Research on academic achievement and locus of control typically finds
A. internals perform better academically, but this difference does not surface until students reach college.
B. externals perform better academically, but this difference disappears when students reach college.
C. internals perform better academically, and this seems to be true at all age levels.
D. externals perform better academically, and this seems to be true at all age levels.
Question 2What might you expect to find when you compare the success rates of internals and externals undergoing a stop smoking treatment?
A. The internals will do better.
B. The externals will do better.
C. The internals will do better if allowed to feel they control the treatment.
D. The internals will do better if they believe the therapist can do something to control their smoking for them.
Question 3Vicki thinks that whether people make a lot of friends depends on the kind of job a person happens to get and the kinds of people who happen to move into the person's neighborhood. A personality researcher would probably classify Vicki as a(n)
A. internal.
B. external.
C. pessimist.
D. introvert.
Question 4According to studies of achievement and locus of control, someone who is an external in college is likely to have
A. better grades than internals in college.
B. received lower scores on achievement tests in high school.
C. performed better on academic tests in elementary school than high school.
D. all of the above
Question 5Which of the following has research found to be true of internals?
A. They are more likely to complete their college degree than externals.
B. They are more ambitious than externals.
C. They show higher levels of performance in the workplace.
D. All of the above
Question 6When suicidal patients were asked to relive the events that took place before an attempted suicide, they
A. had a peak experience.
B. described themselves in terms of an internal locus of control.
C. described themselves in terms of an external locus of control.
D. had no memory because the events had been repressed.
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