Teachers can help students shift their locus of control, or attribution for negative and positive outcomes, from external to internal by using techniques that encourage all of the following, EXCEPT:
A)reliance.
B)independence.
C)decision-making.
D)responsibility.

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Encouraging reliance on external factors would not help students shift their locus of control from external to internal. The other options (independence, decision-making, and responsibility) all encourage students to take control of their own outcomes and attribute their successes and failures to their own actions and choices.

Teachers Can Help Students Shift Their Locus of Control, or Attribution