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The Locus of control is a concept in psychology, originally developed by Julian Rotter in the 1950s. People who make decisions in their lives, by using an internal locus, are more likely to be successful in school and in making beneficial descions toward their health. Internal locus's are more independent on behalf of what benefits them, rather than the external locus which allows external influences effect their decisions. External locus are people who generally become more apt to be stressed, and have depression. Mainly because the external locus is more aware of work situations and life straints. Women tend to be more of an external locus than men. Locus of control is related to, but distinct from, several other social psychological constructs related to control. Attributions are explanations that people provide, after the fact, to explain why some event has occurred. Like locus of control beliefs, attributions can be classified (among other ways) as either internal or external. Self-efficacy is another related concept, introduced by Albert Bandura. Although someone may believe that how some future event turns out is under their control, they may or may not believe that they are capable of behaving in a way that will produce the desired result. For example, an athlete may believe that training 8 hours a day would result in a marked improvement in ability (an internal locus of control orientation) but not believe that he or she is capable of training that hard (a low sense of self-efficacy). Internal locus protects against submission to authority- more resistant to others influence(but tend to be more premature and less sympathetic than externals).
See also Internal locus protects against submission to authority- more resistant to others influence(but tend to be more premature and less sympathetic than externals). | ||||||||
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