Wallace Chris Shreve Locus of Control PSY/285 9/8/2014 Locus of control is what people perceive what their everyday outcomes will be. If a person has an internal locus then‚ they believe that they are in control of themselves and the influence of the world around them. A person with an external locus feels as though they cannot control the things that happen to them and the world around them. I‚ myself‚ have an internal locus because I believe that my actions control my life. If I do not work
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Locus of control has to do with the degree of control a person perceives he or she has over his or her own life. It develops as he learns cause and effect. The older we become‚ the more we realize that our actions have consequences which can either be good or bad‚ consequences which can either result in failure or success. Some people feel they are in charge of their lives and can make choices that will bring about desired outcomes. Such people have internal locus of control. Other people think their
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Steinbeck illustrates how Cal’s external locus of control motivates him to rely and conform to the expectations and actions of individuals he has idolized. Cal places the ultimate idolization on his father; he believes his father’s love is the greatest trophy in life. All of Cal’s actions revolve around his father’s acceptance‚ rather than his own desires. Cal is imprisoned by his father’s expectations and therefore cannot advocate or act for his furtherance. After a conversation between Cal and
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Root Locus Consider the closed loop transfer function: R(s) + - E(s) K 1 s(s+a) C(s) How do the poles of the closed-loop system change as a function of the gain K? The closed-loop transfer function is: The characteristic equation: Closed-loop poles: Root Locus When the gain is 0‚ the closed loop poles are the openloop poles Roots are real and distinct and for a positive a‚ in the left half of the complex plane. Two coincident poles (Critically damped response) Roots
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Outline and evaluate definitions of abnormality. Abnormality has three definitions. The first definition is deviation from social norms. Social norms are the approved and expected ways of behaving in a particular society. In terms of social norms‚ abnormal behaviour can be seen as behaviour that deviates from or violates social norms. The key weakness of the deviation of social norms is cultural relativity. Social norms by their very definition are specific to a particular
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Gun Control Outline I. Introduction A. American Dream‚ means different things to people (needs to be fought for) B To many people‚ freedom is owning a gun C. Gun control is strict enough. The United States government puts down laws strict enough to deal with firearms. II. Body A. Who Can Own A Firearm? 1. Why officials can use firearms a. Military and authorities use firearms to protect‚ not to attack b. These people have been trained and know how to handle firearms 2. Why do authorities
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Hwk – Outline and evaluate explanations of conformity (8 marks) AO1: Conformity is a form of social influence and is the tendency to copy other people’s behaviour and attitudes from within a group. Normative social influence occurs when a person desires to be liked and accepted by a group. They will publicly conform and change their behaviour but they will still privately reject their views. This change in behaviour is often temporary as this type of social influence leads to compliance.
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Outline and Evaluate The Cognitive Interview (12 marks) The cognitive interview was created by Fisher and Gieselman in 1992‚ the cognitive interview is a technique which aims to bring out more accurate information from eye witnesses. It consists of four stages; the interviewee is asked to mentally recreate the environment from the original incident including weather conditions and their feelings. The interviewee is asked to report every single detail of the incident even if it may seem irrelevant
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Outline and evaluate research into obedience (Milgram) Milgram carried out a series of studies to try to shed some light on the aspect of human behaviour. He studied a thousand participants who were representative of the general population. He discovered that under certain situational influences most of us would conform to what is needed to be done. His study of obedience was done in a lab in Yale University and the experimenter wore a long grey coat which reinforced his authority and status. Then
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Outline and evaluate learning theory as an explanation of attachment. Classical conditioning - Before attachment is learned‚ the infant gains pleasure through being fed. Food is the unconditioned stimulus and pleasure is the unconditioned response. When the infant is being fed‚ the infant associates the person providing the food with the food. The primary caregiver is the neutral stimulus‚ which becomes associated with food (the unconditioned stimulus). When the attachment has been learned
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