AO1

• Locus of control

  • The extent to which people believe they have control of their own lives and experiences
  • It is a continuum
• Internal LoC

  • Believe they are mostly responsible for what happens to them
  • Achievement orientated, higher intelligence
  • Don’t need social approval - act according to their own values
  • Able to resist social pressure - take responsibility for their actions
• External LoC

  • Believe things happen without their own control
  • Fatalistic view - what will be will be
  • Need social approval - more effected by pressure to conform or obey
  • More likely to be influenced by social pressure