The purpose of the present study was to test assumptions derived from Nowicki and Duke that suggest an association among external control expectancies, nonverbal processing deficits, and emotional ...

We white-knuckle the steering wheel when we’re driving in a rainstorm. The wind blows viciously, and visibility drops. Our hands clench tighter, even though we know we can’t control the rain, the road ...

Confidence. Some people have more of it and some people have less. Confident people have what psychologists call a strong internal locus of control. They believe they have the resources to control ...