locus of control

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    • Locus of control is whether you think the responsibility of your actions are dictated by you or your surroundings
    • Internal LOC - you believe you are responsible for your own actions and you are not easily influenced. You are less likely to obey because you follow your own moral code
    • External LOC - you are easily influenced by your surroundings and blame external factors for your outcomes. You are more likely to obey
    • AO3. There is research support for LOC. Avtgis conduced meta analysis and found that those with an external LOC were more easily persuaded and more conforming compared to internal LOC
    • AO3. There is real world applications for LOC. This information can be used to support individuals when choosing a career path. For example, more internal LOC people may be better in leaderships roles. This means that researching this has positive impacts.
    • AO3. The concept lacks temporal validity. Twenge found that Americans were more likely to believe that luck and fate dictate their outcomes, and not their own actions. People are becoming more external than they used to be. This is negative because external LOC is associated with poor schooling, decreased self control and depression