{"id":270,"date":"2014-12-17T16:44:08","date_gmt":"2014-12-17T16:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wellbeingandcontrol.com\/?p=270"},"modified":"2016-12-30T21:57:49","modified_gmt":"2016-12-30T21:57:49","slug":"unmet-needs-require-control","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wellbeingandcontrol.com\/?p=270","title":{"rendered":"What is Control?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Control<\/strong> is a huge subject spanning from self-control through to state control<\/strong>. It is also fundamental to wellbeing, particularly when needs are not being met.<\/p>\n

Control is such a familiar concept that a lot of our thinking about it is implicit. We don\u2019t think \u2018how will I control the pot when pouring the tea\u2019. We just do it. We do sometimes think \u2018how will I control my budget or business?\u2019 or \u2018how will I exercise self-control?\u2019. Even then we think of control almost automatically and in the restricted situation in question e.g. how will I resist eating too much cake?<\/p>\n

We don\u2019t often think of control in an abstract way that applies all the way across the human spectrum from self-control to state control.<\/p>\n

What is Control?<\/h2>\n

In an abstract sense control is about doing things that have predictable outcomes<\/strong>. Without predictability you can act but you do not have control.<\/p>\n

Definitions of control span from engineering to politics. Here is an animation that considers control, where control can be perceived to be located (locus of control), and the attribution of success or blame.<\/p>\n

YouTube Video, Locus of Control Definition and Examples of Internal and External, Rosario Uranda, May 2014, 5:45 minutes<\/em>
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