Affiliation:
1. Social Problems Research Institute, University of South Carolina
Abstract
In five sensitivity groups 64 undergraduate and graduate students participated. It was predicted that internal Ss would indicate greater interpersonal attraction for other internals while externals would be attracted to group members with an external orientation. Results showed that amount of verbalizations was related to attractiveness but not to own locus of control score. Ss showed no preference for others having a locus of control orientation similar to their own. Internals preferred others with locus of control orientations similar to each other but in no clear relation to their own internal orientation. Methodological problems with locus of control research were discussed.