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This
cartoon demonstrates locus of causality (internal). Lucy asks Linus what he sees when
he looks at the clouds. Linus
responds with very imaginative, sophisticated answers. When Charlie Brown is asked what
he sees, he quickly negates what he was thinking. Charlie Brown feels very ashamed
of himself since he didnÕt analyze the clouds beyond the obvious.
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This
cartoon demonstrates stability of causality. Charlie Brown believes that failure is inevitable, so
there is no point in trying to eat lunch with the little red-haired
girl. Charlie Brown is
attributing his failure to stable causes because he feels that nobody will
ever like him and that will never change. He feels he will be a Òblock headÓ in the future
because that is what he has been known as in the past.
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This
cartoon demonstrates controllability of causality. Snoopy doesnÕt come to eat his food
when Charlie Brown calls him. Charlie
Brown feels that he can control SnoopyÕs behavior by threatening to feed
his food to the cat next door.
Charlie Brown is successful in getting Snoopy to come and get his
food because he put forth the effort he believed would influence the
outcome of the situation.
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