Psychology

Please respond to the following and give your opinion in an opinion format…….

In the book, it mentioned that Americans were constantly growing into the external locus of control. “Unfortunately, such feelings are

consistent with increasing cynicism and depression” (Friedman & Schustack, 2012, p.235). This might be true, but it also gives the

external group a bad rep. A bit of both internal and external groups is needed, as conforming to just one group would be trying to

change who an individual is, which might be the wrong approach. This goes for extroverts and introverts as well, which is similarly

approached. Instead of trying to change them completely, maybe focusing on changing just the negative influences could work out better

for people.

As for how teachers could help develop the students’ internal locus of control, (and this is a biased answer), maybe not piling work

and creating unnecessarily hard assignments and tests could be a starter. Instead, focusing on dialing back on the tests and actually

helping the students study for them and learn something (as opposed to just memorizing information and dumping them after) might be a

better approach. After all, most of what we learn is useless information that almost all of us will never need for our career anyway.

Sorry for the crude wording, but this is the case for everyone. And by doing this, students might actually develop a healthy studying

habit and develop more confidence through this, rather than, as the book states, “be depressed and stressed” (Friedman & Schustack,

2012, p.235).

Also, going to the worksheet, I thought that number 7 was incredibly inaccurate. As a Christian, I know for certain that God allows us

to choose our own paths, which is part of the whole love and free will thing. He knows everything that will happen, sure, but people

assuming that that means he chooses our paths for us is misguided. He might have a plan for someone, but there are millions of others

they can take as well. There can be more than one right path.

References

Friedman, H. & Schustack, M. (2012). Personality: Classic theories and modern research (5th ed.). NY: Pearson.
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