Reply #29: I scored 80; I do not favour the L/MIHOP theories [View All]

[Anarcho-Socialist]

Q: What were your expectations regarding this poll?
A: I expected that the quiz would find that I had more control over my life than not but still with allowances for outside influence: culture, social control, constraints of family pressure, economic ideology, the concept of nation state, the structures of language and so forth.

Q: Did the results differ from your expectations?
A: Not really. I thought I would end up in the 70-80 score region.

Q: Do you think people with strong internal locus of control scores are kidding themselves about the degree of control they have over their life?
A: I would be quite sceptical of someone returning a 100 score. Although that person may feel s/he oozes charisma and has the world at their feet. However I suspect that such a person with a 100 score has underestimated the environment, her/his societal interactions and genetics as wielding influence over their lives.

Q: Do you think people with strong external locus of control scores attribute too much to chance or luck?
A: I conjecture it as a mark of low self-esteem, lack of coherent analysis, lacking of support and having insufficient coping strategies for dealing with life as they find it. I would expect someone in the 0-20 range to hold conspiracy theories that a large number of L/MIHOPers would consider to be "far out."