A Patient Who Tells You That He Cannot Lose Weight

question 1

Multiple Choice

A patient who tells you that he cannot lose weight because his job keeps him on the road so he cannot exercise and his wife fixes too many high-calorie meals demonstrates:

• A) internal locus of control.
• B) external locus of control.
• C) negative locus of control.
• D) positive locus of control.

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