People with an External Locus of Control Tend to Believe

question 23

Multiple Choice

People with an external locus of control tend to believe:

• A)people are lonely because they do not try to be friendly.
• B)getting a good job depends mainly on being in the right place at the right time.
• C)people's misfortunes result from the mistakes they make.
• D)the average citizen can have an influence in government decisions.
• E)in the case of a well-prepared student,there is rarely if ever such a thing as an unfair test.

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Definitions:

Electric Shock

A sudden discharge of electricity through a part of the body, which can be used therapeutically in certain psychiatric treatments but also poses risks.

Reinforcement

The process by which a stimulus or event strengthens or increases the probability of the response that it follows.

Stimulus

Any event or situation that evokes a response.

Higher-Order Conditioning

A process in classical conditioning by which a stimulus that was previously neutral is paired with a conditioned stimulus to produce the same conditioned response as the conditioned stimulus.