Hello,
We are back with our class of psychology and mental health; it has been a while!
Where we learn and share with one another.
Today, we are talking about “Locus of Control”.
Locus of control is, in simple terms,
The extent to which an individual feels they have control over the events that influence their life.
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By this, I am looking at instances where
Something nice happens to you like being promoted at work….
You say to yourself that this was the work of your ancestors, this was a result of your tireless input of effort at work, or somebody set you up.
Your locus of control can be very important in determining how you respond to the events that happen in your life or what we can call, our attitude
Or even your motivation for taking action in your life or what we can call, our behaviour!
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There is the internal locus of control
As well as the external one.
In the case of an internal locus of control,
There is a belief in the outcomes of our actions depending on what we do.
When you find yourself believing the outcomes of your actions depended on something beyond your control,
Then you are referring to an external locus of control.
There is a very important component of this concept.
It is that every human being lies in the grey area of these two loci…we all at one point, tend to be on the internal side of things and after a while, we are on the external side of things.
No one of us neither has 100% external nor internal loci of control!
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With all these pointers,
You can ably determine if you are a person with a dominant internal or external locus of control.
– I’d love to hear from you; which of the two are you? –
Am an internal one but w some external bit of it
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I would say that I am transitioning. Lol. I am working on being more Internal, and I am happy to say it’s been working in my favor recently.
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Everyone really needs to understand how the locus of control works so we can mak sure we’re really in charge of our lives. We have to make sure we have an internal locus of control to take charge of our lives.
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I’m not going to lie, I have never heard of locus of control. I think I am right in the middle. It depends on where I am at in life and how I’m feeling that day.
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It’s interesting and useful to be aware of this. It’s up to us to make things happen.
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I am a combination of both. How we react to things and events in our life influence our internal and external factors.
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I miss your psychology and mental health posts. Its been a while and as usual, they’re fascinating.
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I am more of an internal, and only use a little bit of external to lead into internal. I learned to be responsible for my own actions, and face any consequences that will lead to.
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Such an interesting concept. Internal vs. External locus of control. How very intriguing!
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This is new to me, the first time knowing about this term. It looks that it’s interesting and would love to learn more about it.
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I honestly think I am internal, but I do have difficult days when those external thoughts do creep in.
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What an interesting post. I am definitely in the internal post and it makes sense that I am the way I am!
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I’m leaning more on the internal locus of control, but I agree that you should manage and maintain both!
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