Locus of control is often viewed as an inborn personality component. However, there is also evidence that it is shaped by childhood experiences—including children’s interactions with their ...

Discover your locus of control. Rotter’s full Locus of Control Scale is a 29-item questionnaire (PDF). But to get a quick sense of where you fall on the spectrum, consider which group of ...

If you have a super internal locus of control, then you think that your fate is in your hands — in other words, you're a go-getter. This proactive orientation has its benefits.

In other words, a locus of control is a habit of attributing success or failure either to one's own efforts, qualities, knowledge, skills, etc. or to external factors.

Your locus (a Latin word meaning “place” or “location”) can be either internal or external. If you have an internal locus of control, you think you’re in charge of your life.

When, as a Psychology student, Claudia Hammond read about Locus of Control in Julian Rotter's Social Learning Theory she assumed its author, like most great Mind Changers, was no longer alive.

Here’s why Serena Williams likely won’t retire anytime soon: She appears to have what psychologists call internal locus of control. That is, she believes her successes and failures result from ...