"After getting a poor grade on an exam, Avi believes that the teacher doesn't like him and that the test had trick questions, so he was doomed to fail. What type of expectancy does Avi seem to have in regards to this situation?"

Respuesta :

Answer:

external locus of control

Explanation:

Individual with external locus of control believes that situation is not in their control. Situation is affected and controlled by external factors and he can do nothing to make any change in the situation.  

Locus of control is one of the way of four way of self evaluation.

Other three way of evaluating one self is self esteem, self efficacy and neuroticism.

In case of Student, students with external locus of control feels that their success and failure is not the outcome of their hard work and effort in studying. It depends on the way school administration functions and teachers.

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