locus of control
degree to which people believe that they, as opposed to external forces, have control over their lives
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locus of control
Summary
locus of control is a cognitive bias[1]. It ranks in the top 7% of cognitive_bias entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[2]
Key Facts
- locus of control is credited with the discovery of Julian B. Rotter[3].
- locus of control's instance of is recorded as cognitive bias[4].
- locus of control's instance of is recorded as psychology concept[5].
- locus of control's part of is recorded as psychological terminology[6].
- locus of control's MeSH descriptor ID is recorded as D007389[7].
- locus of control's Freebase ID is recorded as /m/03chqh[8].
- locus of control's MeSH tree code is recorded as F01.829.379[9].
- locus of control's facet of is recorded as self-control[10].
- locus of control's facet of is recorded as control[11].
- locus of control's facet of is recorded as social psychology[12].
- locus of control's facet of is recorded as risk appetite[13].
- locus of control's National Library of Latvia ID is recorded as 000333128[14].
- locus of control's BBC Things ID is recorded as 60a09df9-1ff1-4966-be4d-f02e5e8f5430[15].
- locus of control's Great Russian Encyclopedia Online ID is recorded as 2182480[16].
- locus of control's Quora topic ID is recorded as Locus-of-Control[17].
- locus of control's JSTOR topic ID is recorded as locus-of-control[18].
- locus of control's Great Norwegian Encyclopedia ID is recorded as locus_of_control[19].
- locus of control's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 170798268[20].
- locus of control's Microsoft Academic ID is recorded as 2910442641[21].
- locus of control's National Library of Poland MMS ID is recorded as 9810704859905606[22].
- locus of control's Lex ID is recorded as locus_of_control[23].
- locus of control's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C170798268[24].
- locus of control's OpenAlex ID is recorded as C2993503261[25].
- locus of control's Encyclopedia of China is recorded as 38287[26].
- locus of control's Wellcome Collection concept ID is recorded as ez325kcr[27].
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Works and Contributions
locus of control is credited with the discovery of Julian B. Rotter[3].
Why It Matters
locus of control ranks in the top 7% of cognitive_bias entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (696 views/month).[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 22 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[28] It is known by 6 alternative names across languages and contexts.[29]