Cory has put very little effort into his Philosophy class. However, he states that his poor performance is due to the fact that his professor is "boring" and "uninspiring." This is an example of __________

a) an external locus of control.
b) reciprocal determinism.
c) an internal locus of control.
d) reciprocal inhibition.


a

Psychology

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a. True b. False Indicate whether the statement is true or false

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a. the buttocks b. the tip of the nose c. the thumb pad d. behind the knee

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A. descriptive statistics B. inferential statistics C. correlational analyses D. ad hoc tests

Psychology