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Nowicki, Stephen, Jr.; Blumberg, Neil – Journal of Research in Personality, 1975
The purpose of the present study was to relate subjects' locus of control orientation to the degree of initial interpersonal attraction expressed toward a stranger who differed from the subjects only in degree of expressed locus of control orientation. (Author)
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Personality Studies, Research Methodology

Stern, Gary S.; Manifold, Beverly – Journal of Research in Personality, 1977
Internal and external subjects, who previously filled out Rotter's (1966) Internal-External scale, were asked to score the I-E scale of "another student". It was predicted that ratings of the "other" would increase in positivity to the extent the "other" scored as an interval. (Editor/RK)
Descriptors: Hypothesis Testing, Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Personality Studies

Piechowski, Mary; Millimet, C. Raymond – Journal of Research in Personality, 1980
For externals, any variability in the reinforcing behavior of the "teacher" resulted in greater perceived freedom. For internals, perceived freedom was a negative linear function of the amount of reinforcement. Greater freedom was attributed to a person whose behavior was perceived as congruent with the person's inner disposition.…
Descriptors: Interpersonal Relationship, Locus of Control, Peer Evaluation, Perception