MacFarlane added that Brianâs death under the wheels of a passing car had the desired effect, adding: âIt did what it was designed to do â it reminded people this is still a show where anything that can happen despite the fact itâs been on for a while.â.
Freebase(0.00 / 0 votes)Rate this definition: Locus of control is a theory used in personality psychology that refers to causation as perceived by individuals in response to personal outcomes or other events.
The control is a variable held constant, thereby not being âvariableâ at all. The role of a control is to ensure that varying factors the scientist is not interested in and that would normally lead to changes in the dependent variable will not have an influence on the dependent variable in the experiment.