If your professor is late for class and you assign an external attribution ("She must have hit heavy traffic on the way to campus", you think), what are you examining in order to understand the behavior?

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Locus refers to the location of the cause of behavior, whether it is internal or external. In this case, attributing the professor's lateness to traffic is an external locus of control.

If Your Professor Is Late for Class and You Assign