Internal And External Locus Of Control Present In My Life

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Have you ever heard the phrase “I’d rather be lucky than good any day.”? Well if you use this phrase it might mean that you have a more external locus of control. Having an external locus of control means that a person believes their behavior is controlled by luck, fate or God. A person that thinks with an internal locus of control believes that they are personally responsible for their own actions. In this essay, I will go over how I mostly have an internal locus of control but have a little external present in my life as well. In a lot of parts of my life, I find that I have an internal locus of control present. A study done by Julian Rotter shows that internal thinking people tend to be more in control of their life. I would say this is me because it seems like I am always stressed about getting homework done, what I want to do with my life, and where I want to go to college. An external person would just let things come to them instead of going out and getting it. Another way the internal locus of control is present in my life would be when I think I am right I will stick with my belief even …show more content…

There are six contemporary theories that can explain why I am the person that I am today, they include learning, cognitive, humanistic, psychoanalytic, socio cultural, and psychoanalytic. In my opinion, two of these theories have more of an impact than all of the other ones, they are learning and sociocultural. The Learning theory is how all of the events and experiences that a person goes through affects their personality and behavior. The Sociocultural theory is focusing on the outside culture going on around the individual. I think this is the most important for me because I have been able to learn from the experiences that have been extended to me by my family and friends. Without some of the unique experiences that have happened in my life, I would be a completely different

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