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KWilfred

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According to studies conducted in Africa on ethnic group comparisons of locus of control, native Africans, like American-born Blacks in general, scored higher in external locus of control than did American-born _____.
 
  a. Arabs
  c. Asians
  b. Whites
  d. Hispanics

Question 2

According to Heckhausen & Schulz, 1995, people apparently become more internally oriented as they grow older, reaching a peak in:
 
  a. old age.
  c. their mid-20s.
  b. middle age.
  d. their mid-80s.



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Answer to Question 1

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: Studies conducted in Africa found that native Africans, like American-born Blacks in general, scored higher in external locus of control than did American-born Whites (Okeke, Draguns, Sheku, & Allen, 1999). In the African nation of Botswana, Black male and female adolescents scored higher in external locus of control than did White adolescents in the United States.

Answer to Question 2

ANS: B
FEEDBACK: People apparently become more internally oriented as they grow older, reaching a peak in middle age. Also, a study of men and women in the United States, ages 60 to 75, found that their internal locus of control was significantly improved by cognitive training.





 

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