important event and inappropriately generalize that perception to other
aspects of their lives.
4. The most widely researched aspect of Rotter ’s social learning theory is
the notion of individual differences in generalized expectancies, or locus
of control. At one end of this dimension we find internals, who generally
believe they control what happens to them. On the other end are exter-
nals, who generally hold that what happens to them is under the control
of outside forces. Internals generally do better than externals on measuresof well-being and health.
KEY TERMS
androgyny (p. 379)
learned helplessness (p. 395)
locus of control (p. 401)masculinity-femininity (p. 378)
unmitigated communion (p. 384)
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