Are You the Master of Your Fate? Julian Rotter suggested that people feel their fate is decided either by internal or external forces. They control it themselves by their decisions and actions or they feel that there are outside forces such as luck influencing their destiny. Rotter believed that a person’s personality was affected by whether they felt their fate was controlled internally or externally. He also felt that a person’s total learning …showed first 75 words of 753 total…

…showed last 75 words of 753 total…that we all had different opinions as to how and why things happened, but not an actual knowledge as to why there are different opinions. Rotter’s findings not only confirm my feelings that we all have a different type of control for behaviors but also put names to the different aspects of control. He supported each of his ideas effectively and gave me a better grasp on the aspects of personality and behavior control.