The video “Locus Of Control | Psychology | Chegg Tutors” divides locus of control in two parts; first it defines control as “the power to determine outcomes influencing people and events and actions” (video) and then defines lucos as “the position point or place or more specifically the location where something happens. So a person’s locus of control is the extent to which individuals believe they can control events that affect them”(video). Also, the locus of control is divided in two parts, it can be internal or external. Individuals with an internal locus of control tend to “base their success on their own work and believed that they can control their life”(video), while an external “attributes their success or failure to outside influences” …show more content…
234). Self-efficacy addresses two key issues, relationships between efficacy belief and outcome expectancies and self-efficacy and self-esteem. In any kind of situations, the individual has beliefs about one’s ability to influence the situation, “and yet those beliefs are typically balanced against realistic expectations that change can occur” (Kendall, 2010, p. 234). Either way, each side of the equation can have a positive or negative qualities. Bandura states that “there is no fixed relationship between beliefs about one’s capabilities and whether one likes or dislikes oneself” (Kendall, 2010, p. 234). An individual might judge themselves hopelessly but without suffering any loss of their self-esteem. Also, an individual can have a high sense of self-efficacy in some areas of life and not so much in others, but having a high sense can predict willingness to take on relevant tasks and work to assure that they are accomplished. When an individual has high self-efficacy, they are more likely to be drawn to master difficult challenges/scenarios in life; as when it is low, they might try to avoid the same challenges. Some people may struggle more than others to get back up, but it is the belief that they determine that ultimates the outcomes of their