Isla needs to buy ice hockey gear so she can practise for her university team tryouts. She reads lots of articles and consults players who have played the game at the national level. She also tries to remember the brands that her brother used when he played in college. Isla believes that adequate research will get her the best deal. She also needs some clothes for the tryouts but decides to borrow these from a friend.
-Isla believes that adequate research will get her the best deal.This indicates that Isla is more likely to have a strong:
A)internal locus of control.
B)external locus of control.
C)need for internal search for information.
D)trait of limited problem solving.
E)postpurchase dissonance.

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Isla's belief that she can control the outcome of her purchasing decision through research suggests that she has an internal locus of control. This means that she believes she has control over the events in her life, as opposed to external forces controlling them.

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