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Download full textFullin, Christine; Mills, Brett D. – 1995
This paper reviews the development of attribution theory as it relates to sport from Fritz Heider's original model of attribution theory in 1958 to the present. The original model explains that individuals use four attribution factors to interpret and predict the outcome of an event--ability, effort, task difficulty, and luck. Bernard Weiner built…
Descriptors: Athletics, Attribution Theory, Helplessness, Higher Education
Peer reviewedWeiner, Bernard – Journal of Educational Psychology, 1983
A temporal theory of motivation is proposed in which causes, causal dimensions, psychological consequences (expectancy and affect), and behavioral outcomes play a role in the dynamics of action. The discussion of methodological errors in attribution research that follows examines shortcomings at each of these conceptual stages in the motivational…
Descriptors: Affective Behavior, Attribution Theory, Expectation, Locus of Control
