I found this
quiz online called Destiny vs. Internal Locus of control. After I had taken the quiz my results were as
follows:
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Your Score: 9 of your answers out of 12 questions showed an internal locus of control for a score of 75 percent. |
"Your
locus of control isn't strongly internal or external; it's mixed. That means
that there's probably some room for you to change your thinking style to feel
even more in control of what happens in your life. Read the resources below
to learn more about personal control and how to develop a stronger feeling of
confidence and personal power in your life."
I thought this quiz was very interesting, though this quiz could have
been a lot longer to really get at every facet of internal or external locus
of control. I would have to say,
however, that I believe that my score is pretty accurate with my views on my
own autonomy. I do believe that I am
in control of my own life and I make what choices best suite me. But, on occasion with some of the outcomes
of my life I do believe that I have been rather "lucky" in the outcome. In our
book, Reeve's definition of autonomy is "When deciding what to do, we desire
choice and decision-making flexibility.
We want to be the one who decides what to do, when to do it, how to do
it, when to stop doing it, and whether or not to do it at all." Through this quiz with each question I
could really tell where the question was heading whether I thought that I was
in control, or if it was some other influence that was controlling how I was
acting. You can find this quiz at http://stress.about.com/od/selfknowledgeselftests/a/locus.htm
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