In psychology, it’s almost universally accepted that we want people to have an internal locus of control. The alternative? An external locus of control. Source: Photo by Milad Fakurian on Unsplash ...

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 ...

When something goes wrong, it’s natural to cast blame on the perceived cause of the misfortune. Where an individual casts that blame can be related, in many cases, to a psychological construct known ...

In traditional media environments, the main type of control available to consumers is to alter their own opinions and judgments or to approach or avoid the mass media message. Most research in the ...

An icon in the shape of a lightning bolt. Impact Link Do you think that the events in your life — getting hired or getting fired, falling in or out of love, moving from one city to another — are due ...

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 ...

When people ask whether kids' mental health has been declining only since the iPhone, or only since COVID-19, I often point ...

In the world of marketing, there are a lot of companies with incredible strategies, brilliant vision and spectacular technology. But without the best people, it is difficult to be successful. For most ...