Correlational Findings, Educational Implications, and Criticisms of Locus of Control Research
A Review
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7841740 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Carl H Reynolds (Department of Sociology Boston College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1976 |
| Volume | 6 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 221-256 |
| Publication date | 1976-03-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Black Studies (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-9347 • E-ISSN: 1552-4566 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/002193477600600301 |
| OpenAlex | W2143865334 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 3 |
| References cited | 94 |
The concept of locus of control (LC) grew out of Rotter’s (1954) social learning theory which postulates that behavior is a function not only of the value of reinforcements available to the subject in any given situation, but also of the subject’s expectation that any particular behavior on his part will result in the attainment of the available reinforcement. The term &dquo;locus of control&dquo; denotes the specific type of expectancy for reinforcement which refers to the person’s beliefs regarding who or what determines the behavior-reward contingency. When the person believes that he himself is more or less capable of controlling the outcome of events to which he is a party, he is said to have an internal LC expectancy, and when the person feels that external forces such as luck, fate, or powerful others play the major role in determining the results of behavior, he is said to have an external LC expectancy. Many researchers have investigated LC by arranging situa-tional cues so that subjects believe that they either are or are not in control of the delivery of reinforcements. Though these research efforts will not be reviewed here, the inter-ested reader is referred to work by Holden and Rotter
Cognitive psychology · Contingency · Developmental psychology · Epistemology · Expectancy theory · Locus of control · Luck · Reinforcement · Situational ethics · Behavioral and Psychological Studies · Bullying, Victimization, and Aggression · Cognitive and psychological constructs research · Psychology · Social Psychology
Social learning and clinical psychology.
Reliability and validity of internal-external control as a personality dimension.
Dimensions of internal versus external control.
The formation of learning sets.
The Prediction of Social Action from a Dimension of Internal-External Control
Generalized expectancies for internal versus external control of reinforcement.
Motivation reconsidered
An Inventory for the Measurement of Self-Actualization
A personality correlate of social action1
Attitude change as a function of internal-external control and communicator status1
The I-E scale, ideological bias, and political participation1
Internal-external control as a determinant of information-seeking in a social influence situation1
A new scale for the measurement of interpersonal trust1
Differential utilization of information as a function of internal-external control 1
Conceptualization of success and failure in mentally retarded and normal children1
Children's Feelings of Personal Control as Related to Social Class and Ethnic Group1
Internal vs. external control of reinforcement and attention in a decision-making task 1
Internal‐external locus of control and response to influence attempts 1
Locus of control of reinforcement and responsiveness to social influence 1
Internal versus external control of reinforcement
Relationship between Locus of Control and Dogmatism
Locus of Control and Achievement Motivation
Group Risk Taking and Internal-External Control of Group Members
Internal and External Control as Determinants of Decision Making Under Conditions of Risk
Self-Esteem and Internal-External Control
Social Desirability as a Variable in the Locus of Control Scale
Relationship between Individual Social Desirability Ratings and Hand Acquiescence and I-E Scores
Internal and External Control as Determinants of Decision Making under Conditions of Risk
Relationship between Self-Esteem and Locus of Control
Alternative Measures of Locus of Control and the Prediction of Academic Performance
Relation of Anxiety to Locus of Control
Effect of Instructions and Internal-External Control of Reinforcement on a Conditioned Finger-Withdrawal Response
Some Correlation Coefficients
Internal-External Control as a Determinant of Academic Achievement
Internal-External Locus of Control
Social Desirability and the I-E Scale
Generalized Expectancy for Locus of Control and Academic Performance
Internal‐External Control in the Motivational Dynamics of Negro Youth
Internal-external control and competent and innovative behavior among Negro college students
Birth Order and Sex Differences in Academic Achievement and Internal-External Control
Temporal orientation and perceived control as determinants of risk-taking
The effect of reference group upon Negroes task persistence in a biracial competitive game
Effects of locus of control and expectation of future control upon present performance
Internal versus external control and the value of reinforcement
Relationship between locus of control and anxiety
The American Negro
Internal versus external control of reinforcement and decision time
Interpersonal trust, internal-external control, and the Warren Commission report
Risk taking in Negro and white adults
Internal-external control as a determinant of amount of social influence exerted
Internal-external control and reaction to threat
On The Meaning of Alienation
Alienation and Learning in a Hospital Setting
Convergent and discriminant validation by the multitrait-multimethod matrix
Alienation
Conformity under varying conditions of personal commitment
Expectancy changes in skill and chance situations
Alienation and Social Learning in a Reformatory
| Unique citing works | 3 |
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| Citations per year | 0,07 |
| Citation span | 1982 - 2015 (34) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 3 |