Locus of Control

• Locus of Control


  Belief about control over life events.
• Internal Locus of Control

  Belief outcomes are due to personal actions.
• External Locus of Control

  Belief outcomes are influenced by external factors.
• Continuum of Locus of Control

  Range between internal and external beliefs.
• High Internal Control


  Tendency to take personal responsibility for actions.
• High External Control


  Tendency to attribute outcomes to external influences.
• Milgram Experiment


  Study on obedience and authority influence.
• Research Support


  37% of internals resisted high shocks in Milgram.
• Contradictory Research


  Over 40 years, externals resisted obedience more.
• Egoists


  Individuals who take full responsibility for actions.
• Resistance to Social Control

  Ability to oppose external pressures or commands.
• Personal Responsibility


  Accountability for one's own actions and decisions.
• Predetermined Outcomes


  Belief that events are fixed and unchangeable.
• Obedience


  Compliance with commands from authority figures.