Information-generated Influence as a Function of Locus-of-Control Patterns in Children.

Wolk, Stephen; Eliot, John

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Publication Date: 1974

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Information-generated Influence as a Function of Locus-of-Control Patterns in Children

Wolk, Stephen; Eliot, John

Child Development, 45, 4, 928-934, Dec 74

Investigated the degree to which an individual disregards information about himself and his environment, as a function of his locus of control patterns, and hence is less responsive to or influenced by a given segment of information. Subjects were 341 fourth- and fifth-grade children. (SDH)

Descriptors: Elementary School Students, Films, Locus of Control, Questionnaires, Reinforcement, Responsibility, Social Development

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