What is locus of control? Why would it be to your advantage to have an internal locus?
What will be an ideal response?
Locus of control refers to our beliefs about how much control we have over situations or rewards. We are said to have an internal locus of control if we believe that we have control over situations and rewards. We are said to have an external locus of control if we believe that we do not have control over situations and rewards and that events outside ourselves (for example, fate) determine what happens. People fall on a continuum between internal and external locus of control.
Having more of an internal locus of control is an advantage because hundreds of studies report a positive relationship between internal locus of control and psychological functioning. For example, people with an internal locus of control are generally higher achievers, cope better with chronic illness, and report less stress, anxiety, and depression than those with an external locus of control. Also, an internal locus of control during childhood seems to protect people against some health problems in adulthood.
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a. ?Tolman b. ?Kohler c. ?Bandura d. ?Pavlov
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a. its corpus callosum ablated b. its corpus callosum and optic chiasm ablated c. its frontal lobe separated from the rest of the brain d. its reticular formation removed
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a. mild punishment. b. covert sensitization. c. direct reinforcement. d. self-directed desensitization.
All of the following are true of nonexperimental research except:
a. No attempt is made to manipulate an independent variable. b. The researcher cannot assign subjects to groups. c. Data collection procedures often compromise some degree of control. d. The researcher is unable to specify the probability of a subject being included in the sample.