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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!
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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!