PSYB30H3 Lecture Notes - Explanatory Style, Learned Helplessness, Externals
Document Summary
Field-dependent: tend to see the big picture rather than details. Learn best by being totally immersed in everyday situations where they are surrounded by a new language. Field-independent: rely on their own physical sensations and have selective attention to a particular object without being distracted by the surrounding details. Good at learning languages in traditional classroom setting. Locus of control: people"s beliefs about the control of reinforcements and outcomes in their lives. Locus of control is often measured with the internal-external locus of control scale. Respondents are presented with 29 pairs of statements in a forced-choice format. Each pair includes 1 internal locus of control statement and 1 external locus of control statement. Participants must decide which statements they agree with more. 6 of the pairs are filler statements and are not scored. Scores can range from 0-23 with higher scores indicating a greater external locus of control, and lower scores a more internal locus of control.
