The degree to which people perceive they have power over their environment is:
a. control c. fate and luck.
b. transcultural delegation. d. environmental control.
D
How people perceive that they can control or have power over their environment is called
environmental control. Two types of this perceived control are internal locus of control, where the
person relies upon his own inner (internal) resources to handle stimuli from the environment, and
external locus of control, which is when a person relies more upon external forces such as luck and
chance for control over what is experienced from the environment.
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