AP PSYCHOLOGY

Detailed explanation-1: -External Locus of Control: The perception that chance or outside forces beyond your personal control determine your fate.

Detailed explanation-2: -Students with an “external locus of control” generally believe that their successes or failures result from external factors beyond their control, such as luck, fate, circumstance, injustice, bias, or teachers who are unfair, prejudiced, or unskilled.

Detailed explanation-3: -Locus of Control refers to an individual’s perception about the underlying main causes of events in his/her life. Or, more simply: Do you believe that your destiny is controlled by yourself or by external forces (such as fate, god, or powerful others)?

Detailed explanation-4: -The most common example of external locus of control for students is their belief that their teacher was biassed and that was why they failed their exams. Of course, the issue of teacher bias does exist and it’s a problem.