Internal-External Control and Ideology
- 1 December 1973
- journal article
- research article
- Published by SAGE Publications in Psychological Reports
- Vol. 33 (3) , 967-974
- https://doi.org/10.2466/pr0.1973.33.3.967
Abstract
It was hypothesized that internal Ss would agree more with ideologies which emphasize the importance of self-determination of behavior, whereas external Ss would agree more with ideologies which emphasize the importance of social determination of behavior. Internals scored significantly higher on the traditional American ideology scale, whereas externals scored significantly higher on the New Left scale and one assessing a political philosophy of conservatism. These significant results ( p < .02) for college students supported the hypothesis. The implications for perception and understanding social problems were discussed.Keywords
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