting
Stress, Arousal and Anxiety
Motivation
Aggression
Social Facilitation
Group Dynamics and Leadership
Attribution Theory
Self-Efficacy and Confidence
Skill, Ability and Skill Classification
Learning Curves, Theories and Stages
Transfer, Practice and Guidance
Information Processing, Memory and Feedback
Sport, Culture and Society
The Emergence of Modern Sport
Ethics, Deviance and Doping
Social Differentiation in Sport
Sport and the Mass Media
Commercialisation and Globalisation
Attribution Theory
- 3 subtopics
- 9 things to know
- Components 1 and 2
What Attribution Theory covers
Attribution Theory is examined in both papers, since Component 1 and Component 2 can each examine any of the content. It covers Weiner's model of attribution, errors in attribution and learned helplessness and attribution retraining.
Where it is assessed
Components 1 and 2
Either 2 hour written paper, each worth 35% of the A level, can examine this.
Check the Eduqas specification ↗The 3 subtopics
Each one has its own page.
- Weiner's model of attributionAttribution and Weiner's model, locus of causality and stability, ability, effort, task difficulty and luck, the controllability dimension, and why attributions matter for future motivation.Open →
- Errors in attributionThe self-serving bias and the actor-observer effect with examples, team conflict, suggested gender differences in attribution, how coaches respond to errors, and pride and shame after a result.Open →
- Learned helplessness and attribution retrainingGeneral and specific learned helplessness and their causes, effects on performance and young people's disaffection, attribution retraining for failure and success, other strategies and mastery orientation.Open →
What you need to know
Answer each one before you reveal it.
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What is attribution, and how does Weiner's model classify reasons for results?
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What is the actor-observer effect? Give an example from sport.
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What is learned helplessness?
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What is the self-serving bias?
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What causes learned helplessness?
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What is attribution?
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Give an example of the self-serving bias.
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What is general learned helplessness?
Take Attribution Theory further
The same content, four other ways.
Commonly confused
Pairs that lose marks when they are blurred together.
Self-serving bias vs Actor-observer effect
Self-serving bias: crediting one's own success inwardly and blaming failure on outside factors. Actor-observer effect: explaining one's own actions by circumstances but others' by their character.
Internal attribution vs External attribution
Internal attribution: a cause located within the performer, such as ability or effort. External attribution: a cause located outside the performer, such as luck or opposition.
Stable attribution vs Unstable attribution
Stable attribution: a cause unlikely to change between performances. Unstable attribution: a cause that may differ next time.
Questions from this topic
Each one with the model answer underneath.
- 1
What is attribution?
Model answer
Attribution is the reason a performer gives for the outcome of a performance. Performers attribute success and failure to different causes.
- 2
What is Weiner's model of attribution?
Model answer
Weiner's model classifies the reasons for success and failure along two main dimensions. The dimensions are locus of causality and stability.
- 3
What is the locus of causality?
Model answer
The locus of causality is whether the cause lies within the performer or outside them. Causes are internal or external.
- 4
What is the stability dimension?
Model answer
The stability dimension is whether a cause is fixed or likely to change. Causes are stable or unstable.
- 5
What are the four attributions in Weiner's model?
Model answer
The four attributions are ability, effort, task difficulty and luck.
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Where does ability sit in Weiner's model?
Model answer
Ability is internal and stable. A performer's skill level does not change quickly.
What is inside Levo
Six ways to work the same material.
Attribution Theory revision questions
- What does Attribution Theory cover in Eduqas A-Level Physical Education?
- 3 subtopics: weiner's model of attribution, errors in attribution and learned helplessness and attribution retraining. Each one has its own page with questions and model answers.
- How is Attribution Theory organised?
- By the Eduqas A550QS specification, subtopic by subtopic, so it matches the order you are taught it in.
Every question in Attribution Theory, on a schedule.
Attempt a question from memory, write the correct version, then attempt it again. Levo records the jump between your first attempt and your last, and brings each question back on the day you are due to forget it.
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