Question

Helene was just fired from her job. She feels her supervisor never truly liked her. Due to what she believes is the economy's fault, she cannot find a job and now is running out of money. Helene's feeling that she has no control over her current situation leads her to go shopping. Helene fails to recognize any connection between her unwise spending habits and the likelihood of her going bankrupt. Helene's lack of perceptiveness best illustrates the dangers of: A. an internal locus of control B. the spotlight effect C. unconditional positive regard D. an external locus of control E. learned helplessness

Answer 1

Answer:

D. an external locus of control

Explanation:

In psychology, there are two distinct types of locus of control including the internal and the external locus of control.

External locus of control is described as a process through which an individual feels that his or her failures or successes occur as a consequence of some external factors or reasons which is beyond his or her control, for example, unfair teachers, circumstance, prejudiced, luck, injustice, bias, fate, etc.

An individual who is experiencing an external locus of control generally feels anxious as he or she believe of not having any control over his or her life.

In the question above, Helene's lack of perceptiveness best illustrates the dangers of an external locus of control.