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  2. Locus of control - Wikipedia

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    Locus of control as a theoretical construct derives from Julian B. Rotter's (1954) social learning theory of personality. It is an example of a problem-solving generalized expectancy, a broad strategy for addressing a wide range of situations.

  3. Core self-evaluations - Wikipedia

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    The concept of core self-evaluations was first examined by Judge, Locke, and Durham (1997) [1] [2] and involves four personality dimensions: locus of control, neuroticism, generalized self-efficacy, and self-esteem. The trait developed as a dispositional predictor of job satisfaction, but has expanded to predict a variety of other outcomes.

  4. Control (psychology) - Wikipedia

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    Perceived control is often associated with the term locus of control. [2] Perceived control can be affected by two processes: primary and secondary control. Primary control consists of attempting to change the environment to align with one's own wishes, whereas secondary perceived refers to the act of attempting to gain control by changing one ...

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    your life. The Best Year Yet experience is designed to reach the core of how you think and perform, and to empower you to new levels of personal effectiveness and fulfillment. In a three-hour process of self-discovery, you stand back, take stock and then plan the next year of your life. The exercise of answering 10 simple questions helps you to ...

  6. Sense of agency - Wikipedia

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    The concept of agency implies an active organism, one who desires, makes plans, and carries out actions. [5] The sense of agency plays a pivotal role in cognitive development, including the first stage of self-awareness (or pre-theoretical experience of one's own mentality), which scaffolds theory of mind capacities.

  7. Self-efficacy - Wikipedia

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    Locus is the location of the perceived cause. If the locus is internal (dispositional), feelings of self-esteem and self-efficacy will be enhanced by success and diminished by failure. Stability describes whether the cause is perceived as static or dynamic over time. It is closely related to expectations and goals, in that when people attribute ...

  8. Self-serving bias - Wikipedia

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    Individuals with an external locus of control are more likely to exhibit a self-serving bias following failure than those with an internal locus of control. [ 2 ] [ 18 ] The difference in attribution style between individuals with internal and external loci of control, however, is not as marked in successful outcomes, as individuals with both ...

  9. Self-esteem - Wikipedia

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    From 1997, the core self-evaluations approach included self-esteem as one of four dimensions that comprise one's fundamental appraisal of oneself—along with locus of control, neuroticism, and self-efficacy. [19] The concept of core self-evaluations has since proven to have the ability to predict job satisfaction and job performance.