Definition
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Keyword
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The tendency to approach or avoid competitive situations
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Achievement motivation
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The need to achieve
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NACH
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The need to avoid failure
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NAF
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Giving a reason for success that is due to the responsibility of the player
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Attributing success internally
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The combination of the situational and personality factors that decide the level of achievement motivation
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Interaction
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A belief in the ability to master a task
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Confidence
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A belief in the ability to do well in a range of sports
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Trait confidence
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A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting moment
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State confidence
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The degree to which a performer is drawn to challenging situations
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Competitive orientation
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The performance takes into account the situation in which the task is being undertaken
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Objective sporting situation
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A belief in the ability to master a specific sporting situation, aka self-confidence
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Self-efficacy
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What you have achieved already
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Performance accomplishments
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Seeing others do the task
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Vicarious experience
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Encouragement from others
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Verbal persuasion
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A perception of the effects of anxiety on performance
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Emotional arousal
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Someone who has influence in helping others to achieve their goals
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Leader
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Appointed from outside the group
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Prescribed leader
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Appointed from inside the group
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Emergent leader
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Leader makes the decisions
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Autocratic approach
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Decisions are made by group consultation
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Democratic
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Concerned with the interpersonal relationships
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Person-orientated leadership
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Concerned with getting results
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Task leadership
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What the situation demands
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Required behaviour
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What the leader decides to do in relation to leadership style
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Actual behaviour
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What the group wants
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Preferred behaviour
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A negative response of the body to a threat causing anxiety
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Stress
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A positive response of the body to a threat
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Eustress
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The ability to process information is directly linked to the level of arousal
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Cue utilisation
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A perception of the reason for an outcome of an event
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Attribution
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Within the performer's control
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Internal attribute
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Outside the performer's control
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External attribute
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Unlikely to change in the short-term
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Stable attribute
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Can change in a short amount of time
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Unstable attribute
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Using external and/or unstable reasons for losing
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Self-serving bias
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Using internal stable reasons for losing
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Learned helpessness
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Changing the reasons given for success and failure
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Attribution retraining
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