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 Trice Academic Locus of Control Scale Key and Expl

anation

 

Locus of Control: a generalized expectancy people hold regarding the degree to which they can control

their own fate; an attitude that refers to a generalized expectancy aout the extentto which

reinforcements are under internal or external control! "f indi#iduals elie#e e#ents ar

e controlled y

luc$% fate% chance or powerful others% they are called externals &external locus of control'as opposed to

internals &internal locus of control'% indi#iduals who elie#e an e#ent is contingent u

pon their own eha#ior% they are called!

Locus of control plays a mediating role in determining whether students get in#ol#e

d in the pursuit ofachie#ement! A signi(cant correlation has een found etween locus of control and

grade point a#erage:

"nternal L)C * +, -. External L)C

/0A ,!* -!* *!*

Administration and scoring of the in#entory should ta$e no more than twenty minut

es! After

you complete your in#entory% your instructor will read the $ey aloud to the class!

Students  should total their numer of 1ATC2E3 items!

Scores will range etween * 4-.!

 The scores are signi(cantly correlated with grade point a#erage! Low scores areassociated with higher /0As and high scores are associated with lower /0As! Stude

nts scoring a +, or ao#e should consider consulting a Specialist at ACE!

 565 +! College grades most often re7ect the e8ort you put into classes!

 5T55 -! " came to college ecause it was expected of me!

 565 9! " ha#e largely determined my own career goals!

 5T ,!

Some people ha#e a $nac$ for writing% while others will ne#er write well no matter h

ow hard they try!

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 5T5 !At least once% " ha#e ta$en a course ecause it was easy to get a good grade!

 5T5 !

0rofessors sometimes ma$e an early impression of you and then no matter what you do% you cannot change that impression!

 5T5

there is always something " can do to impro#e my situation!

 565 ++! " would ne#er allow social acti#ities to a8ect my studies!

 5T5 +-! There are many more important things for me than getting good grades!

 565 +9! Studying e#ery day is important!

 5T5 +,! 6or some courses it is not important to go to class!

 565 +! " consider myself highly moti#ated to achie#e success in life!

 565 +! " am a good writer!

 565 +

 5T5

+.! @hat " learn is more determined y college and course reuirements than y what " want to learn!

 565

+>! " ha#e een $nown to spend a lot of time ma$ing decisions which others do not

ta$e seriously!

 5T5 -*! " am easily distracted!

 5T5 -+! " can e easily tal$ed out of studying!

 5T5--! " get depressed sometimes and then there is no way " can accomplish what " $n

ow " should e doing!

 5T5 -9! Things will proaly go wrong for me some time in the near future!

 5T5 -,! " $eep changing my mind aout my career goals!

 565

-! " feel " will someday ma$e a real contriution to the world if " wor$ hard at it!

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 5T5-! There has een at least one instance in school where social acti#ity impaired m

y academic performance!

 5T5 -

9! 555" ha#e largely determined my own career goals!

,! 555Some people ha#e a $nac$ for writing% while others will ne#er write well no

matter how hard they try!

! 555At least once% " ha#e ta$en a course ecause it was easy to get a good grade!

! 5550rofessors sometimes ma$e an early impression of you and then no matter what

you do% you cannot change that impression!

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.! 555Some students% such as student leaders and athletes% get free rides in collegeclasses!

>! 555" sometimes feel that there is nothing " can do to impro#e my situation!

+*! 555" ne#er feel really hopeless?

there is always something " can do to impro#e my situation!

++! 555" would ne#er allow social acti#ities to a8ect my studies!

+-! 555There are many more important things for me than getting good grades!

+9! 555Studying e#ery day is important!

+,! 5556or some courses it is not important to go to class!

+! 555" consider myself highly moti#ated to achie#e success in life!

+! 555" am a good writer!

+

+.! 555@hat " learn is more determined y college and course reuirements than y

what " want to learn!

+>!

 555 " ha#e een $nown to spend a lot of time ma$ing decisions which others do notta$e seriously!

-*! 555 " am easily distracted!

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-+! 555" can e easily tal$ed out of studying!

--!

 555" get depressed sometimes and then there is no way " can accomplish what " $no

w " should e doing!

-9! 555Things will proaly go wrong for me some time in the near future!

-,! 555" $eep changing my mind aout my career goals!

-! 555" feel " will someday ma$e a real contriution to the world if " wor$ hard at it!

-! 555There has een at least one instance in school where social acti#ity impaired my

academic performance!

-

 555 " would li$e to graduate from college% ut there are more important things in my

life!

-.! 555 " plan well and " stic$ to my plans!