Locus Of Control

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LOCUS OF CONTROL REPORT PERSONAL DATA The first personality assessment I did was on a 33 year old female college graduate student. She is a Business Administration major. LS is the oldest of six children. She is an Administrative Coordinator at Washington Hospital Center. One of her major lifestyle changes is trying to pass the C.P.A. exam. LS career goal is to own her own Accounting/Bookkeeping firm. She stated that her hobbies and interests are to read a good book twice a month and receive new knowledge. In addition, to her love for knowledge, she loves to learn new things. LS only concern is passing the C.P.A. exam. In conversation, LS stated that she had failed the C.P.A twice. INTERPRETATION OF RESULTS LS scored 65 on her locus of control (LOC) test, informing us that she has an INTERNAL locus of control. Dr. Rotter states that internal locus of control people believe they have a firm grip on their situation and behave accordingly. LS score helps with the validation of Dr. Rotter’s statement. LS’s responses to the locus of control test indicates that she does assume responsibility for her actions, if she would to do bad on an exam, she would state that she did not prepare for the exam. The locus of control test indicates that they are less susceptible to be influence by others. A person with an internal locus of control is more willing to work on self-improvement and better themselves with education. Usually if an internal person fails he/she will re-evaluate future performance. When LS failed the CPA test the second time, she did as stated and looked at what went wrong. She is scheduled to retake the test next month. LS birth order was the first born, which study as shown
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