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- Which example best illustrates an internal locus of control?
- What is internal and external locus of control?
- How do you improve internal locus of control?
- How do you measure locus of control?
Which example best illustrates an internal locus of control?
For example, students with an internal locus of control might blame poor grades on their failure to study, whereas students with an external locus of control may blame an unfair teacher or test for their poor performance.
What is internal and external locus of control?
People who develop an internal locus of control believe that they are responsible for their own success. Those with an external locus of control believe that external forces, like luck, determine their outcomes.
How do you improve internal locus of control?
One way to increase one's internal locus of control is to go out and do something that you know will result in failure; and follow up that failure by examining the factors that you could control and improve, that might change the outcome next time. Over time, this exercise will increase one's internal locus of control.
How do you measure locus of control?
There are multiple ways to measure locus of control, but by far the most widely used questionnaire is the 13-item (plus six filler items), forced-choice scale of Rotter (1966).
