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Do you control your destiny or are you controlled by it? This test assesses your locus of control orientation and your attribution style. "A locus of control orientation is a belief about whether the ...

When you are dealing with a challenge in your life, do you feel that you have control over the outcome, or do you believe that you are at the mercy of outside forces? Your answer to this question ...

American psychologist Julian Rotter developed the concept of "locus of control" in the 1950s, describing it as "the degree to which a person perceives an outcome as being contingent on their own ...