The tone of children's responses was positive yet realistic. Children did not view their parent's divorce as an overly distressing experience. The nature of responses was consistently related to age and level of locus of control and interpersonal knowledge in the open-ended interview and in the structured questionnaire. (Author/BEF)

Studies the effects of childhood achievement experiences as they might determine generalized internal-external control orientations (I-E). Analysis of I-E items revealed that those who performed poorly were most likely to attribute achievement experiences to luck. (Author)

Examines the relationship between locus of control and participation/completion among 553 clients in adult basic education classes. Findings only suggest a relationship between locus of control and completion. Findings do indicate variations among ethnic groups, educational levels, and age groups regarding completion and locus of control. (Author)

The article explores attribution theory and the concept of learned helplessness in teaching learning disabled individuals. Suggestions are given for areas of future research with learning disabled populations. The discussion includes current teaching techniques which may be related to the self regulatory behaviors and perception of personal…

Major research issues in the area of motor programing are described along with current thinking from centralists and peripheralists concerning the central control of action in various theories of motor program structures. (CJ)

Results generally supported the contention that mentally retarded Ss will perform better under reinforcement conditions; they also suggested a factor other than generalized expectancy that must be considered in explaining the motor performance of mentally retarded individuals. (SBH)

Examined the relationship between locus of control and death anxiety. The Reid-Ware Three Factor Locus of Control Scale and Templer Death Anxiety Scale were administered to college students aged 17 to 49. Death anxiety loaded significantly on the Fatalism dimension for males and on the Social System Control dimension for females. (Author/BWF)

Investigates the relationship between task persistence, locus of control, self-reinforcement, and specific expectancies in elementary school children. (CM)

The developmental sources of the link between stylistic externality and food-related externality were studied in obese and normal children of 7-12 years of age. (MP)

A typology of teacher personality based on orientation toward classroom processes, locus of control, and belief systems can be used in individualizing teacher training. (Editor)

Cognitive, socialization, and situational dimensions are embodied in both the concept of decision making and the concept of locus of control. Examines these dimensions as they relate to six important sexual questions. Results investigating the relationship between adolescent sexual decision making and internal-external locus of control are…

It is argued that the general learning difficulties exhibited by mentally retarded persons are similar in many respects to the learning difficulties of nonretarded persons who are in a state of learned helplessness (M. Seligman, 1975) or who are external in locus of control orientation. (Author)

Discusses decision problems relating to developmental goals. It is argued that developmental planning and intervention should be based on scientifically founded programmatic models of human development. (MS)

The present investigation was designed to examine the relationship, if any, between extraversion and modes of reinforcement (reward or punishment) in verbal operant conditioning (VOC). (Author)

This study investigates the effects of subject arousal on recall in a task generating numerous errors and the extent to which the performance differences found in verbal learning as a function of subject arousal are obtainable in the context of a study on the recall of connected discourse. (Author/RK)