According to Schneewind, 1995, those children in large single-parent families headed by women tended to have a(n)_____ locus of control
a. internal
c. reinforced
b. external
d. rational
ANS: B
FEEDBACK: External control beliefs tend to increase with the number of siblings. Children in large single-parent families headed by women were found to be more likely to develop an external locus of control (Schneewind, 1995).
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