external control

collocation in English

meaningsofexternalandcontrol

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external
adjective
uk
/ɪkˈstɜː.nəl/
us
/ɪkˈstɝː.nəl/
of, on, for, or coming from ...
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control
noun
uk
/kənˈtrəʊl/
us
/kənˈtroʊl/
the act of controlling something or someone, or the power to ...
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(Definition ofexternalandcontrolfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

Examplesofexternal control

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Thus, these effects were not mediated by perceivedexternalcontrol.
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In fact, girls' perceivedexternalcontrolscores were significantly lower, on average, than those of boys.
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Of the variance accounted for by neglect, 23% was mediated by perceivedexternalcontrol.
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Experiment 2 provides a further exploration of theexternalcontrolmechanism.
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The result is obtained just by applying local rules for behaviours, without anyexternalcontrol.
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But the idea that such variety always operates under strictexternalcontrolcan prove difficult.
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Low family income, neglect, and harsh parenting were each associated with higher perceivedexternalcontrolscores.
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The routing approach clearly demonstrates an absence ofexternalcontroland simple local rules.
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Neglected children reported higher levels of perceivedexternalcontrolthan other children did.
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The system is completely robotic: there is no provision forexternalcontrol.
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The details of the contract, including the possibility ofexternalcontrol, are negotiated among the involved actors.
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Since the organization evolves independently of anyexternalcontrol, this property implies continuity in the self-organization process.
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Designing institutions under the assumption that people are knaves requiringexternalcontrolcould trigger calculating behaviors, driving out virtuous ones.
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In these cases, an object makes contact only with a single medium, and noexternalcontrolis necessary.
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Let there be noexternalcontrol.
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Children from low-income families reported significantly higher levels of internalizing problems and perceptions ofexternalcontrolthan children whose families were more economically advantaged.
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Results of mediation analyses showed that higher levels of perceivedexternalcontrolaccounted substantially for associations between specific maltreatment types and children's internalizing problems.
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However, an active pattern's function has access to external values other than the argument, which facilitates theexternalcontrolof the argument reorganization.
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Of the variance in level of internalizing problems accounted for by family income level, 22% was mediated by level of perceivedexternalcontrol.
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This finding suggests that higher levels of perceivedexternalcontrolamong maltreated children may be specifically related to the experience of neglect.
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The key questions are exactly what is professionally objectionable about being an employee and what types ofexternalcontrolare being promulgated by management.
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People living in the intermediate foothills and in the grassy alluvial areas could live hidden from the view of outsiders, thus evadingexternalcontrol.
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To prepare for analyses involving perceived internal control and perceivedexternalcontrol, we examined stability versus change over time in these variables using latent growth curve modeling.
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Notably, however, maltreatment was associated with higher levels of internalizing problems and perceptions ofexternalcontroleven after the effect of low family income was controlled statistically.
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Thus, mean levels of perceivedexternalcontrolvaried widely across children, but the rate of increase over time in this construct was relatively consistent across children.
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