Locus of Control Flashcards
1
Q
What is LoC?
A
How much personal control we believe we have over our lives
2
Q
Who proposes LoC?
A
Julian Rotter
3
Q
What is interal LoC?
A
The believe you influence your OWN life, and have a choice over what happens
4
Q
What is external LoC?
A
The believe you DON’T influence your life, fate being caused by others + luck
5
Q
Strength of LoC?
A
Is a practical application as “Catherine Gale et al” found people at the age of 10 and found that those with an Internal LoC were much less likely to suffer from obesity by the age of 30.
This means it can help with developing children’s LoC
6
Q
Weakness of LoC?
A
Reductionalist as it ignores the idea that extreme internals also suffer stress
