Shanda is afraid of failing one of her final exams, primarily because she thinks the professor gives hard exams and so, no matter how hard she studies, it won't matter. Cognitive theorists would suggest Shanda has an:

a. extraverted personality
b. external locus of control
c. introverted personality
d. internal locus of control


Ans: b. external locus of control

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