- Each person has a unique perspective on each situation and that is reflected in how they choose personal goals.
- These goals are converted into how a person behaves.
- Outcome expectancy is a person's assumptions about likely consequences of future behavior.
- Outcome expectancy + a person's goals = characteristic style of behavior
- Locus of control: the control of rewards as internal and external in the environment
- Internal: people who solely believe that they control their own destiny
- External: people who believe that outcomes are random and are a stroke of luck
References:
Gilbert, Daniel T., Daniel M. Wegner, and Matthew K. Nock. "Personality."Psychology. By Daniel L. Schacter. Third ed. N.p.: Worth, n.d. 471-503. Print.
Gilbert, Daniel T., Daniel M. Wegner, and Matthew K. Nock. "Personality."Psychology. By Daniel L. Schacter. Third ed. N.p.: Worth, n.d. 471-503. Print.